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(Copyright) by Eddie Hyatt (Grapevine, Texas)  Sarah Pierpont Edwards attended the Congregational Church in Northampton MA, which was pastored by her husband, Jonathan Edwards. Women were supposed to remain silent in the Puritan/Congregational churches, but a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit was occurring (the Great Awakening) and she could hardly contain herself at times. “I could scarcely refrain from leaping with transports of joy,” she exclaimed. One day she was so overwhelmed by God’s presence that she could no longer stand but sank to the floor. It happened as she listened to a visiting minister lament that God’s children should […]