1. Jessie Penn-Lewis was a Welsh evangelical speaker, who wrote several Christian evangelical works.
48 Facts About Jessie Penn-Lewis
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's father was a civil engineer; her family was religious.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's mother was a worker for the temperance movement.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's grandfather was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, and her family background rooted in the Calvinistic Methodist tradition.
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When young, Jessie was said to be sickly and have an "over active brain", so that she was kept from school until she was twelve.
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At a young age, Jessie Penn-Lewis Jones became the leader of a Junior Lodge of the temperance movement.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis was married on 15 September 1880, at the age of 19, to William Penn-Lewis, an auditor's clerk for the Sussex County Council.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's husband was reportedly a descendant of William Penn.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis was an admirer of Henrietta Soltau, a YWCA activist who supported the China Inland Mission.
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For years, Jessie Penn-Lewis was preoccupied with her ministry with YWCA.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis sought answers to a number of religious questions through studying books on the subject.
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In 1892, Jessie Penn-Lewis had a sense of epiphany while studying Romans 6.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis had previously thought that the Baptism with the Holy Spirit was the primary goal of the Christian life, but she now viewed this as only the beginning of the Christian's path.
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From 1892 to c 1896, Penn-Lewis experienced success as a public speaker.
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Meanwhile, Jessie Penn-Lewis helped in the founding of new YWCA branches.
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In 1895, Jessie Penn-Lewis served as a speaker in the annual Mildmay Conference.
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In 1896, Jessie Penn-Lewis started traveling internationally as part of her speaking ministry.
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Between 1896 and 1898, Jessie Penn-Lewis travelled to Belfast, Denmark, various cities in England, the Grand Duchy of Finland, the Russian Empire, Scotland, and South Wales.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis came in contact with the local royalty in both Russia and Scandinavia.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis returned there as a public speaker in 1898.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis was originally supposed to teach only in the women's meetings of the Convention, but she was asked to step in for a missing speaker.
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In subsequent years, Jessie Penn-Lewis attracted an audience of male ministers, who attended the women's meetings just to hear her speeches.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis reportedly struggled with an unspecified lung disease throughout her public career, and at times had to cease traveling or speaking in order to recuperate.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis described her health problems as a "baptism of suffering".
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's repeated recoveries reinforced in Penn-Lewis the belief that her God wanted her to continue with her ministry.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis wrote books, such as Thy Hidden Ones: Studies in the Song of Solomon and The Story of Job, while recuperating.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis visited Canada and the United States on a speaking tour.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis delivered speeches at the Missionary Institute of Nyack, New York, and various private settings in Upstate New York.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis wanted to encourage the Christian workers active in the country.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis published the booklet The Word of the Cross in India, primarily aimed at a local audience.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis agreed with their cause, and used her contacts to organize the Llandrindod Wells Convention.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis wrote her own reports on the movement under the title The Awakening in Wales.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's reports helped in drawing international attention to the movement.
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In 1908, Jessie Penn-Lewis addressed the topic through her series of articles under the title An Hour of Peril.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis viewed several of these physical manifestations as the work of demons, and a parody of the work of the Holy Spirit.
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In 1909, Jessie Penn-Lewis resigned from her position of leadership in Keswick's women's meetings.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's resignations were connected to increased criticism in her role within the Keswick movement, and her frustration at having less opportunities to speak to a wide audience.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis's works were published and distributed with "special permission of the censor's office".
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Jessie Penn-Lewis campaigned for the rights of conscientious objectors, and protested against the distribution of alcoholic drinks to "new military recruits".
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In 1919, Jessie Penn-Lewis published her book The Magna Carta of Christian Women, a defence of the right of women to preach.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis drew inspiration from the works of Catherine Booth and Katharine Bushnell.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis started a series of "Overcomer" conferences in various locations.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis was essentially the only attraction at these conferences.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis moved into an apartment within the hall, from where she maintained correspondence with Christian workers across the world.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis still made speaking tours in Europe, primarily revisiting Scandinavia.
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Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group, credits Jessie Penn-Lewis with helping him to rid his life of depression, when he heard her speak at a Keswick Convention.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis influenced Johan Oscar Smith, the founder of Brunstad Christian Church and the missionary statesman Norman Grubb.
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Jessie Penn-Lewis founded the magazine The Overcomer, which still appears.