Hesba
Stretton (who wrote Jessica’s
First Prayer) was the daughter of a bookseller from
Wellington,
Shropshire, but around about 1867 she
moved south and lived at Snaresbrook and Loughton near Epping Forest
and at Ham, near Richmond, Surrey. Her moral tales and
semi-religious stories, chiefly for the young and were printed in
large quantities, and were especially widespread as school and
Sunday school prizes, She won wide acceptance in English homes from
the publication of Jessica’s
First Prayer in 1867. She was a regular contributor to
Household Words and
all the Year Round
during Charles Dickens’ editorship, and wrote more than of 40
novels! I still have yet to read The Rescue of Jessica’s Mother on
London Bridge. I really liked Jessica’s First PrayerJ
I plan to read the rest, especially
The Rescue of Jessica’s Mother on
London Bridge.
This is a very touching story! What
I liked about it was about how it shows the grace, mercy, and the
amazing love of God! I think this is a very good book for children
to read! And in Jessica’s First Prayer,& Rescue of Jessica’s Mother
on London Bridge the
church does not think poor people may come in their church, and is
only for rich people (Unlike
today’s churches, poor children were not very welcome).
See what happens
in these wonderful
books. It is noteworthy to draw the reader’s attention to how
Jessica strives to know and follow Him, even through all the painful
obstacles she faces! Here are few inexpensive prices for lamplighter
books:
http://taughtofthelord.com/lamplighter-publishing.html
