| Title | : | Jessica's First Prayer |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Hesba Stretton |
| Release | : | 2017-12-27 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books |
| Size | : | 165401 |
| Jessica's First Prayer is a heartwarming and socially conscious book about an impoverished child's struggle to find God and improve her fortunes. This edition includes the follow-on story; Jessica's Mother. Jessica is a bright and curious young soul living amidst grinding poverty in the industrialized London of the mid-19th century. Denied even the most basic comforts of life, she receives a regular pittance from a charity's coffee stall but has great trouble surviving in the abject squalor of the great metropolis. A chance meeting with two children of a minister leads Jessica to attend a church. The minister proves to be kindly, and asks that Jessica return and hear the words of God - so it is that Jessica begins to attend church regularly. Despite the trials of her existence, she manages to strengthen herself through belief in the divine, and begins to help others such as Daniel, the man who runs the coffee stall. When published in 1867, Jessica's First Prayer caused a sensation among the educated classes of English society for its unflinching depiction of poverty. The London of the time was the most bustling and wealthy city in the world, yet the limited response of society in the face of ballooning population and rapid social upheaval meant that many Londoners lived in abysmal circumstances. The simple but striking reminder of Christianity's core values of aiding the poor and the sick resonated with readers at the time. |
![Pilgrim Street. A story of Manchester life. By the author of “Jessica's First Prayer” [i.e. Sarah Smith writing under the pseudonym of Hesba Stretton], etc.](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication/48/30/5f/mzi.zroeklvg.jpg/300x300bb.jpg)
![The Doctor's Dilemma. [A novel.] Vol. III.](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication/v4/20/39/57/203957e1-8999-b77c-e2c9-492c5dcf47d8/9780699517492_cover.jpg/300x300bb.jpg)
![The Soul of Honour. [A tale.]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication/02/19/0d/mzi.hmufnjlj.jpg/300x300bb.jpg)
