Although she wrote the words to the hymn, “More Love to Thee, O Christ,” Elizabeth Prentiss was previously known for this type of writing.
- Muckraking columns
- Children’s books
- Textbooks
- Suffrage speeches
Although she wrote the words to the hymn, “More Love to Thee, O Christ,” Elizabeth Prentiss was previously known for this type of writing.
Children’s books. She also wrote religious fiction. Her first successful children’s book, Little Susy’s Six Birthdays, was published in 1853. Her greatest selling book, Stepping Heavenward, had been serialized in the Chicago Advance.