Mary Rowlandson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is good for me that I have been afflicted.
-- Mary Rowlandson
Before I knew what affliction meant, I was ready sometimes to wish for it
-- Mary Rowlandson

#Wish #Affliction #Sometimes
The portion of some is to have their afflictions by drops, now one drop and then another; but the dregs of the cup, the wine of astonishment, like a sweeping rain that leaveth no food, did the Lord prepare to be my portion.
-- Mary Rowlandson

#Rain #Wine #Suffering
It is a solemn sight to see so many Christians lying in their blood, some here, and some there, like a company of sheep torn by wolves, all of them stripped naked by a company of hell-hounds, roaring, singing, ranting, and insulting, as if they would have torn our very hearts out; yet the Lord by His almighty power preserved a number of us from death, for there were twenty-four of us taken alive and carried captive
-- Mary Rowlandson

#Christian #Lying #Taken
The Lord hereby would make us the more acknowledge His hand, and to see that our help is always in Him
-- Mary Rowlandson

#Hands #Helping #Lord

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