This line of the poem warns against allowing sin into your life because it is harmful and possibly deadly to the soul. The Lord grants forgiveness for those sins committed by people but only if one has accepted Jesus as its savior. No being of Earth is separate from God except for those who choose to live their life in sin and reject walking in the glory of the Lord himself. Phillis Wheatley’s poems based on various topics have been read and praised by of highly praised thinkers like Benjamin Franklin and Voltaire. She could be considered brave since she was an African American who spoke her mind when other people of her kind were considered property instead of an individual human being. In her poem “To The University of Cambridge, In New
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In no way does Wheatley imply that only one certain group of people receives this redemption. Not only whites or only blacks can receive the grace of God through the death of His son. All are worthy of salvation through the acceptance of God in one’s life. To further Wheatley’s argument that not only white people could receive the grace of God the Bible states that all are created in God’s image. The Bible does not say that only white Europeans were made in God’s image but that all people are created in His image. Even though Jesus saves everyone no matter what shape or form he or she is in He cannot protect one from the grasp of …show more content…
Although only being thirteen years of age, she had accomplished more than most African Americans would in a lifetime. Despite the fact that Wheatley would have been denied an education at the University of Cambridge because of not only her gender but also her race she still decided to write words of encouragement to the students in her poem “To The University of Cambridge, In New England”. In her poem, Wheatley urges the students to learn all they can for they are privileged that society allows them to have that opportunity but also to remember that God is the one to whom they owe it all. She herself thanks God’s mercy for bringing her from Africa to the United States. Phillis Wheatley demonstrates in this poem that she believes that every person of every race living on the face of the Earth is no better than another for all are equal under the heavenly father
In no way does Wheatley imply that only one certain group of people receives this redemption. Not only whites or only blacks can receive the grace of God through the death of His son. All are worthy of salvation through the acceptance of God in one’s life. To further Wheatley’s argument that not only white people could receive the grace of God the Bible states that all are created in God’s image. The Bible does not say that only white Europeans were made in God’s image but that all people are created in His image. Even though Jesus saves everyone no matter what shape or form he or she is in He cannot protect one from the grasp of …show more content…
Although only being thirteen years of age, she had accomplished more than most African Americans would in a lifetime. Despite the fact that Wheatley would have been denied an education at the University of Cambridge because of not only her gender but also her race she still decided to write words of encouragement to the students in her poem “To The University of Cambridge, In New England”. In her poem, Wheatley urges the students to learn all they can for they are privileged that society allows them to have that opportunity but also to remember that God is the one to whom they owe it all. She herself thanks God’s mercy for bringing her from Africa to the United States. Phillis Wheatley demonstrates in this poem that she believes that every person of every race living on the face of the Earth is no better than another for all are equal under the heavenly father