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John Lemley
b. 1843
A 19th-century religious writer and editor, he told a striking life story shaped by poverty, hard work, faith, and years in the newspaper world. His surviving books mix memoir, moral reflection, and devotional writing.
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Women in white raiment
by John Lemley
About the author
Born in 1843, John Lemley is best known today for his autobiographical writing and for his work as a religious editor. Records for his books identify him as the editor of The Golden Censer and, in a later edition of his memoir, Zion's Watchman.
His best-known autobiographical work, Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John Lemley, presents his life as a story of hardship and perseverance. Contemporary book descriptions say he was born in Germany and spent part of his childhood in poverty before making his way through farm work and later entering publishing and public speaking.
Lemley also wrote Women in White Raiment, a religious work that focuses on women in the Bible. Taken together, his books suggest a writer interested in faith, character, and personal reform, with a plainspoken style shaped by lived experience rather than literary fashion.