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The God an almighty to whom, we praise most of the time in an emergency or in our happiness. In this entire world people believe in different religion Such as Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islamism. Each religion distinct their own beliefs on god and they have their own way of showing perspective about god. However, all religion views god as a creator of this universe. Likewise one of the Christianity believers Phillis Wheatley presents her notion in the poem “To The University of Cambridge In New England” by showing the significance of God and Christianity in a poetical way.

Wheatley’s life was running according to the God’s taken direction. Phillis Wheatley was born in Africa; some African slave traders brought her to America, where she was sold in the Boston slave market. She was about seven years old, when she was bought as a house servant for Susannah and John Wheatley. Phillis quickly learned to read the bible and write. At the age of thirteen, she started to show a precocious talent for versifying. She was encouraged to read astronomy, geography, and history and she learned to read classical writers both in translation and in original. She read the Roman Terence because he too was born in Africa. Her early creation was poems for the public events. Her first article was published in 1767, when she has crossed thirteen. In London her collections of thirty-nine was published as “Poems on Varies Subject, Religious and Moral” (1773). Many British critics read her writings and the lord Mayor of London presented her with a copy of Paradise Lost. Wheatley’s writings were mostly related to Christian religion and awareness rising poetry on slavery and racism. She died in Boston in obscure poverty when she was around age of...

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...esus Christ and his sacrifices. Our world is created and run by him.

Lastly, Wheatley tells students to live with out sin, and be thankful to god’s mercy. She shares education about god and Christianity. She advises student of Cambridge to be away from sin. Always do the good work and contribute your time to the society for goodness. But never forget to praise god and his sacrifice and his mercy towards us. He is the one who gave this beautiful opportunity to live in this earth.

The author of this poem is trying to denote students of Cambridge and all the readers of poem that God and beliefs of Christianity are extremely magnificent. Which will foreshadow our lives and gives you a better way to spend your life and Jesus had died for us to provide an immortal life. Therefore, We all should always be very thankful to the Son of God and to his good works for us.

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