You cannot will to possess the spirit of Christ; that must … - Elizabeth Prentiss

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You cannot will to possess the spirit of Christ; that must come as His gift, but you can choose to study His life, and to imitate it.

Elizabeth Prentiss

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Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (26 October 1818 – 13 August 1878) was an author, well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the didactic story Stepping Heavenward (1869).

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Alexander Maclaren Charles Haddon Spurgeon Thérèse of Lisieux Teresa of Ávila John Newton

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O happy life! life hid with Christ in God!
So making me,
At home, and by the wayside, and abroad,
Alone with Thee!

The longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all have of God's grace.

Some of His children must go into the furnace to testify that the Son of God is there with them.

You cannot will to possess the spirit of Christ; that must come as His gift, but you can choose to study His life, and to imitate it. - Elizabeth Prentiss

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