J. M. Humphrey

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J. M. (Jerry Miles) Humphrey was an author and speaker in the Holiness Movement of the early 20th century. While in ministry, he divorced his wife, and married another woman seven years later. The day after the wedding, he began to harbor doubts about the propriety of this second marriage, and ultimately ended it after two years of soul-searching, which included eighteen months of mutual sexual abstinence.

His published works include:

  • Select Fruits from the Highlands of Beulah
  • Crumbs From Heaven
  • Sin's By-Paths
  • Old-Time Religion
  • Impressive Talks
  • Fragments From The King's Table
  • A Word of Warning on Divorce - Marriage
  • Fire from the Pulpit
  • X-ray Sermons
  • Daily Guide for the Sanctified
  • Railroad Sermons from Railroad Stories
  • The Worker's Secret Of Unction
  • Spiritual Lessons From Every-day Life
  • Fifty Ready-Cut Sermons
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