11 results for month: 04/1906
Bartleman writes “The Earthquake!!!”
Angered by the fact local evangelical pastors were calling it a natural disaster, Frank Bartleman begins works on his famous "The Earthquake!!!" tract. He completes it on April 24th, and has 25,000 copies printed that day and begins to distribute them immediately.
2 More Earthquakes
Los Angeles feels two earthquakes. A.G. Garr and Frank Bartleman both record that windows broke, chimneys fell, floors heaved, and people ran into the streets.
Earthquake, Fires and Growth
At 5:48 a.m., San Francisco, California is rocked by an earthquake. During the next 4 days, the city burns. The first report on the Azusa Street Mission appears under the title, "Weird Babel of Tongues," in the Los Angeles Daily Times. The Mission begins to grow.
The LA Times Investigates
The Los Angeles Daily Times sends a reporter to the evening service. The reporter finds a small congregation of African-Americans with a sprinkling of whites.
Seymour’s First Service at 312 Azusa Street
On Easter Sunday, Jennie Evans Moore and Ruth Asberry attend Smale's First New Testament Church for the morning service. At the close fo the service, Smale opens the floor for testimonies. Jennie Evans Moore testifies of what has taken place at the Asberry prayer meetins, and ends her testimony by speaking in tongues. The congregation, including Frank Bartleman, is electrified. That evening, services begin at the Azusa Street Mission at 312 Azusa Street.
Tragedy in Missouri
Three African-American men, Horace B. Duncan, Gread Coker, and Will Allen, are dragged by a mob of 7,000 people to the town square in Springfield, Missouri and lynched. This city will be the future home of the Assemblies of God church.
Good Friday, 1906
On Good Friday, Seymour and his friends lease the property at 312 Azusa Street and begin cleaning it up. Arthur G. Osterberg leads the work detail, which includes blacks, whites and Latinos.
Seymour is Baptized
William J. Seymour receives his baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaks in toungues.
First Baptism in the Holy Spirit in Los Angeles
Edward S. Lee is baptized in the Spirit and speaks in other tongues in the late afternoon when William J. Seymour and Lucy F. Farrow lay hands on him for healing at his house. At 7:30 p.m., the group moves to the Asberry home on Bonnie Brae for the evening meeting and before the night is over, Jennie Evans Moore and several others have joined him. The news spreads throughout the Holiness network in the city of Los Angeles.
Pastor Fisher
Elmer K. Fisher of Calvary Baptist Church in nearby Glendale resigns his pastorate. Inspired by reading R.A. Torrey on the Holy Spirit, he has been preaching the need for revival at this church. His board, however, wants him to change his preaching emphasis. He joins the staff at Smale's First New Testament Church the following week.