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I hope this blesses you like it did me! (Old fashioned language as it was written quite a while ago.)  " And if Christ is thus the source of satisfaction to His people , He has communicated to them ten thousand other sources of joy : — all of them connected with His Cross and with His love . None but a Christian can say , " I will go unto God my exceeding joy - the Lord God is my strength and song . " He alone can take up the language of the psalmist , " I will be glad , and rejoice in Thee ; " but he can do so , because God is reconciled to him through Christ , and has become his God. A covenant has been sealed and ratified through the blood of the Cross ; and the attributes of God, once so full of terror , are become his shield , his stronghold , and his triumph ; and he can think of all the glorious perfections of the Almighty, and then say , " I will go unto God , my exceeding joy. " His resistless power , His infinite wisdom, His unchanging fidel...

 The other day I saw that Elizabeth Prentiss also wrote more books besides Stepping Heavenward so I looked and found that one can read them for free on Google books. I just finished "the story of the Percys, or A mother's influence" which had me in tears several times. Here's one part that particularly stood out to me. I hope you are also encouraged by it. 

 "Christians! The Redeemer with all His glorious salvation, in all His offices, and under all the characters which He sustains--is yours! You may say with the fullest assurance, "My beloved is mine, and I am His!" You are the objects of the blessed Redeemer's particular care, given into His hands by His and your Father, to be saved by Him . . .   from the guilt and dominion of sin,   from all the powers of darkness, and   from the vengeance of eternal fire! He executes all of His offices on your behalf: As a Priest, He has made an atonement for your sin and reconciled you to God. As a Prophet, He teaches you from His Word, all that you need for life and godliness. As a King, He reigns in His Church, and rules in the heart of every believer. He is a Physician to heal the diseased. He is a Shepherd to feed and guide His flock. He is a Counselor to direct them in all the intricate paths of life. He is a Friend that sticks closer than a brother, and whose friendship is u...