- Hardcover: 252 pages
- Publisher: Indypublish.com (5 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1404330887
- ISBN-13: 978-1404330887
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,124,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Stepping Heavenward [with Biographical Introduction]
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"Stepping Heavenward" is the fictional coming of age story of a young Christian girl named Katherine. The story follows her life from when she is sixteen, though courtship, engagement, marriage, having children, and the many challenges that she confronts in her adult life. This classic Christian story is told through a series of journal entries by Katherine and is an inspirational tale for young girls who themselves are facing the very same challenges of growing up.
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Elizabeth Prentiss (1818-1878) was an author, well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the didactic story Stepping Heavenward (1869). Some of her verses were recently compiled in a book published by Solid Ground Christian Books (Golden Hours: Heart-hymns of the Christian Life). She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, United States, the fifth of eight children (only six survived) of the eminent Congregationalist pastor Edward Payson. The influences of New England Christianity, consisting of the inherited Puritan foundation with added evangelistic, missional, and philanthropic elements, were evident in the Payson family. From an early age, Elizabeth exhibited sharp mental abilities, deep and indiscriminatory sympathy, and an exceptional perceptiveness. Combined, these traits made her an ideal author, not only of instructive children's books, but also of characteristically warm and insightful letters to family and a wide circle of friends. As a young woman, she published some of her children's stories and poems in "The Youth's Companion," a New England religious periodical. In 1838, she opened a small girls' school in her home and took up a Sabbath-school class as well. Two years later, she left for Richmond, VA, to be a department head at a girls' boarding school. In 1845, she married George Lewis Prentiss, a brother of her dear friend Anna Prentiss Stearns, to whom are addressed some of her warmest and most intimate letters. The Prentisses settled in New Bedford, MA, where George became pastor of South Trinitarian Church. After a happy time of transitioning into the duties of a pastor's wife and a housewife, within a period of three months she lost her second and third children - one as a newborn, one at age four. Though she continually struggled with poor health, Mrs. Prentiss went on to have three more healthy children. After Rev. Prentiss resigned his charge in New York, the family went abroad to Europe for a couple of years, returned to New York (where Rev. Prentiss pastored the Church of the Covenant), and eventually settled in Dorset, VT, where Mrs. Prentiss would die in 1878 at the age of 60.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was given a very old copy (printed wy I think Ware or something, if anyone knows how old this copy would be..?)and I read it, and loved it! It has been so helpful! Then recently someone gave me a new copy for Christmas, so I read it again. It is so practical! I love reading it, even though it makes me cringe... But, oh, how I would love to be as Godly! May the Lord help us all to follow Him, and love Him more and serve Him better!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I was amazed at how this book touched my heart. Kate's struggles seem to be nearly identical to my own life. It is a great source of help to read how she handles different situations in her Christian walk and then apply them to my own life. Easy reading but thought-provoking as well.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book has become one of my favorites. I have turned to it again and again for encouragement on what sometimes seems to be a long journey of sanctification. I laughed to myself often as I found Kate, the main character saying and doing things exactly as I say and do them, and cried to see what a beautiful thing into which God can transform our lives. I have enjoyed reading it to my mother, and look forward to one day sharing it with my daughter. I've also given copies to nearly all my friends. As Elisabeth Elliot says, everyone will benefit from reading this wonderful book.
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A most read for women of all ages
I am astonished at how much this book has impacted my life. I have a already oredered copies for my friends to read over the Christmas break, so that they too will be... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2008 by Emily-kate Dunning
An outstanding commentary on Christian growth.
Had I not known better, I would have thought I had written it myself. So often Katy's diary expressed thoughts and feelings that I had thought were mine alone. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 1999
An excellent book on one woman's spiritual growth.
This is a truly excellent book on spiritual growth. It is doctrinally sound and Biblically based. I plan to give copies to many of my Christian friends.
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