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Margaret Bird Steinmetz

Best known for the early 20th-century devotional collection Leaves of Life, this writer gathered scripture, quotations, and short reflections into a book meant to offer steady encouragement day by day.

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Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration

Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration

by Margaret Bird Steinmetz

About the author

Margaret Bird Steinmetz is known for Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration, a collection first published in 1914. The book was designed as a daily companion, bringing together Bible passages, prayers, poems, and selections from many well-known writers and public figures.

The surviving public record available online is quite slim, so not much biographical detail about her life can be confirmed with confidence. What is clear is that her work was shaped by a warm, uplifting, openly Christian tone and a wish to offer readers comfort, reflection, and encouragement through every month of the year.

Her best-known book has remained accessible through projects that preserve older literature, which has helped keep her work in circulation for modern readers interested in classic devotional writing.