Phoebe Palmer

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Phoebe Palmer (born December 18, 1807 in New York City , † November 2, 1874 ) was an American advocate of the sanctification movement and an activist for women's rights .

Life

Phoebe Worrell was born in New York City, where her family attended a Methodist church. As a young girl, she had a conversion experience . In 1835 she married Walter C. Palmer, with whom she attended Norfolk Street Church from then on. In 1835 she began inviting women to events in her home. In 1837 she made her first personal experience with the sanctification movement and from then on identified with this piety style . Soon she and her husband were one of the main driving forces behind this movement within the Methodist Church. Based on her faith, she got involved in social and charitable projects and also stood up for prisoners. In 1850 she founded the Five Points Mission , an organization that supported people in the city's slums. She published articles in the Guide to Holiness , the official organ of the sanctification movement. In the 1850s, she and her husband made various trips to the eastern United States and Canada to promote the sanctification movement at meetings of the Methodist Church. Finally, in 1857, there was a broad turn to the sanctification movement within the Methodist Church. From 1859 to 1863, also during the American Civil War , Palmers spread the doctrine of the sanctification movement in the United Kingdom . Upon her return, her husband bought Guide to Holiness magazine and became its editor. She wrote and published a number of books on sanctification issues and was bluntly committed to fair wages for domestic workers and the abstinence movement . She also advocated women's rights within the Church and believed that women should testify of their Christian faith.

Works

  • Four years in the old world; comprising the travels, incidents, and evangelistic laboratories of Phoebe Palmer and Walter Charles Palmer
  • The way of holiness
  • Faith and Its Effects, Or, Fragments from My Portfolio

literature

  • Elaine A. Heath: Naked Faith: The Mystical Theology of Phoebe Palmer , James Clarke, 2010, ISBN 978-0-227-17339-8
  • Richard Wheatley: The Life and letters of Mrs Phoebe Palmer , BiblioBazaar, 2009, ISBN 978-1-115-29184-2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ J. Gordon Melton: Palmer, Phoebe . In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 414 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Palmer, Phoebe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Worrell, Phoebe (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sanctification advocate, activist for women's rights
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1874