The family gathered for prayer three times a day. The influences of New England Christianity, consisting of the inherited Puritan foundation with added evangelistic, missional, and philanthropic elements, were evident in the Payson family.
Her writings enjoyed renewed popularity in the late 20th century.Įlizabeth Payson was born in Portland, Maine, United States, the fifth of eight children (only six survived infancy) of the eminent Congregationalist pastor Edward Payson. This book was presented to Lily Bache by the Moggill Methodist State School in 1927.Įlizabeth Payson Prentiss (Portland, Maine, 26 October 1818 – 13 August 1878) was an American author, well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the religious novel Stepping Heavenward (1869). No date of publication by Hutchinson & Co, London but first written in 1869.
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