Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to focus on a woman named Jarena Lee. She lived from 1783 - 1855. Jarena began preaching in 1820 and preached throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Her first journey as a itinerant preacher was back to her birthplace in Cape May, New Jersey to visit her mother. She travelled to Ohio to preach, and made an extensive trip to preach her way through Canada.
She became a travelling minister, travelling thousands of miles on foot. In one year alone, she"travelled two thousand three hundred and twenty-five miles, and preached one hundred and seventy -eight sermons."
During all her travels, she always returned to her home in Philadelphia to rest and recuperate.
Jarena was also heavily involved in the abolitionist movement and joined the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839.
To share her experiences in ministry, Jarena decided to pen her autobiography titled, "The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee." She completed her autobiography in expanded form in 1849.
Jarena died in 1855.
Read Part One Hundred And Thirty-Two HERE
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