Ned Caswell Attends Azusa Street Mission
Ned Caswell attends the Azusa Street Mission again and says, "At Azusa St. there was a small crowd, Seymour and wife leading, and not doing much." The big days of the revival in the Mission seem to be at an end.
Ned Caswell Diary Entry
Ned Caswell writes in his diary, "Seymour is fatter. Crowd was smaller, but still good."
Chinese Missionaries Arrive in Los Angeles
In 1909, Hector and Sigrid McLean, China Inland Mission missionaries in the Szechwan Province of Western China, arrive in Los Angeles, California. They attend the Azusa Street Mission and are baptized in the Spirit. They leave the China Inland Mission and become independent Apostolic missionaries until their retirement in 1927.
John Reid in Liberia
John Reid disembarks from his ship in Monrovia, Liberia, and finds Edward McCauley with a congregation of 145 people whom he has converted and baptized. Across the front of the church is a sign reading, "Apostolic Faith Mission."
“God’s Latter Rain”
The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa begins a paper called "God's Latter Rain."
Chinatown Attack
After holding evening street meetings for 2 weeks at the corner of Marchessault and Juan Streets in Los Angeles' Chinatown, the Apostolic Faith people are attacked by a group of Chinese who pelt them with rotten eggs.
George Studd and the Upper Room Mission
George Studd leaves the Azusa Street Mission and begins to attend the Upper Room Mission. The Upper Room Mission has offered him the opportunity to lead their daily noon meetings and give Bible studies.
Case Dismissed
The court dismisses the case against Sykes, Garrison, and Taylor when no witnesses appear to testify against them. The court had given the witnesses the wrong time or date for the trial.
Sykes, Garrison, and Taylor Arrested
J.W. Sykes, H.A. Garrison, and Mary Taylor are arrested and arraigned for disturbing the peace with their meetings at 2815 West 10th Street in Los Angeles, California. The trial is set for August 3.
“The Apostolic Faith” August Edition in Portland
July and August 1908, an issue of "The Apostolic Faith" is published. It has the original masthead, but Portland, Oregon, is named as the city of origin.