Overview
Sarah Katherine Taylor (, Paine; pen name, Sarah K. Taylor; November 19, 1847 – May 28, 1920) was an American evangelist and temperance activist. She was the editor of, The Little Christian, All Nations Monthly, and Bible Faith Mission Standard.
Early life and education
Sarah Katherine Paine was born in Danielsonville, Connecticut, November 19, 1847. Her father was Reuben Paine. Her mother's maiden name was Susan A. Parkhurst. She had six siblings, John, Elwyn, Emily, Charles, Harlan, and Clarence. Sarah attended but two terms of school after the death of her father and then was obliged to leave home to do housework for two years, after which she entered a shoe shop. Not satisfied with that work, she studied evenings and fitted herself for a teacher.
Career
When eighteen years of age, she felt called to gospel work and began to hold children's meetings, to write for religious papers, and to talk to assemblies in schoolhouses, kitchens, halls and churches. In 1868, she went to work in the office of The Christian, in Boston, Massachusetts, where for the first time she met Rev. Austin Wheeler Taylor (1843-1929), a young minister from Byron, Maine, who afterwards went south to teach the Freedmen. In January, 1869, Miss Paine went to Seabrook, New Hampshire, and gave herself wholly to gospel work, holding meetings evenings, and during each day, visiting from house to house, reading the Bible and praying with the families. Many were converted. A church was organized and a church edifice was built. In April, she went to Belmont, New Hampshire, and held a protracted meeting in the Christian church. More than 150 professed conversion.
That summer, she held meetings in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, seeing many converted. The object of the organization was to engage and unite the efforts of Christian women of the Advent Christian denomination in sending the Gospel throughout the world, to deepend the spiritual life among believers in Christ, and by organization, to render more efficient the work of the women of the Advent Christian Church. Taylor was editor of its organ, All nations Monthly, published in Bridgton, Maine. She was also the editor of the Bible Faith Mission Standard, published in the same town. In 1908–09, she made a tour of the world, visiting missions.
Death
Sarah Katherine Taylor died at Bridgton, Maine, May 28, 1920, and was buried in that town.
Selected works
* Child wives and widows of India * Letter from Sarah K. Taylor answering some criticisms of her work, 1905 * A true but partial history of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missions Society of the Advent Christian Denomination, 1912 * God's financial method , 1915