Kingdom of Matthias

by

Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz

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Sarah is Elijah Pierson’s wife. She is an avid Christian, and she believes in Finneyite ideas that encourage mothers (rather than fathers) to take a more central role in religious practice. Elijah is deeply in love with Sarah, and he devotedly follows her ideas about religion. Sarah also believes in striving to be as perfect as possible at living simply, praying constantly, and practicing charity. Sarah is so committed to her idea of living simply that she eats only bread and water and often fasts, driving herself into illness and, eventually, death. Elijah grows unhinged from grief when Sarah dies, and he starts believing that he’s a prophet who can raise her from the dead.

Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson) Quotes in Kingdom of Matthias

The Kingdom of Matthias quotes below are all either spoken by Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson) or refer to Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1: Elijah Pierson Quotes

Absent, ignorant, and cruel fathers had degraded poor women and children and left a moral void. City missions would fill that void, mainly (in the case of the Female Missionary Society) through the ministrations of middle-class women.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson), Frances Folger
Page Number: 22
Explanation and Analysis:

Frances Folger and her friends were perfectionists […] to them, all time was holy, and women and men were being judged every day.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Benjamin Folger , Ann Folger , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson), Frances Folger
Page Number: 30
Explanation and Analysis:

Elijah and Sarah prayed with the Holy Club for three years, and in 1828 Elijah began talking with the Holy Ghost. He had always been a man of prayer, and had always asked God for help when he had to make some decision. But it was only in 1828 that God began answering him in English.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Benjamin Folger , Ann Folger , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson), Frances Folger
Page Number: 30
Explanation and Analysis:

The doctors now told him there was nothing they could do. Their diagnosis was consumption brought on by exhaustion and malnutrition: Sarah had literally worked and fasted herself to the edge of death.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson)
Page Number: 37
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Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson) Quotes in Kingdom of Matthias

The Kingdom of Matthias quotes below are all either spoken by Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson) or refer to Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Patriarchy, Family, and Society Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1: Elijah Pierson Quotes

Absent, ignorant, and cruel fathers had degraded poor women and children and left a moral void. City missions would fill that void, mainly (in the case of the Female Missionary Society) through the ministrations of middle-class women.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson), Frances Folger
Page Number: 22
Explanation and Analysis:

Frances Folger and her friends were perfectionists […] to them, all time was holy, and women and men were being judged every day.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Benjamin Folger , Ann Folger , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson), Frances Folger
Page Number: 30
Explanation and Analysis:

Elijah and Sarah prayed with the Holy Club for three years, and in 1828 Elijah began talking with the Holy Ghost. He had always been a man of prayer, and had always asked God for help when he had to make some decision. But it was only in 1828 that God began answering him in English.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Benjamin Folger , Ann Folger , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson), Frances Folger
Page Number: 30
Explanation and Analysis:

The doctors now told him there was nothing they could do. Their diagnosis was consumption brought on by exhaustion and malnutrition: Sarah had literally worked and fasted herself to the edge of death.

Related Characters: Elijah Pierson (Elijah the Tishbite) , Sarah Stanford (Sarah Pierson)
Page Number: 37
Explanation and Analysis: