Even though Sarah's entire family and ancestors had this deep religious cĬonviction and practiced it every Sunday, she would not allow them to push her into their habits. The theme of this strory is that you should stay true to your own convictions of life. Here is a similar picture of a priest baptizing At that point she feels released of her obligations and never goes to church again. Sarah continues to be bored but shows respect for her family and goes to church until the death of her father.

They respected her beliefs and let her make her decisions. Although Sarah has taken the opposite belief of the family and truly shows her individualism, the elders in Sarah’s family did not get mad at her. Sarah not having the same feelings the rest of her family has of Jesus does not want to follow the family’s acceptance of Jesus and the religion. While her father Reverend Phillips is baptizing her brother, Aunt Betsy tells Sarah to go on down where Matthew is so she can be baptized for next week. Sarah, a young black girl shows her rebellious nature to the church and the way the rest of the family prays during her brother, Matthew’s baptism at the New African church. This story takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1960’s and is about a very religious family, whose religious values drive them to pray in church every Sunday. I posted YouTube for all of you that want to see a video similar to this story.

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