""How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!"" So begins 'Stepping Heavenward' by Elizabeth Prentiss, the journal-like account of a nineteenth century girl who learns, on the path to womanhood, that true happiness can be found in giving oneself for others. ""This book is a treasure of both Godly and womanly wisdom told with disarming candor and humility, yet revealing a deep heart's desire to know God,"" says noted Christian speaker Elisabeth Elliot. ""I do not hesitate to recommend it to men, who need to understand the wives they live with, and to any woman who wants to walk with God.""
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ELIZABETH PRENTISS (1818 -1878) was the daughter of an early nineteenth-century revival preacher and began writing as a teenager. Born in 1818 in Portland, Maine, Prentiss was also the writer of the hymn ""More Love to Thee, O Christ."" Prentiss died in Ver
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Really nothing I write will do justice to this classic biographical/novel of a young woman's journey through life and love. It is highly recommended by Elisabeth Elliot one of my spiritual mentors and those who have read her books will know what that means. I was immensely influenced by "In His Steps" in my teens, but needed a heart to heart view of another young girls's struggles to grow into a godly women as I moved into my twenties as an unmarried young woman. Elisabeth Prentiss' book addressed a real need I had as a young woman yearning to become a godly woman in a modern and sin ridden culture.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By E. Heredia
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book sat on my shelf for 2 years before reading it--wow how I wish I would have pulled it down sooner! It has been very readable--better than most novels! It puts in very approachable and applicable ways some of the most profound spiritual concepts of growth, obedience to God, and the strangeness of God's purpose for each of us. Do your self a favor and get this one--you will never be the same. Worth every late-night moment of lost sleep to read it!
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By L. L. Nelson
Format:Hardcover
I agree wholeheartedly with the excellent reviews of this book, but this particular edition (2008 hardcover) is an awful edition. It looks like a photocopy of a paperback (the photocopied pages being much smaller than the page area in the book) with an ugly hard cover slapped on it. I am so disappointed in the quality of this product.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
BUY THE BOOK, NOT THE KINDLE VERSION
This is a wonderful book but I am appalled at all the typos both in the punctuation and the spelling. Read more
Published 7 days ago by avid reader
3.0 out of 5 stars
Major Mistakes
The actual story in this book is really sweet. It's cool to see the character develop from a confused girl to a wonderful Christian wife and mother. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Bookworm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kindle Edition has problems
I HIGHLY recommend this book!! It is really wonderful for any Christian woman. The reason for the 3 stars is the kindle edition has a lot of jumbled words.... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it.
It is a really good book. i think that young men and women should read to this. Elizabeth Prentiss' book reads like a novel.
Published 1 month ago by shervin blount
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book although the book came in a text book size
The book itself is wonderful but I didn't expect it to be 10x8 in size. I should have checked that before I got it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Asha
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Hooksinger
My wife read this first and encouraged me to read it. It is a very easy read, but very encouraging and challenging at the same time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Michael Jackson
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still reading
Don't have much time to read lately so it is taking me a while, but really love the book. Am hoping it inspires me to walk more closely with the Lord.
Published 2 months ago by Stephanie Terrell
3.0 out of 5 stars
A map for stepping toward heaven while living at home
This story is a series of journal entries, starting with a 19th century teenage girl who matures, marries, faces a number of hardships, and finds her path to God through making her... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nancy M. Tischler
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Inspirational Book
This book is full of grace. Read it if you are struggling to believe that God would save someone like you. I bought a whole case of these to share with the women in my life.
Published 2 months ago by Follin Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love the Story
I love the story and have read it several times over, so I bought the cheapest one on kindle which happened to be on sale. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sophia Fazekas
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