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"In the heart of fog-bound, 19th-century London, a neglected and starving young street urchin named Jessica wanders up to a morning coffee stall run by Daniel Standring—a hardened, self-interested man who secretly keeps the keys to a prosperous chapel. Drawn by a rare gesture of kindness and a warm cup of coffee, Jessica quietly follows Daniel into the grand, empty church, where for the very first time she hears the Gospel message and offers a simple, sincere prayer from her heart. What begins as a starving child's search for food transforms into a deeply moving story of redemption that utterly upends not only her own life, but also soft-hearted Daniel's, proving that the most earnest faith can shatter the hardest hypocrisies. I am thrilled to bring this forgotten masterpiece out of the archives and present my full audio narration of Hesba Stretton's Jessica's First Prayer."