"Cheerfully and gratefully I lay myself and all I am or own… - Elizabeth Prentiss

"Cheerfully and gratefully I lay myself and all I am or own at the feet of Him who redeemed me with His precious blood, engaging to follow Him, bearing the cross He lays upon me." This is the least I can do, and I do it while my heart lies broken and bleeding at His feet.

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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Ah, what a life is theirs who live in Christ;
How vast the mystery!
Reaching in height to heaven, and in its depth
The unfathomed sea!

Lay hold on Christ with both your poor, empty hands.

It sweetens every bit of work to think that I am doing it in humble, far-off, yet real imitation of Jesus.

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