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The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss

Name: The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
Author: George Lewis Prentiss

George Lewis Prentiss · Public domain text

257,981 words · about 18 h 4 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845

Text only · 6 illustrations omitted. Illustrated source.

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Contents (32)

Opening about 1 min
I. THE CHILD AND THE GIRL about 1 min
II. THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST under 1 min
III. PASSING FROM GIRLHOOD INTO WOMANHOOD under 1 min
IV. THE YOUNG WIFE AND MOTHER under 1 min
V. IN THE SCHOOL OF SUFFERING about 1 min
VI. IN RETREAT AMONG THE ALPS under 1 min
VII. THE STRUGGLE WITH ILL-HEALTH under 1 min
VIII. THE PASTOR'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF CONSOLATION under 1 min
IX. STEPPING HEAVENWARD about 1 min
X. ON THE MOUNT about 1 min
XI. IN HER HOME under 1 min
XII. THE TRIAL OF FAITH about 1 min
XIII. PEACEABLE FRUIT about 1 min
XIV. WORK AND PLAY about 1 min
XV. FOREVER WITH THE LORD under 1 min
I. THE CHILD AND THE GIRL about 56 min
II. THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST about 1 h 3 min
III. PASSING FROM GIRLHOOD INTO WOMANHOOD about 57 min
IV. THE YOUNG WIFE AND MOTHER about 59 min
V. IN THE SCHOOL OF SUFFERING about 56 min
VI. IN RETREAT AMONG THE ALPS about 1 h 13 min
VII. THE STRUGGLE WITH ILL-HEALTH about 50 min
VIII. THE PASTOR'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF CONSOLATION about 56 min
IX. STEPPING HEAVENWARD about 1 h
X. ON THE MOUNT about 54 min
XI. IN HER HOME about 1 h 12 min
XII. THE TRIAL OF FAITH about 1 h 9 min
XIII. PEACEABLE FRUIT. 1873-1874 about 1 h 17 min
XIV. WORK AND PLAY about 1 h 23 min
XV. FOREVER WITH THE LORD about 1 h 33 min
Appendix about 1 h 37 min

The opening of XIII. PEACEABLE FRUIT

1873-1874.
I.
Effect of spiritual Conflict upon her religious Life. Overflowing Affections. Her Husband called to Union Theological Seminary. Baptism of Suffering. The Character of her Friendships. No perfect Life. Prayer. "Only God can satisfy a Woman." Why human Friendship is a Snare. Letters.
II.
Goes to Dorset. Christian Example. At Work among her Flowers. Dangerous Illness. Her Feeling about Dying. Death an "Invitation" from Christ. "The Under-current bears Home." "More Love, more Love!" A Trait of Character. Special Mercies. What makes a sweet Home. Letters.
III.
Change of Home and Life in New York. A Book about Robbie. Her Sympathy with young People. "I have in me two different Natures." What Dr. De Witt said at the Grave of his Wife. The Way to meet little Trials. Faults in Prayer-meetings. How special Theories of the Christian Life are formed. Sudden Illness of Prof. Smith. Publication of Golden Hours. How it was received.

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