Stepping Heavenward
by Elizabeth Prentiss
This is a lovely little book that makes a girl want to love God more, yet tells very plainly the truths of sinfulness. In every case, it is discreet, so that it may be read by even a young girl. However, I believe that an intermediate girl would benefit most from reading it. Advanced readers should read it also, because its lessons remain helpful.
Never are the lessons preachy, though. Because Prentiss wrote the novel in a journal style, each recording of a sermon or text is from the perspective of the protagonist, and therefore is introduced and appreciated through her life. Loving Christ is made gradual and beautiful, and there is so much wisdom about the individuality and the universality of the Christian walk and Christian growth. At the same time, life is shown in much pain and sorrow, although the lesson learned from suffering is joy, pure, great joy. All young women, and perhaps older women, should read it.
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