Phoebe Palmer

Phoebe Palmer

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Early life

Palmer was born Phoebe Worrall in New York City. Her father was a devout Methodist named Henry Worrall. He had experienced a religious conversion during the Wesleyan Revival in England before immigrating to the United States. Phoebe’s mother was Dorothea Wade Worrall.

Spiritual development

In 1827 Phoebe Worall married Walter Palmer, a homeopathic physician, who was also a devout Methodist. As Methodists the couple became interested in the writings of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. They developed a particular interest in Wesley’s doctrine of Christian perfection, which is the belief that a Christian can live a life free of serious sin. At some point in the 1830’s the Palmers experienced what they called “entire sanctification.” They felt that they should teach others about that experience and teach them how to have it for themselves.

Spread of Holiness concepts

In 1835 Palmer’s sister, Sarah Lankford, began having weekly prayer meetings with Methodist women. Two years later, Phoebe Palmer became the leader of the meetings, which were referred to as the Tuesday Meeting for the Promotion of Holiness. The meetings were held in the Palmer’s home. Beginning in 1839, men were allowed to attend the meetings. Among the men were Methodist bishops, theologians, and ministers. Some of the bishops who attended were Edmund S. James, Leonidas L. Hamline, Jesse T. Peck and Matthew Simpson. This renewed interest in Holiness eventually influenced the Methodist Church nationwide.

Phoebe Palmer, and her husband Walter became itinerant preachers as they received more and more invitations from churches, conferences, and camp meetings. Although Walter Palmer spoke at these meetings, it was Phoebe who was better known.

Palmer played a significant role in spreading the concept of Christian holiness throughout the United States and the rest of the world. She wrote several books, including "The Way of Holiness", which was a foundational book in the Holiness movement. From the northeastern United States the movement spread. She and her husband visited other regions, then Canada in 1857, and then the United Kingdom in 1859. They stayed in the United Kingdom for several years.

The Palmers bought a monthly journal entitled "The Guide to Holiness" in 1864. It had been started by Timothy Merritt to promote the doctrine of Christian perfection. Phoebe Palmer edited the journal from that time until her death.

Some of the people that Palmer influenced through her speaking and writing were the temperance leader, Frances Willard; the co-founder of the Salvation Army, Catherine Booth; and the first president of the National Camp Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness (later the Christian Holiness Partnership), John Iskip.

In her book, "The Promise of the Father", Palmer defended the idea of women in Christian ministry.

Palmer’s belief in holiness was not merely theoretical. She led the Methodist Ladies’ Home Missionary Society in founding the Five Points Mission in 1850. This mission was in a slum area in New York City.

Phoebe Palmer’s daughter, Phoebe Knapp, wrote several hymn tunes, including the melody for Fanny Crosby’s “Blessed Assurance.”

Writings

* [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJH1642.0001.001 "The Way of Holiness" (1843)]
*"Entire Devotion to God" (1845)
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/64159/0003?id=e9b0e5e5add3a5da "Faith and its Effects" (1848)]
*"The Promise of the Father" (1859)

ources

*Raser, Harold E., "Phoebe Palmer, Her Life and Thought", "Studies in Women and Religion", Volume 22, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston/Queenston, 1947, p. 103.

*Reuther, Rosemary Radford and Rosemary Skinner Keller, "Women and Religion in America: The Nineteenth Century". San Francisco, Harper and Row, 1981.

*White, Charles Edward. "The Beauty of Holiness: Phoebe Palmer as Theologian, Revivalist, Feminist, and Humanitarian" (Zondervan/Francis Asbury Press, 1986). (ISBN 0-310-46250-9)

External links

*http://are.as.wvu.edu/phebe.htm
*http://www.messiah.edu/whwc/Articles/article26.htm
*http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/21-25/23-13.htm


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