An anagram for Amanda Berry Smith
Amanda Berry Smith: “Mamas Tarry Behind”
“Tarrying” was the African-American (and in some circle, white) holiness word for what the “seeker” did when they were praying for entire sanctification.
The “behind” refers to a social position: as a poor black woman, Amanda had three strikes against her even before she started to tarry for her sanctification–let alone when she desired to bring the message of that experience to the larger world of America. She was “behind” before she even began. Yet begin she did, and fought through every obstacle to teach and sing the message she felt the Holy Spirit had given her.
