Jessie Penn-Lewis

Jessie Penn-Lewis

Jessie Penn-Lewis (* 1861 in Victoria Terrace , Neath , Wales ; † 1927 ) was a Welsh preacher and author of spiritual books.

Life

Penn-Lewis was the daughter of a mechanic in a Calvinist - Methodist born family. Her grandfather was a preacher and her mother was active in the abstinence movement. Her family home has been a meeting place for many Christian leaders. Jessie Penn-Lewis childhood and adolescence were affected by tuberculosis . Educated by Quakers in her childhood and later shaped by the sanctification movement , the spiritual equality of women was one of her basic experiences.

The early conferences of the Keswick Movement , which also shaped Penn-Lewis, promoted a spirituality of equality by emphasizing that through sanctification mystical heights are attainable for everyone, regardless of race, social class or gender.

She was married to William Penn-Lewis.

The revival in Wales

Penn-Lewis was involved in the Wales revival . This movement, begun in 1904, grew into one of the greatest Christian revivals and came to an abrupt end in 1905 with the physical and psychological breakdown of the leading man, Evan Roberts . Penn-Lewis was an important chronicler of this revival through her weekly contributions to The Life of Faith . She watched this movement first take hold of Wales, but then many other countries and individual Christians as well. With The Awakening in Wales and Some of its Hidden Springs , she presented a story of this revival movement. Penn-Lewis traveled extensively abroad to present her message in meetings, e.g. B. in Russia , Scandinavia , Canada , the USA and India .

Penn-Lewis was closely associated with Evan Roberts, and there has been some controversy over her influence on him. After the collapse of Roberts, Penn-Lewis took him in at their home in Leicester. However, it broke. Finally, Penn-Lewis explained some of the revival phenomena in Wales as the work of Satan . She put her controversial views in her book on spiritual warfare, war with the saints , in the English War on the Saints ,. In this book, she describes her view on the influence of demons on Christians . Penn-Lewis' fame was mainly based on her theses on the subject. Watchman Nee was influenced by this book. Your theses are still controversial today.

Influences

Penn-Lewis was influenced by the Reformed South African pastor and spiritual writer Andrew Murray . Her books contain quotations from Murray and references to his works. The mystical - quietistic work of Madame Guyon was also formative .

Frank Buchman , the founder of the Oxford Movement , attests to Penn-Lewis that she helped him overcome his depression when he heard her speak at the Keswick Conference . She also had an influence on the missionary Norman Grubb and Johan Oscar Smith , the founder of the Brunstad Christian Church (formerly also known as "the Norwegians", in Germany today " The Christian Congregation "). She had some influence on the late sanctification movement through her books . Franz Eugen Schlachter z. B. took up the revival of Wales in his crumbs from Herr Tisch . Penn-Lewis also presided over women's conventions at the 1876 Keswick Conference.

Works

• War on The Saints - in German war against the saints
• The Awakening in Wales & Some of the Hidden Springs
• The Spiritual Man
• The Centrality of the Cross
• Thy hidden ones
• Dying to Live
• Conquest of Canaan
• Face to face
• All Things New
• Story of job
• Fruitful Living
• Life in the Spirit
• Opened Heavens
• The Cross of Golgotha ​​in 1907 by Emil Müller Verlag
• The Hidden Sources of the Wales Awakening 1905 Freienwalde

She founded The Overcomer magazine , which is still published.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The information on Penn-Lewis' life in this section follows, unless otherwise stated, MR Haddad: The Mystical theology of Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861-1927) , Durham Thesis, Durham University 2005, pp. 81 ff. Available online at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2708 (PDF).
2. ^ Richard Fisher, G. Pressing Truth to the Extreme: The Errors of Jessie Penn-Lewis . Personal Freedom Outreach . 2000. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 16, 2007. 
3. ↑ Mrs Penn Lewis and the Welsh Revival ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on revival-library.org (accessed November 25, 2013). 
4. ↑ MR Haddad: The Mystical theology of Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927) , Durham Thesis, Durham University 2005, p. 82. Available online at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/ 2708 (PDF).

literature

• James Edwin Orr: The Flaming Tongue: The Impact of Early 20th Century Revivals. 2nd edition, Moody Press, 1975, ISBN 0802428029 .
• Mary N. Garrard: Jessie Penn-Lewis: A Memoir (paperback). Sentinel Publications, 2002, ISBN 0965651932