Stepping Heavenward: One Woman's Journey to Godliness (Inspirational Library Series) [Paperback]

Elizabeth Prentiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998

""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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About the Author

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577483421
• ISBN-13: 978-1577483427
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality > Devotionals

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, very poor edition, August 14, 2008

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L. L. Nelson (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stepping Heavenward (1880) (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.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hang on there single gals. . . this story is for you!, August 25, 2002

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Michael B. White "dixiefiddler" (florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stepping Heavenward (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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best catalyst for spritual growth I have ever read, November 17, 2001

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This review is from: Stepping Heavenward: One Woman's Journey to Godliness (Inspirational Library Series) (Paperback)

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!