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> [The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/the-question-is-not-whether-you-ever-gave-yourself-to-god-but-whether/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

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## More by Elizabeth Prentiss

> [Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/bring-into-captivity-every-thought-to-the-obedience-of-christ-take/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“Nay then, but let me give to Him not what I value least, but what I prize and delight in most.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/nay-then-but-let-me-give-to-him-not-what-i-value-least-but-what-i/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/we-must-be-wise-taskmasters-and-not-require-of-ourselves-what-we/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/no-truth-can-be-said-to-be-seen-as-it-is-until-it-is-seen-in-its/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/ah-what-a-life-is-theirs-who-live-in-christ-how-vast-the-mystery/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“A young girl's mother is her natural refuge in every perplexity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/a-young-girl-s-mother-is-her-natural-refuge-in-every-perplexity/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [It sweetens every bit of work to think that I am doing it in humble, far-off, yet real imitation of Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/it-sweetens-every-bit-of-work-to-think-that-i-am-doing-it-in-humble/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [The best convent for a woman is the seclusion of her own home. There she may find her vocation and fight her battles, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/the-best-convent-for-a-woman-is-the-seclusion-of-her-own-home-there/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“I see that if I would be happy in God, I must give Him all. And there is a wicked reluctance to do that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/i-see-that-if-i-would-be-happy-in-god-i-must-give-him-all-and-there/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“People ask me how it happens that my children are all so promptly obedient and so happy. As if it chanced that some parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/people-ask-me-how-it-happens-that-my-children-are-all-so-promptly/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“Wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ and to know that I love Him--this is all!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/wondrous-as-it-is-how-simple-is-this-mystery-to-love-christ-and-to/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [If the loss of your earthly fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/if-the-loss-of-your-earthly-fortune-gains-christ-for-you-it-will-be-a/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/the-question-is-not-whether-you-ever-gave-yourself-to-god-but-whether/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“I am amazed at the patience of my blessed Master and Teacher, but how I love His school!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/i-am-amazed-at-the-patience-of-my-blessed-master-and-teacher-but-how/)

[Elizabeth Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-prentiss/)

> [“Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-prentiss/our-course-heavenward-is-like-the-plan-of-the-zealous-pilgrim-of-old/)

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