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E period "He Included Me" by Sarah Rice


 * [[image:9780820311418.jpg width="247" height="322" caption="(9780820311418)"]] || Sarah Rice was born in Clio, Alabama on January 14, 1909. Her parents were Willis James Webb and Lizzie Janet Lewis Webb. Her mom was a teahcer, and her dad was an episcopalian preacher. Sarah Rice had four siblings: Beatrice, Albert, David, and Elizabeth. Her father ran away from his parents as a teenager and worked for a nice woman on her farm. He learned how to read and write. He played music for her and her friend and began to preach for them too. Thus, his preaching career began. Willis James Webb died in the pulpit preaching.

Sarah Rice was a very smart child and always used her witiness to get herself out of tricky situations; "I knew she was going to hit me on my buttocks, and I decided to do something about it"(30). Sarah Rice always wanted to take charge in her situations; even at a young age, she was driven and wanted to take charge of her situations. This was just the beginning of the power she had over her life. || "Clio Mural" 12 Nov. 2009 Web. <[]
 * Sarah and her brother Jim were ashamed to be the preacher's children when they were younger; they hated the fact that they had to work so much as children and had to go get other people's clothess for their momma to wash. One day, they were griping alot and got really upset and their momma's response was, "It's no disgrace to work. It's an honor to mane an honest dollar. Even if it's going around picking up cow tracks, it's better than stealing"(51.)" || [[image:clio,_ala.jpg width="384" height="200" caption="(clio_mural.JPG)"]] ||
 * Sarah Rice took her momma's words of wisdom to heart and began teaching many children a powerful lesson by saying, "Learn to use your hands. If you're going to sweep the floor, be the best floor sweeper that they have. Whatever you do, do the best you can with it"(51-52). She also used this lesson for herself for the rest of her life. She always strived to be the best she could be, no matter what the circumstances were. || Sarah Rice always looked at other people and ethnicities equally. She never judged others or thought she was better than them. She was a proud woman, but she did not let her pride get in the way of being a good and wholesome person. Sarah Rice "taught the children about the Indians, about the slavery business and the Civil War and Emanipation. The children were frightened of Indians, afraid they would shoot them with a bow and arrow. But I told them it was the Indian's country first and that they were just like anybody else. The only difference there was between the Indians and us was that we were brought here, and they lived here before us. They were proud people, and this was their country, and I can understand why they fought". I feel like Sarah Rice's motto for life was to always give others the benefit of the doubt because she always seems to. ||
 * "I don't care if it's a hut. I want something of my own"(117), Sarah Rice explained. She never cared about outward appearences through her life. She cared about achieving goals and the effort she put into things. || "Through all the trials and tribulations I've had, I'm still reminded of Mama's old song, "He Included Me," and I know it's true, because otherwise I wouldn't be here to tell you this story. "When the Lord said, 'Whosoever will,' He included me too. Yes, Jesus included me. Yes, Jesus included me"(181). Rice's powerful faith in Jesus Christ could move any one person because she was such a woman of God and truly did believe in Jesus Christ as her father and Savior. ||
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 * || **__Works Cited__**

"Cross on a Hill" 12 Nov. 2009 Web. []

Rice, Sarah. __He Included Me__. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1989. ||