Some of His children must go into the furnace to testify that the Son of God is there with them.
— Elizabeth Prentiss
We only know ourselves and what we really are when the force of circumstances brings us out.
— Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
A young girl's mother is her natural refuge in every perplexity.
— Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ and to know that I love Himthis is all! — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
One must either stop reading the Bible altogether, or else leave off spending one's whole time in just doing easy pleasant things one likes to do.
— Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
I am amazed at the patience of my blessed Master and Teacher, but how I love His school!
— Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
No truth can be said to be seen as it is until it is seen in its relation to all other truths. In this relation only is it true. — Elizabeth Prentiss
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! — Elizabeth Prentiss
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. — Elizabeth Prentiss
O happy life! life hid with Christ in God! So making me At home and by the wayside and abroad, Alone with Thee. — Elizabeth Prentiss
If the loss of your earthly fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss. — Elizabeth Prentiss
On the whole, there is nobody like one's own mother ... I wonder if, after all, mothers are not the best friends there are! — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
If God chooses quite another lot for you, you may be sure that He sees that you need something totally different from what you want. — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
It sweetens every bit of work to think that I am doing it in humble, far-off, yet real imitation of Jesus. — Elizabeth Prentiss
Nay then, but let me give to Him not what I value least, but what I prize and delight in most. — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now. — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward. — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Much of my experience of life has cost me a great price and I wish to use it for strengthening and comforting other souls. — Elizabeth Prentiss
Joy emerges from sorrow, and soars on wings far more beautiful than any earthly analogy can paint. — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
Sleep, baby, sleep. Thy father's watching the sheep. Thy mother's shaking the dreamland tree, and down drops a little dream for thee. — Elizabeth Prentiss
Duty looks more repelling at a distance than when fairly faced and met. — Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
