Many people came to the Lord because of her preaching and at least one person was healed. Though Zilpha was worried that being black and a female would be detrimental, those factors are actually what attracted people to come and hear her. Some came out of curiosity; a few even...
Jarena's story is one of a series of four women (including Maria W. Stewart) that I want to explore over the coming weeks. Was Jarena's call real, or only the product of a vivid imagination? If a woman's call to preach is real, how should we deal with it? This...
All of these women understood that the most important freedom is freedom in Christ. Yes, human slavery is wicked and cruel. We still have it with us today in the form of human trafficking. As long as wicked men have the power to abuse others they will. We will not...
Phillis' first published poem, "On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin", was a tale of two men who nearly drowned at sea and their steady faith in God. Published by the Newport Mercury in 1767, this poem reflected Phillis' strong faith in God and would anticipate the Christian piety that would characterize...
"People ask me," she once said, "how I came to live so long and keep my mind; and I tell them it is because I think of the great things of God; not the little things."
Her life is an example of what can be done, even in the most horrible of circumstances, when a person does not give up or give in. Harriet's attitude in life made all the difference in the world.
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