S. M. I. Henry

Sarepta M. I. Henry

Sarepta Myrenda Irish Henry (1839–1900) was a Woman's Christian Temperance Union leader.

In her last years of life, she became a Seventh-day Adventist, and pioneer of women's ministry. She was also involved with the controversial Holy Flesh movement.^[1]

Publications

Henry published the following material:

• Victoria: With Other Poems Poe & Hitchcock: Cincinnati, 1865.
• The Abiding Spirit (1899)
• Studies in Home and Child Life (1898)
• Good Form and Christian Etiquette (1900)
• The Marble Cross and Other Poems
• The Unanswered Prayer

She published other books also.

Her published articles include:

• "Saved by Families" DjVu by Henry. The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 77:5 (30 January 1900)". "Saved by Families" DjVu by Henry, reprint. The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 95:2 (10 January 1918), p15
• "My Telescope" DjVu by Henry. Ministry v54 (June 1981), p12–14
• "Women's Work" by Henry. Adventists Affirm 21 (Spring 2007), p34–43

She also wrote songs, including:

• I Know My Heavenly Father Knows

References

1. ↑ "Sarepta Myrenda (Irish) Henry". Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists by Gary Land, 132

• Adventist Review, March 16, 1989
• Whirlwind of the Lord: Story of Mrs S M I Henry by Margaret Rossiter White

External links

• My Mother’s Life: (A Memoir of S. M. I. Henry) DjVu by her daughter Mary Henry Rossiter
• "Other Women Ministers from the Past: Short Sketches", chapter 8 of Called by God by Josephine Benton
• "Sarepta Myendra Irish Henry" blog by Jeff Crocombe, June 11, 2007
• Articles by Henry and about Henry as cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)