Introduction

Biography

Sarah was the daugh­ter of po­li­ti­cian and jour­nal­ist Ben­ja­min Flow­er, ed­it­or of The Cam­bridge In­tel­li­genc­er, and Eli­za Flow­er. She mar­ried Will­iam Bridg­es Ad­ams in 1834.

Sarah had hoped to be an ac­tress, but God had oth­er plans for her. Her stage ca­reer was cut short by poor health (though she did get to play La­dy Mac­beth in 1837), so she turned to writ­ing.

Works

She wrote ma­ny ma­ga­zine art­ic­les; a po­em about ear­ly Chris­tian mar­tyrs called Vi­via Per­pe­tua (1841); The Flock at the Fount­ain (1845), and a child­ren’s ca­te­chism.

She con­trib­ut­ed 13 en­tries to Hymns and An­thems, pub­lished in 1841 by min­is­ter Will­iam John­son Fox. She at­tend­ed Fox’s South Place Uni­tar­ian Church, Fins­bu­ry, Lon­don.