99 results for year: 1906
Atlanta Race Riot
A week-long race riot begins when whites slaughter blacks in Atlanta, Georgia. Many are killed. Troops are called in to quell the riot.
Peter Morris Injures Sponsor
At the Azusa Street meeting in Whittier, California, Peter Morris tries to stop the meeting, ultimately giving his sponsor, Mr. W.S. Lemon, a black eye. Morris is arrested, and the next day he is fined $10. Los Angeles, California, papers pick up on the story regarding the Smale versus Keyes exchange.
T.B. Barratt Becomes Interested in the Azusa Street Mission
T.B Baratt, a Methodist pastor from Christiana (now Oslo), Norway, has spent nearly a year in the United States raising funds for a new mission in Oslo. He has been staying at the Alliance House in New York City. He reads The Apostolic Faith newspaper and becomes excited. He writes to the Azusa Street Mission for more information.
Lillian Keyes Prophesy
Lillian Keyes tries to prophesy in First New Testament Church, and Smale publicly censures her. Dr. Keyes barks like a dog.
Dr. Henry S. Keyes LA Daily Times Article
Dr. Henry S. Keyes is interviewed by the Los Angeles Daily Times. He agrees to write in tongues, and prevails on L.C. Le Nan to provide an interlinear interpretation. The Times publishes it the following day with the title, “Hand Made Chicken Tracks on Paper.”
George Berg
George Berg, a veteran Holiness missionary to India, visits the Azusa Street Mission and is baptized in the Spirit. He and his wife, Mary, will return as Apostolic Faith missionaries to India in February 1908. Andrew Johnson, Louise Condit, and Mrs. Bushnell from New York, sail from New York. Lucy Leatherman remains in New York City. In Los Angeles, California, the Azusa Street Mission holds a service at the train depot as Mrs. Julia W. Hutchins, her husband Willis, and her niece, Leila McKinney, leave for a missionary term in Liberia. They will stop off in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Julia Hutchins will hold meetings.
Lillian Keyes
At the first New Testament Church, 16-year-old Lillian Keyes hands a note to Pastor Smale telling him, “Thus saith the Lord...you have grieved the Holy Ghost.” Smale is upset and writes a response to Dr. And Mrs. Keyes suggesting Lillian has gone off into fanaticism. Dr. Keyes is deeply offended. Meanwhile, Charles F. Parham leaves Kansas for Zion, Illinois, arriving the next day. His detour to Zion will last about 6 weeks.
The Barracks Meetings
Seymour holds meetings at The Barracks on the corner of Greenleaf and Hadley in Whittier, California.
The Elysian Heights Church of Nazarene
The Elysian Heights Church of Nazarene is split when some members begin to speak in tongues. Apostolic Faith meetings continue in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Monrovia, and Whittier, California. African-American Holiness Evangelist Edward (sometimes called Joseph) McCauley visits the Azusa Street Mission where he is baptized in the Spirit. In early September, Andrew Johnson and Louise Condit leave New York for Jerusalem. The Azusa Street Mission publishes the first issue of the Apostolic Faith.
Andrew Johnson in New York City
Andrew Johnson notes his arrival in New York City with Lucy Leatherman and Louise Condit.