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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...British blacksmith. As a girl, Ann was troubled by thoughts of sin and salvation. At her father's insistence, she married Abraham Stanley, to whom she bore four children-all of whom soon died. At 23, she joined the revivalist following of two emotional Quakers, James and Jane Wardley. The Wardleys became convinced that Ann was nothing less than the second incarnation of Christ. Later, it was revealed to Ann in a vision that she was Mother Ann-Ann, the Word. She had attained spiritual peace at last; she devoted the rest of her life to showing others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: One More River to Cross | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

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