"My soul was held up by the power of God, as the needle by the loadstone, and I did by faith, with joy draw water out of these wells of salvation."
— Osborn, Sarah (1714-1796)
Author
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Place of Publication
Worcester
Publisher
Leonard Worcester
Date
w. 1796, 1799
Metaphor
"My soul was held up by the power of God, as the needle by the loadstone, and I did by faith, with joy draw water out of these wells of salvation."
Metaphor in Context
My thirst increased, and grew more vehement. God did open my mouth wide, and he did fill it. My soul was held up by the power of God, as the needle by the loadstone, and I did by faith, with joy draw water out of these wells of salvation. I drank and was satisfied from the fulness of my unchangeable God, who has loved me with an everlasting love, and with loving kindness has drawn me. I hated sin bitterly, and myself for it. I renewedly chose my dear invaluable portion, my pearl of great price; my soul exulted, gloried, triumphed in her choice, and determined never to let him go, whom my soul loved! I gave up my all again, and again, into his merciful and faithful hands, and I am his own; he will keep what I committed to him, and I will cling to him and rejoice in him, for he is truth, and faithfulness in the abstract, yea, he is altogether lovely!
(p. 181)
(p. 181)
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Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1799)>
Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sarah Osborn: Who died at Newport, Rhode Island, On the Second Day of August, 1796. In the Eighty Third Year of Her Age, Ed. Samuel Hopkins (Worcester, MA: Leonard Worcester, 1799). <Link to Google Books>
Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sarah Osborn: Who died at Newport, Rhode Island, On the Second Day of August, 1796. In the Eighty Third Year of Her Age, Ed. Samuel Hopkins (Worcester, MA: Leonard Worcester, 1799). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/13/2012
