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196 AMEIIIWIS FWIaI lOST
WITH EGYPTIAN MERCY SHIP
Assemblies of God
The Sinking
of the Zamzam
in April 1941
Begins on Page 3
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The Latter Rain Movement

40 Years Later/Page J5 . >
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 THE HERITAGE In lhe meanlmlC I had called ufe
magazine\ photo an.:hu'C<' In "cw York
21 Ministers Living
LETTER Wayne Warn.. and made arr.lngerncnl'> 10 U<,c! I\\.Q of
David Schtmtan\ pholo~ f-rom Life J
Who Were Ordained
nlc,~ ),ou hayc publi\hcd or helped
went to lime's an:hl\"C'>. bUI the) had
nothing cataloged on Ihe Zam:am. J then
By 1920
U pubh.,h J. maga7ine. you probably called Wide World Photo.. (As'>OCialed n the fall 1986 ii-we of Heritage there
d01l'1 realile the "tep" we take to c.:rcatc illl
j,\UC of I/er/taxt!. Thcrc\ a trcmcndou\
Pre .... ,. aho m New York. and ordered
cople .. of the ir /..am:lI11r print .. from which
I appeared a li~t of A.,.,embhe .. of God
tmni~ter-. who were 90 year-. of age or
amount of work bchilld the scenc'> - get I 'oClecled some for thi, issue A .. you older The Ii~t had 137 name .. amll1ged by
tlllg ~Ioric\. findmg phologmph\. double- mighl imagine, wllrl..ing with Ihe'oC Ihree age.
ched.mll [;1(;1\. and 101 other IIK idcntal photo ~rvice, took a long lime and '>C\cral A ne\\. list ha!> been compiled of mini ..-
chore.. to Illa!.c .. ure the .. tory Will "ny''' telephone call ... tef'!o who are ,>till "'ling and .... ho \\.ere
l.c{\ take the 19-1' Zom::om inr.: ldcnt for Here al headquaner!> one day I )u'>t hap- ordained by 19:!0. Mar) B Cad walder
an example. pened 10 mention m) re..earch 10 Richard head .. the li~t. having been ordained 111
I h<l\'C .... anted to publi .. h a ,tory on the Hammar. the A ..'>Cmblie\ of God atlomey. 1910-- 77 }em ago. She i.. the wido\\. of
ZlIm;:.mn evcr .. lIlce I heard about it a few To my surpri'>C. he knew about the .. inking Hugh Cad walder. a fomlerdi ..lrict .. upcrin-
ycaf\ ago. or the more than 100 mi\- of lhe Zam::.am becau'>C hi .. wife wa .. tendent
.. iana n e., aboard. four of them were goi ng related to a UJlheran mi~ .. ionary on board .
to Afnca under the A .. scmblic .. of God: the late Ralph lIult . Then Richard laid me 1910 Ida B I1l1dlcod.
Mr and Mr. . P'au[ Derr and Mr. and MI"J that one of Hull 's daughlers is Ingrid 'I~ry B Cad .... aldcr Santa Cnu. Cahfornla
Clnudc Ked.. Trobisch. whom I had previously met at SUJ.!arland. Tcxa~ 1918
a wfllers meeting and who lives in Adele I' CannKhael
1913

M '>toryfiNDerr
y .. tep wa .. to get a copy of the
wrote for the Pefllecl).ltaf
Fl'tlrlKl'i in Jul y 1941. Then I checked the
Springfield.
I made an appointment with Ingrid and
talked With her about her father\ experi-
Ah~e Rt<)nold\ Flo..er
Spnngfitld. 'h\<oOUr1
Thousand Oa~\. Cahfornl3
Ltland R Kt)·"
mini ..tcr\ direclOry to find out if Derr wa .. ences on the Zllm;:,cml. She lent several Wilhe \1;1(' John'oOl1 San J~. California
\ 111t aJi\'C. 1·11 .. name wa .. Ii .. ted With a books to me. \0 I wenl back 10 the office h'>rl W,-,nh. Teu\ Fred BurLe
UJceme, California addre~ .. ; but when J with far more information Ihan I cou ld 1914 South Afnea
called, M I"i Dcrr to ld me that her hU,>lland U!>C. (We bolh agreed Ihat the Zam:tJm [)Ulhe A S,mm\ Rodolfo C. Orono
pa,>'>Cd away l a~t November. She gave me 'lory would make an intere ..ling movie.) Spnnglield. ~h"<,O\ln Monlern:)". Me~lco
lin updale on their ministry and lold me After leammg from Life that David
Ihill her daughler Rulh and her hu .. band Scherman-who wa .. llboard the Zam:lIm Wilhe T. 'hilMII" 1919
C laude Ked were on their way from Ore- and who had t:tken hundred .. o f photos- An"I(11. Yirgmia Rall'h E. Mader
gon to Lucerne to be wi th her on her 90th was Mill li ving . I wrote to him and then 1915 ClarkSlon. Washington
blllhday. laler talked with him by phone. He served Henry C. Ball Anna Berg
A few day' later I called again and talked as a war pholographer and worked for Life San . \ntonlo. Teu~ Spnngfield. M,\\OUn
wilh MI">. DcIT, Ruth _ and Claude 11ley for anolher 30 yean;.
1917 Doc,a "
were very helpful in providing some of Ihe Schemlan filled me in on the three men
Sun\llme Ball
/>;o\e\
photo .. we arc u!> lng in thi .. i.... ue and wilh who were injured on the ZI",,:am. The) ""nama Cny. Flom.la
San AntonIO. Tellll!i
lead .. o n olher people who were aboard 1920
Iht liml:!lttl Continued on pagi' II I-I orace 1'.1 Rcc:,l's J';elile T B:uan
Plam\iew. Tnll!i Las Croce". Nc.. \1e "co
lIe nry C Carlwn R Elmer Ba~er
I'Jlm De..ert. California Du rnm. Flonda
Waymon I) l'~ylor Yeny L. Clark
Oa~ .... ()()l\. Tcxa~ Arcadia. Florida

/ltn/(lRt i~ publ ished quartt'rl) b) tht \ '&'mblin

of (;00 \ rchi'n. 1"-'5 Boon_ilIe "u· ..Spring-
Ileld. ,to 65802. Phonr (417) 1162-2781. Thi~
paprr is rr~ to membt<rs ofthl·I\ ~ mbli ..... of God
Itrrit~~e Socil'l). 'I ta rl~ mtmbt'r, hip) are l"a ll -
ablr for $10; lirclime nl('mt)«r,hip~ arr $ 100.
l'erSOIl) .. i,hinl: 10 donate hi ~tnr kll l matl'rial~
) uch a'> corrrspundtnfC. Ilh O lul:r"ph ~. ta l)I''>.
111011,>. lII a~ninc). hook.~. minutt'. elc .. arc urged
10 .. rit e 1<) the ArchiH'S a t tht' aboH addrn).

Wayne E. Wamer, Editor

ARCHIVES ADVISORY BOARD

JOM9h R. Flower, Chairman
E,erett Stenhouse
Thl'H 5un-h~rs orthe ZQm:,llm sinking. Claude Ked!: , Mn. l'IIul Thomas F. Hamson
[)err. and Rulh Krck . Mrs. Ked!: . .. ho is RUlh 's mot her. wa~ Bartlett Peterson
oMe n;n!! her 90Ih birthda) whl'n this pitlult' WIIS taken in
Septcmt)«r. l'Mul l)err died last )\'ar. Courtesy of Ctlludc lind
CopyriJ:hl 1987 by I~ General CounCil of tlK<
Ruth Kl'Ck.
ASSt'mblil'S of Goo. Springfitld. 1\1065802.

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 "I ",ill hrinK my people
again from th~ d~'Plh5
oj th,' Jea. • P~tm M<:1::!

A CI"(M"ded lifeboat putl!i a"'lI), (rom lbe strKbn Zom:um 10 minutes

DAVID SCHER:-'lA:-<, UFE \IAGAZI"E 0 I~I TI\lE J"C
.ner tbe Illlack. 1n5t1 . posing..,. Ihr Tam,s;s, tht raider Mlallfis
-
.ntr shtUinl{ lAm:Jlm.

The Zam'1Jl11l's Last Voyage

4 AIG Missionaries Rescued After Germans Sink Ship in 1941
By Paul K. Dcrr and started on her la~1 voyage. r"Or 31 )ca .... Sudan The) "ere more il.l:cu'>tomcd 10
her low prow had cuI the scven ~ca~. but fishing !rom dLlgout!> than they were to
her war-scarred plates were thid. and sailing a 9.000 ton \cssel orcoo~mg Amcr-
was a bitler cold day. March 20, 1941. ~trong. and old Engineer Burn~ remar~ed ican foods. It ~eemed 1I11po.,.,iblc for them
I when
!
British C:Lptain William Smith
on the bridge orlhc old
~[ood ~hip Z:IIII;:am
wilh pride. "They don't ma~e ~hip, li~e
this any more. Seaworthy! Why ~hc can
to undcNand wh} wc dcmanded II change
orbed lincn after It) days or why we passed
and gave orders for the mooring cablc~ to outli\c the wO ....1 of ~tomls. bener than the up the food soaked in oih and recklllJ!,
be cast loose. that Ihc voyage back to newer vcssels."
Alexandria might begin. Slowly Ihe \es<,e1 QUI lo\vard the o,ca!> we !>Iow Iy ~ailed;
edged away from the dock. churned thc and as we pas<ocd the Statue of Liberty.
cold green waters with hcr twin screw, we missionarie ... well over a hundred in " It \\1lS a night of terror.
number. gathcred on deck. We ~tood in but we prayed (0
Ihe gathcri ng dnrkness and sang songs.
More Ihan (I hundred missiOfUlfIl'S tnrowe patriotic nnd religious. and realized that our God and trusted
w A/rica abQ(lrd the ZamzamJoul/d ,he",5ell'('1 we were going out from a land of free-
in IIII' hands ojlhe German mih/ory; April /7,
in His care."
dom Into a world held strong in the grip
1941 four of the missioflllfll's wert PaIjf'lntl
£1-1'1.111 Dl'rr. and thl'ir dOl/ghter Rllth anti ht'r
of war and cruelty. where the battlc IS
hllSixm(1 Chmde Ked.. This s/Ory al,peared lit ~eemingly not to the brave. but to the
Iht' Jllly 19. 1941. iHue of Ihe Pentecostal nOlI ion possessing Ihe mOst deadly WIth oriental condirnent~, We hoped for
E\'llngc1. CI(wdt Kt'd's tlCCOImlll·tlS published machines of destruction. the day when we ~hould conquer the Cape
ill fill' Christ's Ambass:ldor (AI/g. 194/). Mrs. As we made our way south. we lounged rollers and .. tep off Onto the Atncan !.hores.
Dt'rr, IIlrO 11011' 1;I't's III ulct'mt', California. in the warmth of the tropical sun. watching As we vi~ited the beautiful island of
rtCl'lItlv celebralellher 90th blrth(lay: her IUll-- the flying fish "kim over the now blue Trinidad. 11 secmed to reflect peacc from
ixmd ,Iil'd in N~'l'nrlNr 19M. Claude and Rwlr waters. or perspired as we gathered in il!> red-tiled roof... and Its lovely gardens.
Ked are (Iclil'e ;/1 thl' Nlemblll'S of God 11/ the small room where we held our daily The Bnlish !>hips of war seemed no more
8f(l'IIlIsI;IIt'.Oregoll.
The AmericallS rel/lrnrd fa /1/"" Yor/" after devotions. than a part of the quiet sUTTOundmgs. as
33 dm's aboaf(lli prisoll ship. They arrired ill they lazily yielded to Ihe strong chains
he crew was a "trange
ZlIIn;:lIm's holdlllg them ~till and motlonle~s III their
New York, JUlie 24. 1941, BritIsh missio"(lrles
ill fhe group were ItOI so !ortwltlle. They wert'
placed ill cOllceltlrtlliml c(tmpr ill Europe.
T crowd. mostly from the slums of
Alexandria and the native tribe" of Anglo-
places or crui~ed slowly about the harbor.
but that night our ship staned sailll1g under

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 hl.II.:kout . Captain Smith had laken Ontl~h
Admimlty (Irtkr. and now receiwd ct\(kd
mdlO m~tructlOm char1ing hi .. COUI'\C lor
hIm. l\C!ulr.l1 \hip .. han~ nag .. painted on
Some of the Actors in the
their .. idc~ and run "-'Ith light. and we
..-.c~ trouhlcd 10 be \ncakin~ thnlugh the
night .. 10 darkne .... WOf't of all. the bli.ll.;k
Mysterious Zamzam Drama
OUi wa .. f'(X)riy oh...er.ed. Cigarette\ were By Wayne \Varner fmm ReCIfe. Braz.il. undcr Briti\h Admi-
lighted, Ilu\hlighh madc whitc p.ltchc\ of mlty orders and was to travel with no
light, and "omctlmc .. doof' werec;;arclc~sly lights. markings. or nags. This was con-
opened from mom~ that ..-.ere lighted. let- Passengers Aboard tmry to ~tandard operating procedure for
tmg \ent<lble beacons ~hinc out o\ler the
...ea. Carclc\\ pa .. senger. were W"ltmg the
the Zamzam ship" of neutral countries .
The Zam~m 's British captain 'Was
lire of the cnemy. The Egyptian Zom::.am ",as dubbed a William Gray Smith who took a dim view
Halfway from Bra7il to Capetown. far "hoi} ~hip" becau\t of the many mis-
from any land. the lir.t knowledgc that \ionaries on board. More than a hundred
danger lurked near wa~ made known by mis"ionarie~ and their chIldren were bound " U's bad luck to have so many
an S. 0 S. from a Nor".-egian ~hip that was for n different area~ of Africa. They rep- Bible punchers and sky
belllg ~unk by a Gennan mider. It wa\ JU\t resented 20 Prote~tant boards and Catholic
O\'Cf the hori/on. in our direct path. (lnd orders. pilots aboard . No good
uhno ..t III \ighl. The 2om~m" \eemed to VictIms of the European powcr strug- will come out of this."
shake her.elf and become alive. She gles were on the ZamZtlm. hoping to start - Zamzam Captain
swung back \outhwcst. hcr engine\ bei.lt a new life in South Africa. Unfortunately.
fa\ter, her framework 1Ilbrated. and the the refugee~ found them<,clve<; bac;;k in
trade wmd that had challenged her prog· Europe and in the hand~ of the Gcrmans. of so many missionaries aboard his ship.
res\ for days now pu~hed her on from Likewise. passengers who were citizcns He told his chicf engineer. "Mark my
a\tem The officer.. paced the bridge .;,can- of countrie~ at war with Germany were word~. Chief. it's bad luck for a iohip to
mng the ,kyline with glas<,Cs. and all were imprisoned by the Gennans. Some oflhem have so many Bible punchers and sky
rclic\cd when the friendly darkne~s of were interned while others were repat- pilots aboard. No good will come out of
another night folded u\ into its bosom. f-or riated. thi~. ",
30 hour. our brave old vessel raced from Other passenger. on board included a Ralph Hult. a Lutheran missionary and
death. ;md then we turned back on our hard-dnnking band of volunteer ambu- fathcr of well-known writer Ingrid
cour.e. lance drivers. wives of pilot~ in the Royal Trobisch. thought otherwise. "We knew
Air furce. and \,x Nanh Carolina tobacco that for every missionary on the ship." he
buyers. wrote later. "there wcre t housand~ in home
Two mcn who boarded the ship at Recifc churches who wcre praying. Surely God
A Ge rm an m ider ship shell ed would latcr tell the world in words and would heed those prayers,":
th e Zlllllw m , April 17, 1 9~J. phOlographs of the Zllm~a!1l's ordeal. Thcy God would hecd their pmyer.. but not
were David Scherman. a Ufl' magazinc quite the way thcy expected.
More than a hundred photographer. and Charlcs Murphy. a
miss ionari es were on board , wriler for FOr/line and Ufe. It Was Some
including the Der rs The passenger.. had becn assured that
and Kecks .
the Zam~m wa~ safe slOce it was owned
by an Egyptian company-thus making it
Honeymoon Trip
a neutral ship. What they were nOI told When Claude and Ruth Keck were mar-
was that the ship wa~ 'iCcretly operating ried on February 18. 1941. little could thcy

t was jU\t before sunrise o n the 17th of

I\ealcd.
April. that the fate of the Zam;:a!1l wa~
A few early risers were up. but
they looked up at the side of thc listing
ship. they were wild to get away. They
on board the wounded Ztlm~mll. After
inspection they took us into thcir boats
mo\! of 0'. were still in bed. Suddcnly pushed away whcn the boats 1I.'ere but half and all of us were soon on thc dccks of
thcre camc thc boom of hcavy gun~ and filled. Our men helped women and chil- the raider. The children were pulled up in
thc "pla~h of shmpncl in the sea close by. dren down the rope ladders only to find basket~ while adults climbed up the steep
Shell followed ~he ll. somc cm~hing into that thcy must fight with thc crew for s ide ~ on rope laddcrs . As we climbed
the ~hI P , Two or three hit below the wrller placcs in the boats. and in a short time a aboard that vessel of destruction. God gave
lille. other. went through the bridge and group of us found ourselves alone on the us a welcomc tokcn of His care. for there
forward lounge. and still others smashed sinking 2om:om. arching from wave to wave and circling
great holes in the hull and burst in the We hurried to an upper deck and cut abovc us was a beautiful rainbow. There
cablll~ on the port side. Who can tcll how loose a raft. A British missionary and a was no rain or mist and we regarded th is
hc will react in such disaster'! Some ned woman wcre hanging on the bottom rungs bow as assurance from our God. We
to the lifeboats in thcir pajamas. somc of a rope ladder. whcre the crew had Icft thanked Him. that at least for the momcnt
sought thclr precious passport~ and money. them. and these threw thcmselves into the wc were safe from death in thc dcep.
and others of us dressed fully. fur the most sea and made for thc raft. Wc who wcre We took stock of our condition and
part we were people who know God and left were about to do the same thing. when found several wcre badly wounded. some
were unafraid to die. we saw the raidcr [the Gennan ship] draw- from each group of passengers with the
There was no panic among the passen- ing near and decided she would probably exception of the missionaries. These last
gers. The hand of the Almighty had send over boats. As I looked down on the comprised well over half the number.
smoothed the face of thc deep and it was scene below. 11 lifeboat overturned and a bUi nOI Olle was injllred. ;n(lee(1 nOI even
not unsafe to be in the lowered IIfcboats. missionary mother with her six children olle of lh(' l11a11y children reail'l'd
Thc firing ceased, but the Egyptian crew were thrown ill10 the sea. a scr{l/ch, Those who were injured
began push ing off wi th the boats. rear Soon the German motorboats were rcceived immediate allention from the
gripped their unchristian hcar1s. and as alongside and their officers wcre comi ng Gcrnlan surgeon.

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knov. that v.ithin 2 months they would be
clinging to a lifeboat In the South Atlantic ~York \IlIbttrl-Telegram .~.u I,
v.hile a nearby German raider ~hip moved
toward them. 196 AMERICANS FEARED LOST
A fev. minute~ before finding thcm~
<;eh"e\ in the lifeboat with other ZWII::.am WITH EGYPTIAN MERCY SHIP
_110 _ z-.-_ .....
E-..,. AQ.o.. ~ M, ...... ·
_

Out of 55 rounds fi red

at the ZlIlIlZDm
only 9 found their target.

pa~~engers. Claude and Ruth had been

awakened by the shelling of their ship. '1\,
soon as we heard thc fiN shoh:' Claude
wrotc. "we knew what it meant. and all
of us hurried into our clothes and put on
life belts."
Another thought ran through their
minds. If this were to be the end. they
were ready to meet God. They were confi-
dent of that.
Ruth had been reared on a mission tield. \ monlh liner the Zam::pm Willi' sun" Ihis headline
Her parent~. Pau l and Evelyn Derr. had "PI)("art'"d. Tht" ne~1 da, the Gt'rm,U\s announced
served in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) ~ince that Ihe ~un;''O .... "er(' in o«upied Frnnce. The
1928. first v.ith the Pentecostal Holines~ map sho", the route the lamzam too" and then
Church and later with the A~semb1ie~ of the j3-da, trip Ihe f)rt sden . .. jth the ~uni,'Ors
aboard, made 10 Fr.mce.
God. A month after she and Claude v.erc
married. they accompanied her parenh to
New York where they boarded the ill-fated
2(1111:.0111.
During an e~pecia1Jy discouraging time
after Claude and Ruth were placed on a
Gcrman prison sh ip. Ihe you ng couple
look a Scripture \'erse as a personal prom-
ise: 'Thou will keep him in perfect peace.
whose mind is siayed on Thee: because he
truSlelh in Thee" (isaiah 26:3).
The aboned trip 10 Africa would be the
Kecks' only opponunity to reach the mis-
sion field. Today they li,·c in BTown~villc.
Oregon. where they are active in the
Assembly of God.
Set' ACJ'O RS, pa~e 7

his German raider of some 8.000 IOns.

T apparently built over for speed and
armed for her work of piracy. bore the
name Tamesis. We weTC passed between
lIrmed guards and hurried along the decks
to line up before an officer who took our
money and pas\pons. The women were
sent below the water line to a hold filled
with tiers of wooden bunks on either ~ide.
and its iron floor was covered thick with
grease Ihat oozed up between the toes of
those who left their ~hoc~ behind.
There was evidence among the crew of
this pi;.!.le ship. that they were somewhat
concemed to find so many of their prison-
ers were Americans. and some time was
spent in bringing over some of our belong- Clau de Kee" . " ith the guitar. a nd Liff ph oto-
ings from the ZlIfll;:.am. Many of these I:rn l,her Dll,id Seherma n. ptll)i nl: a n oca r ina.
goods, however. were never given over to " hill' o n I,rison ship Drt'sdrn. T his p hoto Zamwm pl\SS(' n~ers a nd Gtnnll n officer sla nd on
a llpeared ill Life magal ine. I>«embcr IS. 19-11. drti;. of Allanlis ""Ich ill l: wmzam <i nk. Afl er
their owners. T he ~apt ion in Life not~>d tha tl he gu ita r had "";\1) n.~u inl: the I'assell l!e" a nd sal\"a~i ng w nw
Co nlinued on nc.~ t pa ge !Jest for Ch rist" an d "Jesus SII'\'5" pa int ~d o n il- fn'ight . the Germans pU I ul'tO";,,,s in the hotd
Kl"i:k "liS o n his "a,' to nn MG mission stat ion in a nd ~a n k the shi p. The sh ip was ou l uf~il!h l "ithin
Tall l.lm ia. li t no .. l i\l"~ ill Ilrow n ~' il1 e. Orexo n. 10 minules. I),WI!} SClIER\! \ ", LH E
Scherman ti ,es on Cal)C Cod. ,\1AGA1. " E :e t9-11 T IME t"c.

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 Uiter the "lImen .... ere allowed on deck and we mu~t u-.e the htre of water i ..sued from the Znm:am only 140 Americans
and we all .... atched together a.. the hot .. un in them each morning for wa~hing. shav- were sped ashore In the little harbor craft
of early allenloon .. hone do",n on the ing. and bru .. hlOg our teeth . Many men bearing French names. It was evident that
.. lowly "Inking l.am::.am Huw hclple~ .... he were \OOn qUIte \ick WIth dy~entery from the cruelties of war awaited our friend~
looked .. low ly \Cuhng to her WJtery grave! the foul fuod and suffered from lack of and fellow laborers in the gospel. yet a
Now the encm) had looted to hi .. "ati .. fac · medicine ... and care. ray of hope came e\'Cn to their sad hearts
lion and hea .. y charge .. ""Crt placed III her We diVIded our clothing. for <,Orne had for once again a rainbow SLretched from
lower hold .. forn-ard and all. the fu ...e ...... ere onl)' thclr night clOlhe~. and loaned sha\- the sandy .. hore to the rolling sea abo\c
lit and the tcrnfic c~plo"lOn .. hlew the bot- 109 outfil\ and .. uch ulen .. il .. a_, <,Orne might us. the third such token of our Father's
tom out of the vc .. ~cl Column .. of water have \a\ed. A fine fellow ... hip prevailed. love and care.
were forced up through the hatche .. and and in our '>quaJid quarter. we men of all
lunneh tn fall again on the dech. Shc Chri ..tlan denomination .. gathered daily for he days won passed walchmg the
rolled o\'Cr and ~hpped benealh the water.
I I wall a biller moment for u ........ ho\C IXh·
eame..t prayer Religiou~ diO"erences were
nOi mentIOned a~ we look our common
T young Gennan soldiers that guarded
us and filled the town with noise as they
<,C .... i on~ were 10 her roorm and hold_, and plight to the Lord, and we learned 10 love drilled 111 their heavy military boots. or
who had tru .. ted her to carry U'l on our each other dearly. talking with the poor starvlllg French now
peaceful ml .... ionary errand .. The Dresden idled and rolled in the held in the grip of the army of occupation.
That night we all ate thc bowl of \(IUP South Atlantic for 9 days. gOlOg nowhere Ourconsuls ....ere laboring failhfully to get
and the piece of black bread rationed 10 until the raider came back: and all the two us out and after some 10 days we were
vessel, tied up together for the day. God carried to the border. herded close in the
took out HI" brush of glory and painted Spanish tmin. and fou nd oursel\'Cs looking
another beautiful rainbow over the ShiPS, out on the landscape of thaI country so
For 33 days the Zamzam's We had prole~ted al the Ihought of belOg recently tom by war. Buildrngs were blown
taken to Europe and were now promised down from the bombing. railways were
passengers and crew Ihal we would be transferred to a neutral still crippled. and the people in a worse
were captives on the .,hip at sea or taken to wme island. The starvation than e\'Cn France Itself.
~hlps parted and the enginell of our prison As we rolled on to Portugal and pulled
GernHln prison ship. ~hl p throbbed lustily as we sailed aW3y to into a station. we saw a wonderful sight.
the north. Long tables laden with food slretched the
On the deck 111 the daytime we men length of the platfonn. Young girls in
t31ked hopefully of being transferred at native dress waited happily to serve us.
us In Ihc pri...on hold and lay down in the sea, as we wh ittled or lay about on the and two fl ags. one Portuguese and one our
rough bunk.<. to th ink and wonder at our hatch. but our hopes were vain. It was own Old Glory. were slUck in the top of
futc . As we lay. the ship w;" speeding only a ruse to keep us quiet as we sailed a cake.
through the nigh t to meet the pri~on vessel toward the British blockade and Europe. Later a Portuguese gi rl leaped onto a
that would take us to some European port Once a day we were allowed to see our chair and waved her nalive nag while we
It was a night of terror. but we remembered wi\'Cs for a .. hort time on a narrow deck cheered and then she waved the Slars and
to pray 10 our God and tru\! 10 illS care. and this wall of course a happy 2 hours SlripeS and we cheered even louder yet.
The follOWing day we were transferred fo r us all. We took opportunity to unite Our imprisonment was o\'Cr and our hearts
to a fre ighter of about equ:ll tonnage. our prayers with theirs and enco urage each
When we were :lllowed o n deck. the two other.
ships were tied togelher and rolling up and The Iron deck pro\'Cd a veritable stove " \-Vhen I saw the Statue of
down o n lhe swell. while the liule motor- as it baked under the tropical sun and it Liberty agai n, I
boats skimmcd back and fOrth carrying was difficult to sleep. hot and hungry as
provi sions. guards and gun .. to the vessel we w'Cre at night. felt I wanted to
that would earry us for the ncxt 5 weeks. After some 3 weeks of slowly and warily hug it." - Claude Keck
In the afternoon the Tamesi:" left us to hunt steaming through the tropics. we found
another ship. and we had opportunity to ourselves suffering from the cold rains of
take stock of our quarten. on this freighter. the northern ocean. We were now in wanned at this splendid token of
the Dresden. She was a high· prowed Ger- dangerous waters. British submarines friendship and care for our well being. As
man cargo ship . having a few cabins mid- might send us to the depths with a torpedo. the train sped on we cheerfully endured
ships to which our wome n and children or a cruiser might shell us at any lime. the rough track and hard seats. sitting up
were taken . The mothers and Iheir children We doubled our prayer meetings and God nighl and day. for we were rolling across
were given the few cabinll and the resl of scnt stonns that rolled the vast deep into a neutral country to find a ship that would
the ....omen were to steep on the noors of high and angry waves in which no sub- bear us back across the Atlantic 10 those
two lounge ... w me 20 to each ~rna ll room. marine could hope to operate. At last we who had been praying in 10\'C for o ur
We men were sent to the second cargo drew a breath of relief and thanked God. delivemnce. God was there 10 meet us
hatch on the forward deck and driven for we had reached Cape Finistcre in Nonh· in Li sbon. and for the fo urth and last
below. where we found a hold some 50 em Spain . We had run the blockade and time He assured us with a splendid bright
feel square which was to quarter the whole it was on ly a matter of 2 days till we were rainbow.
group of u~. over 100 white men. The standing outside the harbor of SI. Jean de God smoothed the sea before the good
Egyptian crew had a si milar hold adjoining Sure in occupied France. waiting for Ger- American ship £reler. and the day came
ours. We were gl\en cotton cloth and bales ma~ warships to sweep the mines and take quickly whe n we walked down her
of raw cotton to make oun.elves pallets; us m. gangplank [in New York] to meet Miss
and when we laid them down. they just At noon the following day naval officers Hackl. of the Mizpah Rest Home. and
covered the noor. came on board and sepamted us from our Brother Vigna. missionary to China. who
The purser issued small bowls. cups. beloved British friends. Missionaries . old greeted us with Chrislian love.
and spoons 10 each of us and we lined up and young. were held for concentration Safely home after such perils. we look
for our first meal on the hOI steel deck. camps. no discrimination being made for back and see that our faith in God has
The meals consisted of a ladle of soup and their vocation. Husbands who were British been strengthened and our IruSI has
a sl ice of black bread . The bowls were were taken from their sobbing American become more sure in the Lord who cares
destined to be our only receptacle for water wh'Cs. and of the 300 passengers and crew for Hi s own. +
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 the 1110111,·/11 I .ltepl'e d lUI cm tit'd; I \{ffi
Some of the Actors/from page 5 the Vt·nnlln raid!'"r. Sht· " j / I bn."d.lide on.
so do.\(, I ("(ould {"(111m ha brid.l(t" dl'.k.I.
alld 11 era a .Ihlp /00/.;.1.·,1 thl' roft', .Ihe
It was the end for the AI/antll but nnt did ·-0 .Ihll' I'f amhulh. I·t·n· 1(11\ III fhe
The Role of of Captain Rogge He and m(l.,t III the IHlla. hllld OI:(I/1/.lt tht' da"" FI·t'/I IIi I
loo/.;.('J It'l"aul lonli! n·d l1d,hn If/lifted
German Raiders crew were re.';Cued by a nearby .,uhmanne
Then in the late 1960... -!.Ome l5 \ear;" lofl\llrd a/l,1 ahalt tht' }lIIlIId. and aJ I
Gennan) had no large navy to slug Lt after the IIlcident a Lutheran pa~t;lr 111 ran·J hw·/.;. 10 fht· ,·uhlll tilt' 1',/I,,'gt·I\(1"I
out \0, ilh the Brilish_ What they did po'" Germany obtained a copy of thc Gemtan bl.'hllld mI· ht'Ult"l1 und JiIl!"d wllh WIf.kt·
sess, however. was a combination of translation of Ingrid TrobhCh\, On (}/lr That .lhOl, I thill/.;., hlf th t • iOlfllKe I ht·,ml
stealth. surprise. and trickery through the I\-hl· Rejoicing. In the book i" Ih!.' account a child '"fl. (IIld u hOllfll', IlIlr, '·f//a·
careful use ofsubmarmc~ and raider.!.hip~. of the Zl",,~alll a~ told by lngnd\' father. .5Cfi'l.mllng WI .-\rabic o(lth.
Raider ships "ere converted frcightcl'\ The German pa~lor ga\·e the boo!.. to
fined with guns which could be hidden or one of hi~ church member; to read Pro\ -
raised and IO ....'ercd by elevators. When the IIlg once again thai trulh i., .,tranger than The Zamzam '5
guns were out of sigh!. the ships looked ficlion, that member wa.s none other than
like ordinary. hamlless freighters. Bernhard Rogge I Rogge .....as 0\·1,'1"\\ helmed Coup de Grace
A raider might be called by a certain to read an account of the .,inklllg by ,ome- After the Gennan~ had taken lugEage
name one week and the next ""'eel. be one who wa .. on the Lnm:am And you and OIhl:r Item' 00" Ihe h.,tlll).! L.am:.mn,
known by another namc . II might be black can imagine Ingrid\, .. urpri.,e and delight they plul.:cd three tLlne bolllb~ 1/1 the h(lld
for a while and then repainted grey or some to receive a leiter fmm Bernhart! Rogge, From (\ .,;I!"c dl~tJncc thi.' Zum:'IlIllJllal and
other color. And they even new different the fomler captain of the Alilmlis." the Gennan nc" "aIled hlr the end.
nags depending on where they were . Lifo: J"lhlltographer Da\ id Sl.:hennan "a~
One of these disguised raiders sai led in pcmmted to taJ..e photo" .•md a Gennan
the path of the Zam::Jlm and monal1)
wounded her that fatefu l morning. April
Charles Murphy's officer Ch'n \lllered him a beller \antage
point ··Slllllt'tlllle ... they die gr:ll.:elulty,"
17. Eye-witness Account he told Sl.:hcnnan. '·and 'll .... a~ ... th!.') an'
The raider which fired on the Zam~(jl/l
was called Tamesis (Thames), a name of the Shelling differem ".
A Gcml;!n ... ailorlOld one 01 the ITll~""on­
which had been borrowed from a Nonve- From somel,·here, quile IIellr. came .It'\· aT} children, Ll .... rence Danle!>,on. of hh
gian cargo ship. This vessel had at different eml 10lld reports. Tile arl1lospht"fe ti~/lI· reEn''': "We didn't .....101 to do II 1Il~ 00).
limes been disguised as Russian and ened into a leIlSf'. sfJirafjn.~ scream, and but It .... ;\.~ (mil-n. ". Perhap" Ihal ')IIlJ"lathe-
Japanese ships in its deadly patrol of the el·en as I shril'l'fetlagainst tlte bOlWI oj lie note ga\c ..mne con.,olailon to children
South Atlantic. m... ball\- tile water tllreeth obt'llm. le.tI who undeNood little about Ihe "ar Ihat
Unknown to anybody aboard the ZLlm- tJian 100 yards (lway. rose III)
il! Mil crack- "ould ..oon 1I1\01\e thc "hole world
:;.mll at the time of lhc .'iinking. the Tamesis ling columns (I//(I mbsided. There lI"a.\ FOllowmg the e1(plo'lOn~. the ~hlp ,lIld
was; actually thc notorious Allantis - the another sa/l·o. lifter which the ship shoo/.;. LI S cargo valued at about $] million
most successful raider in the Gennan navy. aflll trembletl, ali(I I heard a tearing. rentf. disappeared ..... lIhin 10 rmnule~
Before it was sunk by a Brit ish ship in ing noise, In the dar/.;.-allthe lights were It wa.~ a bItter ending 10 the 1Il1~~lonai)
November 1941. the Allantis had logged ollt-I crossed orer 10 the port sil/e. lind cau..e. The Oem had JU ...I pun.:ha-.cd a ne"
102.000 miles in 20 months and had cap-
tured or sunk 22 shi ps.'
The Allantis was commanded by Cap-
tain Bernhard Rogge. He was polite and
apologetic to the Zmllza/ll captain and Ihc
passengers but reminded them that it was

The Zamzam was one of 22 ships

which the Atlantis had sunk
in its dC~ldly raids.

war time and the 2om:llm had been run-

ning without lights. (And as the Germans
discovered when they boarded the li,lI/-
la lli , it was under orders from the Briti sh
navy.) Another factor not in the lillllwm 's
favor was that it was similar in appearance
to some British ships which were being
used as troop carriers .
Rogge would get a taste of his own
medici ne 6 months later when the AI/antis
was disgu ised as a Briti sh freighter. It
would be the last disguise for the AI/antis.
A British warsh ip didn·t fall for the trick F"ltmities ~"" ~rmiltt'd to get logether 2 hom"5 II dllY on the prison ~h jp. Arrow points tOWllni l'Motand
and sank it. E~I)· n Dur, As..wmbliesofGod mlssionulH. DAV ID SCHERMAN. LIFE MAGAZINE 19-11 TIME INC

AJG HERITAGE, FAll 1987 [I)

 Chevmlc=l iLlld othl'r ltC:ITI\ .md nn .... \tnnd
nn the dc:d, (11 the Atllln//l watr.:hlll!/. Ihelr
prer.:inu\ l';L~n dL ..appcar. And thc Ker.:h
watr.:hed wIth n1lli\tened e}l''' a\ thl'ir wed·
ding gilt .. were ahn pan 01 Ihc l.mn.-fllII·\
In",
Other ITIi~i()nane .. \ulkrl'd greatlo\..e\
a.. well The (Jne I.:on,>nlalilln·· and for

"' P:ml n eff i... la rgely

responsihl e for", hal the
AS!o.em bli c~ of God i"
tOOny in Tanza ni n."
\1orri\ Will iam\
I-ormtr Held Sec.

whn,:h they wen: all th.lLlkful WOl\ thai

nnt one pcNlIl ..... 01 .. killed m the in(.;ident
And (lut of the )) round\ Ihe IV/allli.\ hild
fired ilt do'>e ranvc. onl} nmc had '>truck
thc "hLp' It could haw becn I()u~) .. hoot·
mg. hut Ihc mi'>\IOTlarie'> attrihutcd It 10 Abo"" rescued Zll,"~," pa~5CnRel'\ ~I'TI", in Us·
bon on relurn Irip I" .\ n1l'l'kli. Hil:hI. I'liul and
amwc:rcd pl'il)er
F."I.'n l>err on I~~ul'~ 901h bir1hdll~. ()("Ioi>er 'I.
1985. li e died '"I Will'. COUnl"l) or ('Illude and
RUlh Ked:,
Berlill's Diplomatic
Problem .... aited anxiou .. ly lor new .. 01 II'> am"al
But thcre y,a." no immediatc word from
~hip had mdeed been ~unk but that thc
pa....enger.. and r:rey, had arrivcd in France
When the 'V/am/ f commander Cap!am anyone. Then on \Iil) 19 the Briti ... h aboard the Dresden that day.
Bernhard Rogge di ..l.:overcd that he had announced that Ihe .. hip y,as long O\erdue A bu .. iness man aboard the Dresden who
attacked an [gYPII.1n .. hlp .... llh more Ihan and pre .. umabl) had been ... unk by the had heard the captain .say that it y,a:, hi~
a hundred Ameril.:an\ abl,)anl. he kne .... he Gennan ... luck Ihat brought the vcs<;el safely through
had a diplomillll.: pmhlcm on hi~ hand .. The Gemlan\, who had kept quiet on a Brili~h blod.ade had a different view.
After cont,1(;III1£ Berlin, Roggc wa\ the matter. on May :!O announccd that the "A .. for me.·' he .said. "I am convinced the
In"rul.:!ed to placc Ihe l.am;am crew and Lonl answered the prayer.. of the mi ..•
pa~\engcr. .llxliLrd the German freighter "Lonancs.
Dre.\tJI'Ii. which Wil'> nearby.
The f)n'ldol Cill)tain promised LiulI- The sUfvhors feared
:am'\ cho\en rcprc .. ent:LIi'c~ Ihey would
that a British sub would
Life's Scoop
be taken to u neutral IX'ln or tmn\h:rrcd to Assigned to co\·er the war in SOUlh
a neutral .. hip at ,>ea. Afler avoidmg I3riti .. h sink the German ship Africa, Life photographer David Scherman
war.hLp", thc On'.ldell nnehored at SI. Jeiln they were on. and Fortune writer Charles J. V. Murphy
dc UJI. France whu:h wa\ thcn occupicd
by thc GeTman ... IIcre the American\ wcre •:::::::~:~~::::~~~C~O;";'d~"~'t~h~"l\e asked do~er
-
takcn of! thc .. hLp and \cnt to Li~bon for forCoan Li n u~'<I onview 20
P:l j(t' of

the return to New York

The I)r('.I(/cn had hcld hcr pri\ol1cr. for ~;~~
33 day ... and had travelcd 4,860 milc .. from
thc SOUlh AtlantIC 10 r'TIIllt:e 00'",., ....:..., ST~1£ ~
... _._","
01

Landing in occupied Fm.ncc for thc

Amcrican~ wa\ no problclTl. But for the
Brili .. h. Canadi'IIl\, and EuropeiLn\ aboard
It meilnt gomg to mtennllcnt call1p~.
Thc J)rewh'n capt,lLn told hi~ pri\oncr.
that if thc) cncountered a Bri\i\h y,ar .. hip.
hc y,oull.l put them off In lifc boat<. and
'>{:ullie h" ,hLP, "Whitt y,c Ii\cd and pmyed
for." Charlc~ Murphy .... rote. "y,a~ il
Bri ti~h war.hip. What we feared was a
British .. ubmarinc.· .. The I)re.5l/('n·s unmis-
takable Gcmlan .. ilhoueue would be a sit-
ting duck for a ~ubmarine.

News Blackout
The Zmll:.llm W3\ due to arrivc III Cape
Town on April 23. and fricnd\ nnd re l ative~

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 A Di31110nd AuniverS3IT-
The Story of the AJG Constitution -1927-87
lly G Jclln Golu' tial re~olul1on~ pa.s~ed III fonner year.. the 12th General Cou1ll.:il to be held III
together with further statCmenh III har- Springfield. Mls~ouri . III 19:!7.
mony with council agreement:.. to fonnu - Thi~ amended and revi'>Cd con~lIIutlon
ith the bicentenn ial celebmtion. of
W thc signi ng of the U.S. Constitution
fresh on our minds. we in Ihe Assemblies
late a basi:. of cooperative fellO\... ,hip for
Ihe Assembl ies of God. '
wa~ to be the fiN order of ne .... bU~llle~s
at the 1927 Council. It:') acceptance or
Thi~ compilation of es:.emial resolu- rejection would be decided by a two-third:.
of God must not forget about an anniver- tions \"a:. to be completed within four majority vote Thi!o re:.olutlon wa~ p,l\\Cd
sary that is even closer to horne. This year month~ of [he date of closing of the I I [h b) unanimou~ \ote.' and thc cummrtlee
marks the 60th or "diamond" anniversary Geneml Council. Then it wa~ [0 be submit- later appointed b) Chalmlan W. T. Ga!>ton
of the adopt ion of the A!>~emblies of God ted to ,Ill of the Di~trict Councils of the con~isted of J ';Jr\er Gortner. E. S
Constitution. As<,emblies of God for ratificatIon or cor· William~. A G Ward. S A Jamie\on,
The first General Council held in Hot rection. The Ii,t of rc~olution~ .... a:. to be and r1"3nk. M Boyd.
Springs. Arkansas. in 1914 ha-,> sometimes placed in the hands of the COmlmllec for
been called thc "Constitutional Com en- et .... ecn the 1915 ,llld 1927 Counl:ih.
li o n." b ut this is a misnomer. ' The
Assemblies of God Constitution and
final revision at least 2 month:. prior to
B J. Rm .... ell I--lowcr and HamId
prepared a con,titution for the Ea\tcrn
Mo~~
Di~·
Bylaws actually was not adopted unti l thc trict ..... hich embodied all of the e,~ential
12th General Council in 1927. re"olution, of the original p;Ul1phlcl. J
Prior 10 that year. all business matters Naner Gonner and hi, committee made
were guided by separate resolutions \OOle cun<,tructi\e change, to thl~ DI\trict
ap proved a1 each General Council. With Council con\titution and u ..ed l:(Jm.."'1;tion~
the continued growth of lhe denomimllion, ~ubl1litted b} the other district ... to tinali/e
it became evident that these separate reso- the con~ti[ution a l re\"I~lon.
lutions and other guidelines should be for- When the General Council cOllvened in
mulated into a single document. To meet Sprlllgfie)d in September 1927, J Nancr
this need, 1. W. Welch and 1. Roswell Gonner. chairman of the committee. lIItro-
Flower drew up a 30-page booklet for pre- J . R. Flo..... r duced the "Final Report of the Re\ ision\
sentation at the 1925 Council held in Committec" a~ the fir.t order of n('\\ bU~l'
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This "Interpre- nel.s.' Thi:. con:.titutiolHll revi~ion ,""a~ di~·
tation of the Constitutional Agreements eus~cd item b) item over the next fc\l, day"
and Essential Resolutions Recommended of the Council
by the Executive Presbyte ry. 1925 " was AnicJe I of the propo,ed t'on'tltution
distributed to each minister and delegate was the <,ubJcct of much di,cuSSlon The
for pi.l.yerful consideration.' ,midc intended to change the name of [he
Although the executive brethren pro- fel)ow~hip to "The Pcnteco<,t;d E\angelicaJ
cecded with extreme caution. disclaiming Church" J" Gonner began the dl"cu",ion
any desire for denominational bondage , by cxpound ing thJ.t the nc,"" name .... ould
discussion i.In strongly against adopt ion E. S. Williams beller indicate the truc charactcr of the
of the pamphlet. Several expressed a fear .denomination. He ex plained that ·· .... e are
"Iest we as a Pentecostal fellowship sho uld Pe ntecostal people. Then we arc e\angcll -
depart from our early simplicity of govern- Col) too. we bclu.:vc m evangelll.ation "
ment, and beget an ecclesiastical system T. K. Leonard. among other., oppo:.cd the
like to that of the denominations we sec name change. It had taken 13 year-, "mce
around us. " I Speaker after speaker reaf- the Ii!"!>t Council for people to become
firmed a statement formulated at Ho[ familiar with the term ·:As:.cmb1ic~ of
Springs in 1914 that "the holy inspired God." If the name were ch:lIlged. 11 would
Scri ptures are the all-sufficient rule for our not only be confusi ng fo r the mcmber-.hip,
faith and practice." but abo for the public a<, a whole. Further-
With the exception of a few objectioll- more. it .... ould be expen:.ivc 10 ch.mge
able features. this document was simply church charters. propeny deed ... , ete .. to
an attempt to put into systematic and per- reflect the new name. Since a decision
manent form the resolutions the body itself concerni ng the suggested name change
had already adopted from Council toCoun- cou ld not quickly be settled. the mailer
cil. Many orlhe freedoms that some feared was tabled until the next meeting of the
would be lost through a formnl constitution General Council. The name ':A:.semblles
were. in fac\. fully guaranteed in the of God"' was reta ined by the 1929 Cou ncil.
pamphlet. and no other serious attempt has ever been
On the 5th day of the 1925 Counci l. the made to change it.
authors o f the pamphlet brought forward The remaining ankles and bylaw:. of
a resolution tabling the contents of the the proposed constitution were ratified by
proposed constitut ion until the Council the Council wilh only minorchangel. being
met again in 1927. This new proposition S. A. Ja mieso n made . One o f the ch.mges provided for
resolved that a commi ttee of five be the substitution of the te rm "General
appointed by the Chair to go over the Framc l-s of th c lVG Superintendent" for "Chairman"' to dc:')ig-
minutes of previous Councils [ 0 lake essen- Co ns ti tution 1925·27 Co nt inued on Imge II

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 The Assemblies of God
As Seen by the Encyclopedia of Religion in the South
ASSEMULI ES OF GOD . This I~ thathaptl~m in the Holy SpIrit I~ Zion City (now Zion). IL Zion recled" Ihb ~ide of heaven's gale.
the most prominent of lhe: Ameri· alway~ a(.:compaOled by .'>peaJ...m~ Cit) was a communllarian theo- Thh Fini\hed-Work faclion. a.!> Ihe)
can PentecoMal de nominations hiS· with other longue~ (GLOS· erncy founded in 1900 by an Au'tra- were called. therefore combined
tQncall y, and few would doubt that SOLA LlA). In any evenl. Parham lian faith healer named John con\'{'r<.ion and entire ~anctllicalion
It is al'lO the ~lronge\l . the wealth- '>OOn migrated to Texa,. where he Ale~ander DoWie. Parham's diSci· into a \ingle e.'perience, followed
iest. and the mo~t vi<;ibly at ea~ pa~'-Cd Ihe torch to WILLlA \1 J. pIes had penetrated Dowie'S strOng- by Ihe o;econd and Iin31 tran.!>fornI3-
with the value~ of the American SEYMOUR. a black hotel walter hold 111 I~. and after the latter's tion in the order of ~alvation: bap-
hennla nd. In 1986 11 reponed a traveling 10 1..0\ Angele~, In I..o~ fall from power 111 1906. many of ti\m in the Holy Spirit. with the
budget of $135.000.000; 10.900 Angele~. Seymour's preaching hi~ follower<. convened 10 Pentecos- "initial phy~ical \ign of \peaking
chu rche~; 1.259,000 members: and sparked the legendary Azusa Street talism, Thi\ faction did not have a with other tongue,,"
2.\J5,OOO regular worshipe"', In Revllal of 1906, Mngle leader. but man) who Bcyond these practical and
addition there were 14.242.000 Bet""een 1906 and 1911 se\~rnl became luminaries 111 the AlG had Iheological motives. regional and
believe", 111 closely affiliated ~Ister ~mall but thriving We~leyan '-Ccl~ once "marched to Zion," ethnic antagonisms may have been
o r ga n i l ll ti ons such as Dos ~uch as the C HURC H O F GOD IN The founh component. ba<,ed in invohed, Moreover. given the fact
AsJembleios de DeliS Do Brasil. C HRIST. the C HURC Ii OF GOD Chicago. had coale><.:cd around twO that two-thirds of the leaders were
The de nomi nation's weekly maga- (CLEVELAND. TN). and the dynamic prea(.:her<.. William H \till in their twentie~ and thinies,
zi ne, t he Pen/uQSw/ 1;.'1'Q118t'i, PENTECOSTAL HOLlI\ESS Durham at the N:!nh Avenue Mis- it i~ rea~onable to believe that a
cl a imed a paid circulatio n o f C HURCH were dmv.-n into PEN· \ion and William H. Piper at the measure of self-intcresl W'3S mixed
282.500. and its rad io program. T ECOSTA U SM through the innu- Stone Church Durham had into the deci~ion to form a new
Rt'l"il'(J//illie was heard on 560 sta- ence of Irn\l~lers who had \ i~ited traveled to AlU~3 in llXl7, but he org3niz.1tion. It offcred fresh oppor-
ti on ~. Although A/G churches are the A7u~a M l~~ion. The fiN of and Piper probably learncd about tunities to exen leadership in the
most densely clu~tercd 111 Califor· theo;e group' was Jlmo~t entirely baptism in the 1I01} Spirit from Pen- interest of one's convictions. What-
nia . Oklahoma. M l~M)u n. Te~!l.'i, black. the '-Ccond fervently tecostals in Zion City. ever the exact blend of moti\'es, rep-
Arkansas. Alabama. and Florida, restorationi,t Oike the neighboring Finally. the fifth <,(lurce consisted n!scntativl;':S of these five groups
the con:,htuency of the dcnomi na· C HURCHES O F CHRIST ). and of peMns who had Withdrawn me t in HOT SPR INGS. AR. 2-12
tion is drawn from all parts of the the third ~t i ll clo<,ely tied to i t ~ par- from A. B. Simpwn'sCHRIST IAN April 191 4. where the) formed the
nallon. making It the !east re gional- ent. the Methodi~t Epi!;Copal AND MISS IONARY AL LI ANCE General Council of the Assemblies
ized of Ihe maJor Pentecostal Church. South. All were concen- when Simpson became hostile to of God. Eudorus N. Bell was
groups , trated in the South and Southeast. PemecoMalism around 1910. The!>C e lected chai rman. Pennanent head-
The N G i\ o ne o f !>C\'eral bodie~ This 1\ the context in which the convcn \ were concentrnted in the quaners were established four years
that emergt."<I from thc Penteco~ta l formation of theNG in 1914~hould Old NonhweM. Pe nn~)lvan ia. and later in SPR INGFIELD. MO.
re viva l at the tum of the 20th cen- be frumed. becau'-C the A/G. 10 a New l eriey. Ministers from t hi~ After its fo und ing the AlG suf-
tu ry. The im med iate catalY"t of the great extent. came into existence group ""ere u ~uaJl) the be't-edu- fered twO m3jor controversies. The
rev iva l was th e preac hi ng of in order to prov ide an al ternative to cated men in the NG. fi rst was intern al. while the second
Charlc~ ru~ Parham. a h oli nes~ the ethnic. cultuml. and theological The!>C five bodies were drawn involved all o f the larger Pentecos-
faith healer who had opened a tiny complexion o f the~e olcler I\": n- toget her for pruc llcal as well as tal denominations. l lte fi rst grew
Bible '>(;hool in Topeka. KS in tccoMal denominations. theological reasons . The prac tical from a d ispute m 19 14 regarding
1900. Parham taugh t that the ordcr Five groups we re involved. The rea wn~ stemmed from doctrinal the proper baptismal formula: the
of salva tion entaib thn:e di <;tinct most sub\tanlial was the core o f fanaticism. emo t iona l e xcess. tri nitarian form ula o f Ma tthew
experiences: CO NVERS ION. e n- Parham's followcr!> in Texas and organizational chaos. and fi na ncial 28: 19 or the so·called l esus Only
tlTe SANCrlFlCAT ION. and BAP- Arkansas known as the APOStolic frau d. because key leaders recog- formul a of Acts 2:38. Soon Ihe
TISM OF TI1 E SPIRIT. He was no t Faith. Parham had heen disfellow- nized thai these unaffi liated be- debate turnt.'<! into a biuer confron-
the firM to make tIllS claim. but hc ~hiped in 11Xl7 and Eudorus N. Bell li eve rs "" e re a target for every tation over the nature of the
-.cems to have been the first to insist had :bsumed the leadership o f this charlatan and relig ious misfi t in the Godhead . Ad\'QCutes of the latter
group. Bell was a Southern Baptist country. By 191 2 many were per- formula insisted that God the Father
minister who had grndumed from suaded that the revi val would burn and God the Ho ly Spirit are simply
the Southern Baptist Theological itself out if it were nOl stabili7cd different names for l esus. Al though
Seminary and had ~t udi ed Ihree by a ronnal organi zatio n. one·founh of the ministers in the
years at the Universit y of Chicago Theological reawns grew from AlG held the Oneness position .
Di vinity SchooL He was probably disenchantment with the Wesleyan they wcre decisively ejected in
the beSt educated of the early lead- e mphases inherited from Parham, 1916. (Today Ihis factio n is rep-
,~. Seymour. and the Pentecostal resented by the UNITED PEN-
The "Ccond c luster WlIS centel'\!d denominations in the Southeast. TECOSTA L C HURCH and the
in Mississippi and Alabama. first l lte dissidents. drawn from Baptist. Pentecostal Assemblies o f the
calling itsclf the Chureh of God. Presbyterian . and other non·Wes· World.)
the n the Church of God in Christ. Ieyan tradi tions. especially d isliked The second controversy stemmed
this group was led by H.G. Rod- the Wesleyan conception of entire from the profeSSionalism of FA ITH
This aMide Is adapl«l and updaled gers. an obscure figure associated sanctification as a process that com- HEALING. rur many years fai th
from the Enqdoptdio of IMigion in wi th the Church o f God (Clcveland. mences at conversion and i ~ "per- healing had been large ly confined
the Sou/h . published by Men:er Unl- TN). These Tellas-Arkansas and fec ted" in a second mome nt of to a small group of men and ""'Omen
~rsily J'ress , 1984, and used by pt'r- Mississippi-Alabama bodies had grace. They were cenain that this who were specially gifted in this
mission. Writer Grant Wacker is stru ck an alliance in 1911. and there- aspect o f lhe Wesleyan heritage was respect and who were esteemed as
associate professor of "'Iigious studies afte r maintained a loose association not biblical and that it stirred up leaders with the de nomination.
and director of undergraduate with the (black) Church of God in the worst kind of antinomian ex- However. in the late 19,ws and
SCudies at the Unh\'rsity of No Mh
Chri st. which was legally incorpo- cesses. They wanted to return to a 1950s. for reasons thai are not
rated. By using the latter'S name position more characteristic o r the wholly clear. healers in Ihe AlG like
Carolina at Chapel Hill. !lis grand- ministers in the white groups were Refonlled tradition (CALVINISM) A. A. Allen and l ack Coe skyroc-
fa ther. Ralph M . J.tiggs, "'<IS Renl'ml able to obtain legal recognition and in which sanctifi cation is under- keted into national promincnce.
superintendenl of the Assemblies or milroad clergy discounts. stood as a process that commences Although most were soon squeezed
God (11153·59). The third group was rooted in at conversion. bUI is neve r "per- out by leaders dismayed at the

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I"roludulco..:e of ",'me lIf 'he hc!allllg Fundamental I" mflueoce 1\ aho \tratum of ")<.:lcl\ On the (>(her h.rooamentaJ Truth, ha.'I nol ~n
dalm, and b~ per-I'len! rumor. IIf apparent in the dcoonllnatlon' hand. there .II\' Pc,..."lent Ind..:a- n};lterialJ) mo.llilfled SlJk:e II .... .1.\
flllan..:ial Irregulanl~. man~ r,m!.:- rather ca,ual altitude' to\\anj rohl~ 110n, thaI .:(>nwn, "ere l)pILall~ fiN adopted In 1916; \ Inuall) an)
and·lik member. ha\~..:onllnued 10 In the earl~ year. ih polloer ,tru.:ture dra .... n. rK>( fnlm the ranh 1,1 t~ A G pubh.:atwn l'e\eal\ th;lt IhIe
bc attraCled 10 Independcnt v.a~ Pre~h)terian in fonn and pr.a," di,mherlte."d. hut "!lIm the- ~tah1c underl) In$. w(lrld \Ie\\ 1\ a\ ~Iarld)
c\angeIJ'I\ who ha\c 'tr'C"ed 'pc..:- II.:e I,nal authority on all que,tlllO' \\(lrl.ing cia" and \<.lmel1me\ [~ \upernaturali\tK .1.\ It .... 01' Irl the
ta..:ular cure\ and. mllre cI.mmvcr- of faith and order re~ided in a hlen- lo .... er middle da" In all\ ':J-.e it fi]'\1 blu,h 01 the! f'ente..:~[al re'I-
,iall}. lauh a~ an a\enue \0 linan':lal llIal General Couocll 01 deq:~ and I, impc.I"lb\e to doubt tha'-g"l\\ mit \.11 ~re I', III ).hHn, link e\l-
PfO!opcrll)- lait~_ ~ore\l,·.all) [hi, i, :.lilt t~ alllucn.:e ha, nur!.:edl~ .:hangL-J tile Ikn,'c Ihat the ~ik.:Hh of mn..krnll)
ca-.c. hut ,m.:e the 194th autl\(.>nt, b.:e of ~ den... mlnJl1on 'IOCC the ha\e eroded I~ ,·on\J..:I1Oft tblll the
Like all Pentc.:o,t;11 1l"'uP'. 'he ha, bc..:ome ~trongl) n·ntr.l.li/eJ. 1940, \\(Hlden-Irame." t.werna.:lc\ $.l',pel " "In trot ....." thle old-
.-\ G ha, allloay, been linnl) com- The ,eneral ,upenntcn.ienl. C\C.;U- ha\e been dl,pla...·~·d b~ allr-oIdlwl~ fa.,hllmed !!o'pel 01 lhe 19th cen-
mitted to the "full" or ··foo1"'.quare·· [i\c pre\b~ ler.. and general pre'b~ I· -Jyled ,urburhan ,hun:he,. Bl'I'lcr· tUI"\. but the mir...:ulou\ ..... onder-
go\pel of II per.onal \alv'1110n. 21 cr. (all derg)') eterci<.c \tri.:t \upcr- OU\ handdJrplll~ ha, glwn 110.1) . .at Io\·\)r!.:lng Go'pel 01 the fiN ..:cneur).
baptl',m III the HoI) Spirit IIoith the \i\ion at thc national le\d, .... hile le,N on Sunda~ nlllrnllli!'_ !(\ n)bed
\isn of tongue\, :\ I healin!! by faith. \Imilar bodie, meNe di\lri..:1 oper- .:hoir; and re,tralOcd I1hough nlln-
and 4) Ihe imminenl return 01 the allllO\. Mnelhele,\, the SPirit liturgl.:all \\Ilr.hlp. Ptlorl~ C<lUIP- 81b1wgraphY_ R,>b.:n \1-1pt" "-,,,k-non.
Lord_ To a greatcr extent than mo,t blo.... , .... here It \\ ill. e,pe":lall~ m ped and licn:el~ ..edanan Bible IISIOft, r 11M {kl",hent,'fi: flw 1/,,1.."'6
Pentc<:o\tal,. ho.... e\er. the A 0 in,tllute, hoi\[' t>een lran,fl'nned of ~'"t" cGn POlr~.;JII"'IJ" Carl
identified it..elf after \\I.rld W01I" I
a denllminJtilln that \Irongl~ prilC'
the gilh of the Spirit Thu, .al the." into a ncllo\()r!.: 1,1" a..:,·redlle."d Bible BrIII'lbI..~ s.uJ.kllly ""Pm
Hta>.". .~
11m,," ofr"" 'I."~l'f.'If fJ<,J Cor-
.... llh the emerpinj! fundamentali\t local 1e,cl pani..:ular pa.,tor. ha\'C college,. lihcr.al arh .:,llIege,. and .Ja,. C- RUTJl('n. i,"'"
fiUl,,",,~ nw
lllO\emenl. and after World \Var 11 ollen ,ho.... n a'toni~hing indepcn· a -.cmmar:. ,,;allcred. but 110 IIh ~\sntlblU', ,,( Gad l\1;ulOC l\"rlIln,~
\\ IIh the rT'KKt ('on'>Cr.ati\e ,tream dem:e. nM,lh.'d 10 and leg1llmated h~ ,pe.:ial ,trength in the Mld .... c'l and ,.,." "'QmIU hdJiUtd ~ /f'lIon u/1h4
of Ihe evangelical movement. The ehari\lII;lIl": aUlhoril). California. 1/,,,1 .. ,,, P .. ,,/ ... fHlul 11,1(/" .. ",.
lega.:) of Ihi, affiliation i\ evident The ..o<:i,11 hi~lor: of Ihe ..... 0, The A 0 ha' retained ih.:ommlt- \\ IIII.,L \\ \kIUIC\. t~, ""1(,/", \t'rll'
menllO the di,lln.:li\cne\\ 01 primi· fI~ \/<>" f>j rlu'~\ t"u,I,t "/ (i 1)0/.
in the denominalion\ liter:'lIufe, Ii!.:e the -.ocial hi"lor: of tho.' Pen-
\\ hich continue\ co empha\ue Imd- te.:o,tal mo\erllcnt in general, tl\e I\-nle.:o,lal"m to a rem.ark.ah1e
ih(>nal fundamentah,t c()n.:ern~ remam\ relatl\ely uRC\plored. It I' degree. [t ,1111 dewte, o\l,'r 50 rer-
li!.:e the ineIT3nq' of the Bible. the commonly heJiC\ed. for etamp1e. cent of 11\ budget to the ,up]X>rt III C;R-\' r \\ -\I."Iod-.R
falla.:) of the Ihem: of human that until the middle ("If the ::!Oth o\er.ea, mi\\l(>n'. and another 40 l '1\ I-RSln OJ-
e\olution. the fe'tor.alion of hrael. century Penteco~tal group, percent \0 e,pli~'ltl) c\"J.ngeh'lIc 'ORrH C\ROU"
(Illd the pretribulation rapture of the attracted the mo~t economically \Oul-"innlni! mlni,lrit', III home. ·\T CHAI'U. Hill
\amh. and culturall)' impo\cri,hcd The dcnomilHlllon\ Statemcnt ot
"t\sst nlb li es or God" b) (;l"IIl1t \\ acker, in I:;" ryd optdia oj N.. I,gion In ,ht Soulh, edil t d b) Sa mut l S.
lI ill (\hcon. G \ ; \ t tn:er lnhl'rsil) Pnoss, 1984) 72-7 S.

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AlG Constitution/frompage 9 remained on the Al/lIntil bel:;lU"" thl.' mider
\ h ip had beller medical facl!!!IC' One of
nate Ihe c hie f execulive of the fellow~hip, a w hole wa ~ app ro ved on Thursday mo rn - the mcn died wi thin 48 hour. 01 the ,hell-
The "Constitut io nal Declaration," ap- ing September 22. the last day o f the ing, but the o ther t"'O ,ur"I'ed and "ere
proved as part of the document. was ba~ed conference_ brought bad.. 10 Ihe U,S
on the " Preamble and Resolu tion on Con- I al't() !;lIKcd .... \Ih Charle~ \ I urph~. the
~titu ti o n " passed una n imously by the first "Jj"Qr all practical purpose, Ihi' marKed FOrllml' '" riter who "'a\ on the Zmn:am
Counci l at Hot S pr ings_ This reso lution I' the end of the fonnatl\e pha\e of the " \ ,;lnnot \a) enough ahoul the ml'-
was consid ered 10 be a sort of Mag na General Council of the Assernblic~ of sionanc\ on the Z.wll:am," he told mc
C harta or Declarat ion o f Indepe ndence for God. The wi~ ma"cr builder.. who laid 'They were coumgeou, and h;lndlcd the
sovere ig n. a uto no mo us churches. ye t it the fou nd;tlion~ of our fello,,\hi p at 1I0t situation Ocuer than the other p'h\Cngcl'\ .,
provid ed a means fo r cooperat io n, un ity, S prings and again at the 1927 Coullcil Murphy, who abo ,cned a, ;t C\lloncl in
a nd fellows hi p_; [ncluded in A rticle V of would probably be ama7ed at the organila- the ;Iir forcc during the Ko!'C;1tl War. retired
the Constitution W"a~ a Statement o f Funda- lion which has evolved through the year.. from Fortune in 1%8 He ll(lW 1m!, in
meTllal Truths. In addit io n, a ltho ugh not But they would loOOn d i!,Co\cr that "Ihe Vennont
part of the o ffic ial docume nt . se\'eral po~ i ­ Bible is our all-~uffic ien l rule for fai th and
tion sta tements concerning marriage and practice" a nd the government of our fe l- e made numemu~ olhcrcontau\ '" Ith
d ivorce , tith ing . a nd other mailers were
r.a nc tioned and rcaffim1ed as submilled by
low~ hi p st ill re~t<. o n the C o rner..lOne of
the Church, the Lord J esus C hri\t.
W people .md organilatlon~ who "cre
in some way connected 10 the Z(/III:alll
the Revis io ns Cornmillee. The final incident. A ll together it added up 10 man)
mo tio n to ado pt the Constitution as
t
""~
Cart 8rumbad. utt A Ri•.,r (Spnngficld.
ho u rs of rc~earc h , !.C\·cral telephone calls.
andwme nervo u ~ day~ wa ltln~ 10rpholO~_
\10: Go<;pct Pub"~hlng H oulot', 19n1, p. 26.
Herll(l.~e is lale because of the ZUIII:Clnr
2 Tht P..nltCl)JI1)1 EI'Cl'I.~~I, 10 October 19~5.
P\l- 4. 5_ story, but I hope you cOll\ider the..c few
3_ Th .. P~nttW5tal f.'."Un~~I. 24 October t9~5. pa ges of features a nd photos "onh the
p.4 ",alt. ~
4 Final Repar! ojRe"'5ion Com"ul/U On I-.;sUIJ-
twl Ruo/llliolt5. 1927. p. 3.
5. Th~ P.."ltr05/a1 /;;l'tIIlxd, 10 October 192~.
p_ 9.
6_ F;"QI Rtport. p. J_
7. Brumbad•• p 154
8_ 1917 \Imutt~, p. 67.
9_ Finnl R~port, p 5
10. 11r~ P~"uro~1II1 Em"g~l. 8 Oclober 19~7. WaYlle t. Wum rr IS
p. 6. IJtre("/or of the AIG
Glenn Gohr is a starrmt'm ber oflhe A1G Ard1i ~, II. J ROl.",-eli Flowe r, IImol)' of the Anf'm"hrs
of God (unpubh)hed class 1lOIes). 1950. p 22 Arch n't'$
Sprin gfield , ~lissouri.

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TIME FRAME
., •..•••.... I." , •••.•• ,' \ ........ , I.' .,.,. ,., ,.,"" , •• ,'" '"
A QUICK LOOK INTO THE PAST
50 ' ear<; Ago-1937
Loul'lana ..... hlCh ha, been a pan of the
~.afh j"'U'i lht:-l-d,lor 'ot'1t'l1, iltm' of inl<"r ....1 for (hi, tolumn from I~ P.. ,.'H:,)\{O/ I '011(,1, 1,lIlfn No", '\rkan'a" DI ... tricl. ha ... o'l!ani/ed II'> mo, 11
"','am:", Ip<}\falic Fo,/h, 11",d olld II tlllt ... ~nd ollitr publio.lton,. ('''",rOlt'fl'' .. nd ~U~f'"\llUfl' rrom uur
rt"lKit' .... art" in'llt'd. dl'trict Clluncil. The officer... are E. L
T..mner. ,uperintenclcnl. H E. Sunm'.
10 ' ears \go- 19n tcleca!)1 depi ...·lmg the techmque .. u-.ed b) il".'t.J.nt .. uperintendcnt: L.O. Wald(ln,
Winne .... 01' the 10th Annual '.lIiona] \\.cll-I..no\\.n e\angeli"t, In 'preading the \<! ...·retar\ -trea,urer.
Youth Scholar-hip Pn.l~r.tm for high go ... pel E\,ang.eli ..t, featured are Bill) Sun· Thcre' ha, becn no .. ummer .. lump In the
~choo] graduate .. arc Stephen J . da). Aimee Semple :\h;Pher-on. Bill) Amarillo ITc\a:.J fiN "\,-.embly. JCI;\lnJ·
Hendrick,on. Lynn. \ la....;lChu'ett ... and Graham. Oral Roben ... and other- ing III a repon Inlnl P:ht~n [ R hhter.
!\ancy J H)"lip. Prc,(;ou. ArilOna. E\'angeli,t F, A and Ine/ Sturgeon rep· b:lngeli'l Willa Shlln pre;l..::heJ Junng a
Two retired m""onaric, to China died re,ented the A~~entbhe\ of God during the 4- .... cck cilmpalg.n .... hICh .... a.. fllllll\\.ed b)
on the same day. September 14 They .... ere 50th anni\'ef\al) celebr.llion 01 the Pen- .1 :'i- .... ed, meeting condu..::tcd hy \,.It,on
\rguc. Thc Sund;l) "I:hool d~luhlcd a, .1
re .. uh of the mecting'.

60 , ean. \ J!o - I927

Repon .. fmm the libct;Ul Ixlrdcr emllle-
ou,l\ 'tated that v. G Phllllre h,ld heen
mUrdcred by 1..J1ll;! trlbe";len . brlier thi'
)cilr Plymire\ "" Ll'e and little 'on Jllhn died
inlibet (flit, Pl'l1/tr;" .\lon 1.\ 10M m IlIgh
Ad\enture in libet. flu' jill/til\' IWI ,imld/(',l
('0/1/(',1 of JOIlT/wh. I'hOIOI. ("{lrr('Vl(m-
J'(,rdut' R,n! E ,\ . a nd Inn Slutlleon dn/(('. (I/1(1 mha ilelll.1 10 IIII' .-\rdli\'t·,I. J
,.\ \\.cll-kno\\.n fundament'lli,t. Dr JI,hn
John Perdue. 85. and B T Bard. 81. They teco!)tal movement In I'ol"\\a) The meet-
Roach Stratnn. pa ... lor of Cahal) B'lplI't
both received mi"ional)' appointment in ing~ ....ere held at the Filadclphia Chun:h
Chun:h. "\c\\. York. ha ....... rinen a ne"" lx"lOk
1924. in 0 .. 10. It ....a' in 1907 that Methodi,t
Oil'int' J/('aling in Saipum' lind 1.1f<'
20 Years Ago- 1967 pa~tor T. 8. Bamllt \\.a" bapll/ed in the
The FOreign Mi .... ions Board inaugu- Holy Spirit \\.hile in l'c .... York; he returned 70 ' cars \go- 1917
rated a new worldw ide home ... tudy Bible to Nor....ay .... ith the Penteco"tal me ... ,age. Charle, .lIld Florence I~r-oneu" the
school. Named the Intcrnational COTre!)- 40 Yea rs Ago- 1947 Ii ....t A,~emblic, of God mi .. "on.lne, 10
pondellce In'>titute flC!), the !)chool will T he Go'>pel Publi"hlng Hou"e ha, Ju ... t AI.I ~ka, 'Ire no'~ Illllli .. tering 111 JuneilU,
be unde r the direction of George M released a ne\\. book on the Pcnteco... tal The Rnche ..tcr ('cw 'fork) Bible rr;lin-
Flattery, experience. IVhllf Ml'lllll'lh Thi,l? by Carl 111£ School ha:- no"" ~ent ~2 mi"ionaric,
Brenton O ... good, Indiana O·Cap. i... the Brumback. to forcig n field,. Charlc .. and Florence Pcr·
new national Speed-the-Light repre ...enta- Delegate,> allending. tht: Geneml Coun- ,oncu, ;lre t\~ o. The othe .... are: hulia.
live. He ... ucceed~ Mel Steward who IS now cil In Grand Rapid, debated on \\hethcr William K Norton. Mr, ;lnd Mr... Allred
pastoring in LaMesa , California. the A!)!)emblie!) o f God ,houltl c ..tabli,h a A Blakeney. ~ I I~~ Jennie Kirkland. ~ I I~'
30 Yea rs Ago - 1957 libera! an~ college. fvlllming iI mc" ....lge C. B il ClTOn, Dr. and M .... , A L Slocum.
C BS has produced The El'(lIIgelistj. a in tongues and interpretation and a Mi\, Oh,c 8. Naylor. :\l i', \1.lrguente
M Fhnt. ;lIld John E. !\on on: }al'wl ~I r...
Stella Bem;lUer: A/rim. Jo-.eph BI;(kenq'.
V. G. Ply mire's Trans-Tibetan \V Ra\ Vernon. M" Kilrl Willlch. and
Mr, a;ld t>.1r.... Ira G. Sh;lkley; South
Evangelistic Expedition , 1927-28 Alllcri("(l. 1\1..... H . Cr.tgin Vandeman;
(See 1927 abo.'e.) Ollllll. Edgar S Steinberg. and M, .....
Lcvada R Leonard

80 Years Ago- I907

Max Wood Moorhead, 111 A C/(lluloj
Witnesses. a Pent eco~ta l publi(:ation In
Ccylon. repom that a great re"j\ai con-
tinue!) at Pandita Ramabai\ ,chool III
Mukti . India .
Th e Apostolic Faitll paper being pub-
li shed In Los Angeles is stirring many read-
en. to seek the Lord . William J , Seymour.
editor and pastor of the Azusa Street Mi s-
sion. is receiving leiters from people who
read the paper and become hungry fo r the
bapt ism in Ihe Holy Spirit. .,..

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 from the J.ighlbeurtri Quartet
LE'ITERS FROM Ju,t a line to 'd\ .... hat a .... onderl·ul
hmughl back thou'>3.nds of mentones that
.... ere not included. What mal"\"elous days
.... nteup fHentm:l'. Summer. 19R7j. We the Lord did privilege us to witness .
OURREADERS feel we don't de\CI"\'e It all To God be all
the glory' H(lW .... e do .... i,h ....e could roll
lIailllf(e i.. a great magazine.
Laurene Stickiv3n
back the ycar. and do It dll mer again Anchorage. Alaska
"~nj(ty('d Slor~ on Her Grandfather
Thank you for [he t:0PIC\ tJf Ihe article Ida Collin,
on Illy gr.mdfalhcr. Ilcrtx!rt Buffum Cuolidgc. ArilOna
(winter. 1986-87 j. I truly enjoyed them. 50th Annh-ersary for
Ilnd I'm ghld my pLt:lUre...... ere of help. To read your reJXlI1 bmught back ~o Lornc and Ruth Fo~
many happy mcmnne, What .... e preached We wme to thank you for the beautiful
Ulma Medway Ihcn i~ "Ill true. I had to laugh remember- remembrances that you $Cnt for our 50th
Pcnngnwc. Calili,lmlil ing thing .. I had forgotten about the four golden .....edding anniversary
of u~. God ble~ .. you in the great .....ork you We are "grounded" since Lome is not
are doing . .....ell. and .....e are gelling older. "We don't
need to under..land ... we Just need to hold
ARC HIVES ACTIVITIES Kathenne Ol<,en HI" hand" --wish we could sing ,t for you
Scott .. Valley. California and Lome play. but .....e can still pray.
\tdoo IIII~: " ..,11,,11 Kulllmdp. A A 1\lIen J.... ~
God bless you in your labor for Him!
C,-Of \.\,11""" Branham.;md COiled Ptm....:u,ul hi' I do want you to know what a bles .. mg We are enjoying Heritage magazine.
'''I')'
dr~rn,j. <.l,,(I~lcd b~ ur purtha<>cd Inun Kcn/~ your article wa~ to u ... I never thought
Sd'~IlC. R"hcn, ["..ruon. and J"lln CllI'VI:r
anyone c()uld put !;uch an excellent anicle Ruth and Lome Fox
\111110 IMpot': mlC'l"olt'H Davill 1I~rT\'1I t",><hatlN
togethcr from telephonc inlervie ..... ~ It Auberry. Califomia
"'1111 '""my S"'''naTl. [)"Hd 'unn. 1)"11 Slcl'o,lft,
-,KtIltR"JI" l'n~-7 ).d"'aI..-.Jb)'Or.JR.~n,
L''''>enll~
IJ.uol....,: 1,~1I1 Annl~B;lI") ,~ 1/(,,1<161' R.m,-",lorrrJ
A l)hotoTaken :It 1935 General Cou ncil Verena and John Holcomb live in Gar-
II).II('\' U'\lnI.!I, dOn:llcd by the 1I'''n<.l. ~)th
IIInl~f'aI'}..~ N".., 'f H_,"~ [Au,lllIha AGI. Recently a negau\e ..... a~ \Cnt 10 me of land. Texas. She is a minister and her hus-
dnll;llC'<l h} lhe 1\'0 ,,' ·\uilr.lha the enclo..ed picture laken at the 1935 Gen- band was a building contractor. building
l'tdodklll\: (,,,ldo, (j'mn. dnnatt..1 hy .... ,!I, .. u eral Council .... hich ..... a.. held in Dallas. I many churches during their min istry.
PKlli'MJf11 arwJ Vernnn (inrtocr: /)rl, "{'r"," (' d<ln~ICu thought you might like to have one. K.C. Holcomb is still active in the
h'tI (IoIMl I'nd..,,'n aoo John C..rvl:r ministry. supplyi ng at a church in Su lphur
Horace !lolman pioneered the church at
1\·....... 0111 jourl1l1l: "nnent»
I) (' 0 ~ml~n.
Harmony. Texas. My husband and I also Bluff. Texas.
t\<,ndtcu h)' JU'I'ph 0rpc:rm~n Six in the picture are deceased: Clifford
(>lhcr nl<ltctl~1 d"n~[eu hy Reynnld Wallen. pa~tored thi, church. E.,kridge Smith and
Ruby Dell .....ere member.. of Hamlony. Andrews. Horace Holman. Eskridge and
SluUnrd "~n... n. R W ij;'hop. Ruth Rill Ix"""r Ruby Dell Smith. Erma Holcomb (my sis-
Cr.mu~11. ~Iki Vern"n (;""no:r {-«' ""1""1 Pauline Dunn and hcrhu<,band were mil.'
,ionaries 10 China Selma Ballard (no.... ler). and Inez Smith Burkett.
lho: ",tfelTltly \"dI1l3hlt 1. '<an'!:r C.IO"",:r l·"lk-.: Ragan) 1i\"C~ in Garland. Texa.... 0, T. preached thc homecoming mes-
!J""";I\ ,Ic,nJft",1 tn the ATc'h,,'!:' ~ h,~ ~'n, Velll<.>n
klnnie Brock married Roy B Quillin. sage at the Harmony church last May. We
(;""00:1. I Kon,oJ,d... ed,torm;!., n.c: I..... ' I>o\e, ,,1 saw some of the people who were there
nl.lten,w mdudc M'1mOO'. 1""1:11'). I"'n"d,,~I,. They are retired mini .. ter.. living in Wichita
r"tllls. Texa.... 53 years ago.
pI"lI"l/rdrh~. ~:rapbu,,~ . tapes. tr••t'h. 0100 "''''h
J, """"", (;'>r11lC1' I1K7J-I%1) "3, the ",<1n 1.1 a Clifford Andrew., conducted the fun- Vida Killion (Mrs. o. T.)
\1cth"d, ... r,",""IIl,,,wn,uy he 1\>(> he<:.,me a cra l ~ for Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Garland. Texas
'\\ell\l ••I1 ... pN"r In a Soulh \\","le'"l>rth ll'ICehni/
In 1'J14 Gurtner ".1' hedltd and baptllcd in lhe Spirit
lie JI'lIwd the ,\'-cmhlie' uf God in 11120 W;\!,h a
fUlu", '''uc 1,1 IIrrll<l~(' fur a kalult' 1>1, (;"r\lICt

I(rno" (;ort"tr Woks O'~' rna/triolJ ..-/lleh

btlo"gtd to his JIJtht,.. J . ,\QIWr Gort"tr. It",o"
dOIlQttd jour Oo¥tJ oj d«u"""ts to tht ItrdlJWI.

Blick row. ltft 10 rlghl : John lI olcomb, 0.1: Killion. Clifford And~ . Esk ridge Smith. K. C. 1I0lcom b .
lind Fannie Brock . Fron( row: Vel"l'no lIoltomb. Vida Killion. Selma t~allllrd. Hora~ Holm an. Ruby l)ell
Smith. Enn ll Hotcomb. t'lluline Dunn. and Inez Smith. Cour1 esy of Vida Killion .

lEI AJG HERITAGE, FALL 1987

 The New Order of the Latter Rain
A Look at the Revival Movement on Its 40th Anniversary
By Richard Riss
t the opening of the First World Pen- II It L
A tecostal Conference in Zurich. Swit-
zerland, in 1947, General Secretary Du\'id
J. DuPlessis delivered an addres<, that
ended as follows:
There Is /lQIII1II8 thai can ner take Ihe
place oj Ihe Holy Spirit ill fhe chufeh.
ie/us pray/or {l gremer owpourinj( Ilwll
ere,. ami remember "'hen lire floods
come it . . . ill 1101 tap /0 Qur well pre·
pared channels bUI il will (Nerjloll oml
mas/ probably cmue chaos ill Ollr regu·
lar programs."
Within a few months aflcr these words
were spoken. the "Latter Rain Movement"
Sharon Orphana!!\' lind Schools. North 8attll'funl . Sll5klltcne-o"lln. about 1950.
The Movement Be~an at
Sharon Orphanage and Schools, puse:.. The revival al Wheaton College cllce upon the I,;lller R,un, the hc'l1ing
(~bruary 5-12. 1950) receivcd national revival ,1Ild the I ,alter Rain \lmell1ent .... ere
North Hattieford , publiCity, appearing III thc page~ of the actually par:lllel de\c1opmel11" during
Saskatchewan, Canada. Chicago Tribulle. a~ well a~ Time and Life 1947-1952 Bmh occurred within the
magazines.' Earle E. Cllim" and J. Edwin milLeu of PcntectNah .. m, both were
Orr have wrinen of well over 20 other col- rejected b) 1I10'>t major I~ntecmtal
exploded upon the Pentecostal scene, lege revival" occuring during the same denominations, and both pl.I}"C.'d 11 r;1I1 III
bringing aOOUi the very conditions farscen time.' Billy Graham was coming into influencing the dc\elopment of the Chari~­
by DuPlessis. including disapproval from prominence as a result of the enonnous matic Movement of the 1960's and
most established denominational Pentecos- crowds bemg drawn (among non-Pentecos- 1970\. lis empha,i\ upon "the layrng 011
talorganizations. l tal Evangelicals) during the awakening.. as of h3n(l\ with prophec)" and imi~tcncc
The Latter Rain Movement was only well a~ other e\'angeli~t!> of the time. upon the pre,ent-da) exi~tcncc ol'lpo~tle~
o ne of many aspects of the Evangelical including Charles ("Chuck")Tcmpleton of and prophct<. brought con .. iderablc con-
awakeni ng during 1947-1952. T he parallel Canada. Tom Rees of Britain. and Mervin troveT\y 11\ many Pemeco..tal churchcs.
healing revival of that time was bringing Rosell." In late 1949 re\Lval began on the While there was not a general acceptancc
William Branham and Oral Robens illlo Island of Lewis and Harris. the 13rge~t of of the doctrines and pmctices of the Llmcr
prominence, as well as T. L. Osborn, the Outer Hebridcan group in Scotland. Rain \\ithll1 denominational churche ...
Gordon Lindsay. Jack Coe, William Other significal11 elernel11s of Evangelical there was a .. ignificant extent to which the)
Freeman. A.A. Allen. David Nunn, and awakening included the r-urC\t Horne Col- were recei\ed out:.idc of the major dcnomi-
a host of others. J Spontaneous revival was lege Briefing ConfeTCnce:. (which \oon n3tion~. Thc wide scope 0/ the acceptancc
breaking out upon many college cam- helped to bring about the formation of of the L.1t1er Rain and it<. la~ting influence
Campu!. Crusade for Christ) and the seem\. to a large extent. to ha\e esc;lped
Pacific Palisades Conference~. at which the not icc of denominational official ... '
scores of pastors and ministers of variou~ The mOvemcnt W<I\ characleri/cd by
denominations, only a few of whom were many reports of heallngs and other
Pel11ecostal. gathered together for prayer miraculous phenomena. III contra\t to the
and praise in an atmosphere of spirilUal preccding dccade. which wa,> de ..cribcd by
renewal scvcral time:. a year. :.haring te!.- Pentecostals as a time of spiritual drync~,>
timonics of revival. and precipitating the and 13d of God\ prescnce. It \tres,>cd
formation of other similar groups of pa~­ the imminence of the premillcnnml retum
tors and ministers throughout Nonh of Je .. u~ Christ. preceded by an outpouring
America.~ of God\ Spirit which was expected in
Richard Riss accordance with the "fornler rain" and the
he Latter Rain Movemcnt was "latter rain" of Joel 2:23. which wa:. inter-
This article origilwl/y o,'peared ill Pneuma
(Spring 1982) allli is usetl by permission of the
T catalyzcd. in pan. by the campaigns
of healing evangelist William Branham in
preted as a dual prophecy of the day of
Pentccmt as described in the second chap-
maga zine and the author. Ril'hl/rd Riss. Vancouver. B.C .. in the fall of 1947. His ter of ACh and of the outpouring of the
1II11hor of The Evidence for the Resurrection demonstrations of the gift of healing Holy Spirit which was to immediately pre-
of Jesus Christ (1977). earned the Master of accompanied by knowledge of the ill- cede the coming of the Lord. There wa,
Christian Strulies (1/ Regel1l College. \tw- nesses of those present made 11 deep im- an emphasis upon spiritulll gift\. which
com·er. B.C. . Clmada. This artide is a Slil/l· were to be recei\'ed by the laying on of
mary of Iris dissertatioll. The dissertatioll iI pression upon the teacher<, of Sharon Bible
110", (lI'aiioble as Laner Rain ($9.95 pillS School in Nonh Battleford. Saskatchewan. hands. in contrast to the o ld Penteco~tal
$/.50 shippill!:) fro m Honeycomb ViSII(I/ Pro- who precipitated rev ival at their school practice of "tarrying" for the Holy Spirit
dlictiOlIS, 1295 Egglil1lo/l AI'('. East. Missis- after their return from the Br:mham meet- which had become widcspread durmg thc
sallgo. Ontario. Ca/JOda UIV3E6. ings.9 Although Branham had a prior infiu- year<, before the revival." A~ was tme of

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 the healing revival al thai time. there wa_~
an cmpha_~i~ upon the unit}' of the body Reaction of the AlG
of Chri~L
In addition to the mini~lry of \ViJliam to the Latter Rain
Br,mharn, who had employed the laying
_-I on of hands in his healing mini~lry, some
of the innuence~ precipitating Ihe Latter T he Ortlcr
fiN e\ iden"c of I:om:cm from the
A~~mblie~
•. \;c ....
of God leadef'hip over the
of the Latter ROlin" came in R!b-

ONE
Ram mcluded the emphasis of healing ruat)' 19-19. General Superintendent Ernest S
evangelist r-ranklin Hall upon fast 109 and WilJiam\ wrote a \talCment on "BesIQwlnl!
prayer:· Ihe church government format in Gifls" for the mini~te", quarterly lener. A
U\C by the Independent Assemblies of God thorough aIring of the problem came in a

WITN~ which stre<,\Cd the autonomy of the local \pecial edition of the mlni~te'" leiter. April
church. and the emphasis upon the "new 20. 19-19_
thing" of Isaiah 43: 19 .... hich had found it,> At the 19-19 General Council. a re\olution
wa.~ adopted dl\appro\ ing of the pra"tice~ of

J
way to Nonh Banleford years aner it was
<,tres~d during meetings of the early Pen-
the Latler Ram The rewlUlIon \pecified \ix
error<. In the teaching:
tecostal revival at Ihe tum of the 20th I The overemphasis rela[i\-e to impartmg.
century. " identifying. be~[o .... mg or confinning of gifh
by the laying on of hand, and prophecy.
here ....ere many ~imilaritie5 bet ....een
T the early Pcnteco<,!al Movement and
2. The erroneous teaching that the Church
i\ built on [he foundation of pre~ent-day apos-
[Ie~ and prophet\.
Help us the 19';8 Latter Rain RevivaL" both of
which were known as the "Latter Rain 3. The extreme teaching as Jdvocated by
Movement ... , Both arose during a time of the ·'Nel'. Order·· rcganling the confession of
preserve our spontaneous Evangelical awakening,· and ~m [0 man and deliverance a~ pmcliced.
which claims prerogatives to human agency
heritage, and both ....ere charncterized by a strong expec-
tation of the immment coming of Christ.
which belong only to Chrh!.
-I The erroneou\ teaching concerning the
we'll give Both employed the laying on of hands for
the impar1ation of gins of the Spirit. '" and
impartation of the gift of languages as special
equipment for rnbsionary !'.erviee,
you this new both repor1ed the supernatural occurrence
of "heavenly singing" by "Spirit-filled"
5. The e,[reme and unscriptural practice of
imparting or imposing per.onal leading~ by
the means of gIft:; of Ullerancc,
$6.95 book congregations, the sounds of which were
likened to the sounds of a great pipe- 6. Such other wrestings and distortIons of
Scripture interpretation~ whieh are in opposi-
FREE! organ. l ' Both recogni7..ed the existence of
present-day apostles. prophets. evan-
[ion to teachings and practice. generally
accepted among us .•
gelists. pa~tors and teachers. " and both
were characteriled by widespread repe n- R!w churches withdrew from the Assem-
tance and ·'brokenness·· before the Lord. blies of God over [he Latter Rain issue. Some
You've seen Aggie Hurst's Another similarity between the two of the ministers who had withdrawn returned
powerful story advertised. movcments is tha t both were scverely to the General Council. One who did no!
Now you can have a FREE criticized bv the de nominations of which return wa.~ long-time editor of the Pelllecos/(li
they we re ·originally a pan. Walter J . £\'lIngei. Stanley f-rodsham.
copy by joining the Assem·
J-Iollenweger has ,.)bserved Ihat the institu-
blies of God Heritage So· tional Pentecostal de nomi nations at this
"'General Councit minute,. t949. pp. 26-27.
ciety for 1 year. Get the time began to experience ancw what had
book and the unique Heri- cOllle abom at the inception of their own
tage magazine for only $1 O. movement, but this time from the opposite 1935. :' Two years later. the institute moved
Don 't miss th is greatest of- standpoint: that of the conservative to Saskatoon. and became P A.O.C prop-
denom ina tions Ihal they had criticized at er1y in 19-15. in order [0 achieve full
fer we 've ever made.
the time of their own inception. J ' PA.O.C recognition. :'> Disputes between
Accord ing to historian Cornelius J. Hawtin and P.A.O.C officials led to
Jaenen. a prophecy. well know n among Hawtin·s resignation under pressure in
Ihe early leaders of the Pentecostal MO\e- 1947: another Bethel teacher. P. G. Hunt.
ment in Canada. had been given duri ng resigned in sympathy, '"
"El-ery m inister the Los Angeles Azusa Stree t Revival of [n the fall of 1947 George Hawti n and
should rend 1906 that a great revival would begin in P. G. Hunt joi ned Herrick Holt of the Nonh
Heritage. I Nor1hern Canada.::> Those involved in the Battleford . Saskatchewan Church of the
prom ote it Latter Ra in Movement looked upo n events fuursquare Gospel in an independent wo rk
wh l!revf"r I at Nonh Ban leford in 1948 as a fulfillment that Holt had already established. It was
go. "-Cha rles of this prophecy. 17 duri ng this time that the students there
Greenaway The Latter Rain Movement origi nated began to gather to study the Word of God,
at Sharon Orphanage and Schools in Nor1 h fasting. and prnyi ng. O n February 12,
Bauleford. Saskatchewan. Canada. as a 1948. accord ing to George Hawti n's
Please d ip a nd mai l toda y 10 the Assem blies of spark igniting an explosion o f revival brother Em (who had joined the faculty
God ,\ rchh-cs, loWS Boo n' ill t A"e., Spri ngfield. amo ng ma ny Pentecostals. It spread of Sharon. were Milford Kilpatrick . also.
M i'iSOuri 65802. quickly thro ughout No r1h America and had become "Global M issions'· secre-
many places thro ughout the world . tary'l), "God moved into our midst in Ihis

NAME~~~:===~:;i===iii;::===
The president of Sharon's "Global M is- strange new manner."" He cont inued as
ADDR ESS sions" was George Hawtin . who had been fo llows:
CITV STATE ZI P a pasto r of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Some still/en/S ...ere J/ltdl'r Ihe /HI...er of
_ New Mcmbtrship _ Renewal Canadn and had founded Bet he l Bible GOl/ 01/ Ihe floor. others were Iweelhtg
_ I Yl'lIr ($ 10) _ U relim ... ($ 100) Insti tute in Star C ity. Saskatchewan in in at/orm/oll (11/(1 worship before the

~ AlG HERITAG E, FALL 1987

 (In!arned mml ..ter of the Ai!>('mhhl" of
• Gnd
Thl." h:orua!) IY~~ I"ue of /hr SlumJl!
Slar earned an anide on Win'lnn I 'unc~.
<i.:.:onJmg Il1 .... hlch ··u.c re ..:Cl\eJ .... un! .tho
\{,.ja~ 1"lm Salc:m, Oreg,'n. of t~ u.tlllJer·
ful olc"lIlg Oclll~ 'pn:aJ h ATIlther W I
'unc, ,m.:4o' hand, .... crt: laid nn him and
glib ~gJn to operJtl' m ('Klu.er·... DUring
Ihc 'amI.' month, Thom;h W~att til Pt.,r!.
land. Oregon. inl'lIed th~' Ha\\tm p.tn~ to
hI" l'hun:h. Wing' Ilf Ikahngklllple .
.... heI'C (;eor~e Ha\\tlll dnd \1t1l0n!
"tr~Jl'ttnd., IIltnl'tered tll 40 prea.:hel'
North Battleford fn.m almlhl eler: part III ,nh AmCTIL'a
One of thc pa,tnl' attenJm~ .... a' ,\ I-.ilrl
Lead..... 1949 Lee Ilf IJ." -\n~ek ... CaitlumM ..... hl"e
Abo.~.Idt 10 r1r;bl, t.m }t."lln. l'hun:h l">c':Jfl1e .1 l'l'nter lil( I'CvL\al , ..1I11l
PrK) G. Jlunl, (.t'Ol'Jtt H."lin, Jtier h~' returneJ BI the enJ (If the \e;lr,
.nd (;l'OrJt~ \\Imock, in "Cloud
Ern 11.1\\ tm haJ 1\ ri'tten til' f\ Furl l..l'e\
Room." I~rt, Uurlck 11011,
~'hun:h that "lnlTllanuc! Tcmpk .... llr~ t,
p~idenl, Pert) t.. lIunl, Ind
GWll,t IIM"lin, II RTOUndbr1'Akina l'\palldtllg r.lpldl~ ilnd I~ a ll1\lthel e.:hurch
srnlcr. (ourttH or t.ul~nt fM hunJred .. 11f mile, anlUnd, \\ till Illall\
Moo,,". a~"~'lIll:lhc, kl(I~lIlg thcf\' for help and
,upcr\ "1\111 ....
13\ 14~4 th~' :'>.!,nh B,mkhlnJ I:Ircthren
\\ere Occt1mll1F Ie', l'entral 1\1 thl." 1I1<1W ·
menl. and kade"hip l'oc~an III ell1er~e III
wrd_ The (/lloilllll1\: deepened untillhl' to her e.:hun.:h to .. parI.. rev ilallhel'C. aUmcl- other etn:le ... rani) a, .. re,ult 01 tenJen-
(....eoIGod I<"(J$ Up<>11 el'erW'I/I' 77u·I.J,r.1 ing people from all part .. III the count!) cte, tOI\,lnJ -.(:1.:\;Iriam,m among the '\;orth
rpo/.;.t' /0 (lilt' ol'he brethrell_ "Go 11/111 Including han and Carlton Spencer (Ihe B,luldnn! leildel"'>_" It .... ;1' partl~ Oc.:aIN'
1(/\, l'fU,d$ IIlxm (I cerloi/l 1/11(/1'111 1111.1
founder of Elim Btble In~titutc and hi, of the~e Icndencte<" that Hl\ollement til the
pray lor 111111," While ht' II"(H III doubl
{lml cOlllemplalioll oneolilre si)len "'Ito son). who wcre ;\1 thc Zion Evangcl"tie.: L,ltter R,ltn '()(In occamI.' ,lnathem;r al1l\lIlg
I1m/ been IIlIder lire IWller 01 God \\'/'11/ R!llow,hip in Providencc. Rhode hl"nd. many denOnltniltmn.I) Pcnler.:o't,ll, I hi ....
10 lire i1rollrermrinf,: lilt' ,\lime ",(}rd~, for a Pcntcco~tal PraYl!r h:llo...... hip gillhcr· e\'\"I': ,uch Pl'nteco"'lal 'tal\\;ln~ ,I' l.e\\ I
Ollli nO/llllt.lllhe identical .H/u/nll h., II<J\ mg in DecemOcr 1948 when a latecomer I\'thru ... of S\\edcll C(llltlllued III cndoT"ol."
/(I "rtfl'lor. Ne weill In oiKdil'lla 1111.1 to the gathcring arriled and .. hared ...... hal th l ' lIl\llcml'nt. " and a, leade" tIl the
a rel'.>/(JIiOlI "(1$ 8il'ell COII("('rllllll! III.· he had heard of a 11"lIallOn in Detroit ",. -\p<httllrl' Chun.·h, of 1]1111 Blole In,lltutl'
Slll(/elll'$ lift' OIld Imure mini-Hr\'_ Afia Ivan Spene.:er and hi~ wile .... ent to Detroit III \:e .... YOI'\.. St.lte and 01 Bethe,da \11,-
Ihis a IOIIR prophec,l- .\'tU ,~II't'1I ",lfh within a few da} <" and relurned to ignite ,iollar) Temple III Det"'lt. i\1rt'hlgan nln·
minI/It' delllils concernillg Ihe I!rt'fII
rel'ival at Elim Bible In~tltute. unued 10 mOIl' III the 1\:IIIai. the I1lme·
11r1ll8 G()(./IHI$ alxml to do. ThI'II1.I1I,'m
lor ,he rel-ilu/ and /IIom- dewitt COI/n'm- men! p"'gre"ed .... tth la,tHlg died'
ill8 If "-f're Stl'en ., \I,Lln 01 the,e minl'trie, t',lrned nn ;rnd
The Layi ng on of Ha nds \\ it h deleiopcd principle, that had ;In-.cn In the
Aft er a day l.earching thc Scripture". on Prophecy and Insistence L•• tter R.. in Relilal. becOllltng part of the
R:bruary 14 "it secmed that all Hcavcn Chari .. m;rtic Rcne\\;rl 01 the 196()\ ;tnd
broke loo!.c upon our soub. and hca\en of Present -day Ex istence of 1970\_
abovc camc down to greet u~. "II According Apostles and Pro phets L'nttl 1977 one of Ihe notcd IC;ldcl"o in
to Ern Hawlin. "Soon a vi~ible manifc<"ta- the Chan~m;lIle.: Rene .... al .... a' John Puole.
lion of gift .. wal. received whcn candidale, Brought Much Controversy, ~on 01 I'red C Poole. a p,"lOrolthe -\llIl"
were praycd o\er. and man) a.. a re\ult tolie.: Church who \\'a, i1 major rigure In
began to be healed. as gifh of healing the Liller Rain ReI ilal ~ .. \Iter hi .. father\
.... cre recc II'Cd.'" This e\cnt .... a.. partie.:u-
larly .. ignificant to Pcntcco~tals in liew of
the dearth of such manifc .. tation .. from
M .the. - Beall
Frod~ham.
\\ rotc a leller de-.cribing
1'C\l\al at Bethe\da to Stanley
who had been a pioneer of the
death in 196~, John Poole pil,wred hi'
father\ chun:h III Philadelphta. I\'nn'~ 1-
vani,l. v.hlch. b} 1976. included Itlur ..epil-
about 1935. It was fo r th is rea ..on that. a~ carly Pcnteco\tal Movement at the turn of rate (;ongregation .. With flO a~wle.:l.tted
peoplc became aware of thcse clcnt ... thcy thc century. a ICiidcr of thc A~,cmblic .. of horne mceting ... • In the early 197(h he
nocked 10 North Battleford from all pam God denomination in thc U.S .. and thc \\a .. a lrequent contributor to Nt'I\' 1I·1IIl'.
of Nort h Amcrica and many pans of thc editor of the Pl'flfl'cmta{ El"{wgl'l. LI~ offi- lin imponant periocJical of thc ('hari'lliatie.:
wo rld to the camp-meeting con\'cn/;om at cial periodical. for 28 Yl!ar<., A~ a re:.ult Rene\\,11
Sharon publici Led by The Sharoll SWI', of this leller, he went to 11 11"'>_ Beall\ Bcthe ..da MI .. ~ionilry Tcmplc In Detrott.
Before long, these meetings became church in January 1949, where "hc \\a .. ~1 ic:higilll Occame prominenl in the Chari,·
widely known. and the teache" from moved deeply by '>Cenc~ of people under matic Rene .... aL Myrtle Beall\ ,on, Jame'
Sharon began receil'ing invitation~ to great con\iction of .. in, making confe .... ion Lee Beall. who succeeded hi, mother a~
minil.tcr throughout North America. and finding peace ..... Froci\ham heanil) pa~tor of the church. became a rrequent
At the invitation of Reg Layzell in Van- appro'ed of the mmelTlcnt. de .. pite the contributor to Logos lOllnwl. onc or the
couver, B.C .. Gcorge and Em Hawtin held admitted exce .. ~ .. of many of it~ adherent .. mmt widely circulatcd periodicaJ.. of the
meetings at Glad Tidings Temple on and the con!,Cqucnl oppo!>ition of his Chari .. matic Rene .... al.
Novcmber 14-28. 1948." Mynlc D. Beall. dcnomination 10 thc Lattcr Rain. Under Somc of the 1976 faculty membcl"'> of
pastor of Bct hesda Missionary Tcmplc in pres!>uI'C and cligible to retire, he reSigned Elirn Biblc In<,tilute in Lima. New Yor~
Dctroi t. Michigantravclcd 2,500 rnilc~ by from thc editol"'>hip of the Pel!1eco~tal (which had movcd from Hornell III 195 1),
car to attcnd thcse meetings" and returncd £I'lmgel and withdrew hi~ nume as an had been widcly recogni/ed leadcr.-. IIllhe

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 1948 Latter Rain Re\i\'3I." and Gerald
Ocrstllle wa~ a~<,ociated for \C\'Cral yeal'\
.... Ith J Pre.,ton Eby ..... ho had had -.ome
contact with the 1948 Latter Ram

The LaUer Rain Mo\'ement

Has Had Great Influence
Throughout the Christian
Church During lis 40 Years.
Myr1)e Ball
Variou.-, belief.. and practice .. of the lat-
ter Rain found their .... a)' JIlIO the Chari<,ma-
tic Renewal. including .-,pintual singing
and dancmg. praise. Ihe foundational
mini~tne'-' of EpheSians 4'11, the laying
on of hands. tabernacle teaching. the R:ast
THOMA! WIlT! THUIIDIIlIGIIII!T U1I8!l1[f1 ofTabcmacles. and the foundationaltruth~
rhrt'C' lirominelli leaden or Ih~ 1,IIIIer RIIln \Io."mcnl. ThomllS of Heb rew~ 6:1-2.
\\}'IIII Ila~lored WinltS or IIt'alillg 11mllllc. ~r1land . O~gon; Of at least 19 ministries~' that have
\I,rtlc lIelili pa~lnred llelhesdll ·\IiSSKIOIII')' ·ri'mpl~ . Delroil; brought Latter Rain beliefs and practices
~hullt'Y ~rod.~ III.m . r'lrm~r I!dilnr of II«! 1'r"/tcOJtlll Ewmgtl. into the Charismatic Movement. two of
hKarnf a Irttcht'r In Ih~ mo",mcnl . I'hoIOlo from Th~ ~oiu of the mo~t prominent are tho~e of Bill
"llIlh.llarT}' IIfllll, IIndStDnltl FrodshDm, h)' hllh Camp~U.
Britton in Springfield. MIssouri. and John
Robert Stevens in Los Angeles. CalifornIa.
\948 Latter Rain Movemcnt. mcludmg of lIS camp meellng <,peakers. About Bill Bntton came into the Latter Rain in
Elmer forin!' and Carlton Spencer, who 500.000 World MAP tapes are in c ircula- May 1950 through meetings at Ruth Tem-
became pre.. ident of the school dUring the tion worldwide. Manyofthesecamp meet- ple in Memphis, Tennessee, pastored by
tunc of Ihe Latter Rain Revival. Demo.. Ing messages are by leaders of the 1948 Paul Grubb. The guest ~pea!.er was Fred
Shakanan. foundcr of the AJll Gospel Latter Rain Movement. and a large number C. Poole, who laid hands upon him and
Ilu .. me .... men\ FHlowship. which played of the mes~ages have continued in its main prophesied that he would bc an eva ngeli ~t.
,HI IInp0l10111 pan in influcncing the Chari~­ emphasis. Two of the camp meeting speak- a "publisher of good news ..... The same
n];ltle Renewal. invited Carlton Spencer ers. Kevin Conner and Rob Wheeler." year. John Robert Stevens visi ted an Inde-
10 a convention 111 Washington in 1953. 4 were among the fir<ot ~tudents at Calvary pendent Assemblies of God church in
an Indication of Latter Rain influence upon Illble College in Sydney. Australia (now Tacoma. Washington. where he recei\'Cd
Ihe early dcvelopment of the Charismatic in Melbourne ). which wa~ pioneered by the laying on of hands by Winston I.
Revival Ray Jackson. who brought seeds of the Nunes.'" By 19n John Roben Ste\'ens had
II David Edward... vice pre~idcnt of Latter Rain to New Zealand from Nonh al least 94 churehes associated with him."
Elim, wa.... <,pca!.er at Jesu<, '76. n gather- America .... The R:lreign Mhsions Secretary throughout the U.S.. Canada. and
Ing of 42,000 people in Mercer, f\:nnl>yl- of World MAP. Brian Bailey, " had brought worldwide. The emphasis in mo~t of these
v~miJ. Augu<,1 19-21. 1976. AI\{) present the 1948 Latter Rain Revival from Nonh mlllistrie~ i~ upon preparation for the com-
a~ a "pea!.er at the ~all1e gathenng wa~ Battlcford to Europe, with John Owens." IIlg outpouring of the Hol y Spirit "which
Win~!On I. Nunes. at thai time a pa.,tor III R. Edward Miller, another camp meeting shalliinally bring the FULLNESS . a com-
Toronto, Ontario. who. a~ an IInponant speaker for World MA I~ had had contact pany of overcoming Sons of God who have
ligurc in the Latter Rain," had represented with the Latter Ram III the early 1950s" come to thc measure of the stature of the
both thc Independent Assemblie~ of God and founded the f\:niel Bible Instilute in fullness of Christ to actually dethrone
and thc Elull MI"~ionary As!.Cmblle .. (both Argentina. where he pioneered a number Saltln, casting him out of the heavcnlies.
of new churehes at that time. and in later and finally binding him in the eanhlies.
years. bringing the hope of deli\'Crance and life
George Warnock. author of The Feast to allihe families of the eanh. This ... great
Myrtle 8 eall , a Detroit of Tabernacles. one of the mOSI influential work of the Spirit ~hall usher a people into
Pastor, and Stanl ey Frodsham, books ansing from within the Latter Rain full redemption -free from the curse . sin.
Edit or of the E 'IQflgel, Movement. acted as Em Baxter's personal sick ness . death and camality.....'
secretary for two or Ihree years.
""ere the Best-known AfG immedimely prior to the 1948 revival. " raditional f\:ntecostal denominations
Ministers Wh o United with Eric Simila. Ern Baxter's secretary in
1975. referred to George Warnock as an
T have been. to a large extent, unaware
of the lasting effects of the Lattcr Rain
the Mo\'emenl. associate. a "'TImothy' if you please." to Movement. However. the Latter Rain was
Em Baxter. " who bccame widely known one of several important influences upon
in the Charismatic RenewaL In 1975 Em the Chari~matic Renewal of the 1960s and
of whIch were "Latter Rain")'" at Ihe World Baxter became closely associated with 1970s. Its Significance in the context of
I\!ntecostal Conference III 1952.'1 Christian Growlh Ministries in Ft. Lauder- World Protestantism. therefore. lies in ils
Ralph Mahoney. a close associate of dale. Aorida. effects upon a growing influence in most
Elim Bible Institute, attended a few meet- Logos journal, which. as has been men- Protestant denominations.
ings of the Latter Rain Movement in his tioned, was one of the most widely circu-
youth." In 1966. he founded the World lated magazines of the Charismatic NOTES
MIssionary Assistance Plan. an organiza- Renewal. grew out of Ihe publication
I Da\ld J DuPl~ssis. "Chaff-Fire-Wh{'al," nit
tion providi ng services for missionaries in Herald of Faith/Harvest TIme, edi ted by Elm! Ptnll'Costal ftuald21. 213 (March 1950). p, 6.
30 countries throughout the world. World Joseph Mattson-Bore and Gerald Der- Rlchnrd Rl ss. aUlhor ofTht El'idtflf{'j(>' Ilt~ Res,,"
MAP publishes books and distribute~ tapes stine. toO Mattson·Boze played a pan of the ftCltO,1 of JtStH Chrr1/ (Minneapolis. MN ' Belhan)

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h:II""..tilp. 1971). ~"mN the \1.",<:1' "I Chn~han ~;l1n \1'I\tcmetll. Chri\lWl C • Sl.lntc~. B (' p'
Slu(he> Ikp:~ al R.:~enl Colle1e In VilI",,,.,".:-r. 8 C (J\1..tI.U. 'pnn, N7t>, o...~ Lfgpn. :'-<....... tI1elnle"r· l \ l:l1le" 1I ..... lIn. 'fh"" Th,. RcII\ld Ikpn.
C~na.ia 11", amde I~ a 'I.IITVIW) of h" <11~rt.dllW\. VIC"''; Em BUln". ....... l4i..,. 10, II t ()c,.:C"1Ilhcf 11tl'\1Ia_ SI<u \ I Aup'" 194'11 r '
... h,,;h "'a, dtwx- under the <1m:':IIOII of Dr Ian S N-!\I. Pr .1 7. 2~·2.1 l.l lhid
Rennl(' Mr R,,, " a fa..:ult} 1Til'00bc:r of Chnloh;m I~. !kg l~/cll. mes.ure ,,1m 2~ \I.ln:h N~I. l~ o.:or,e li""'hD. 1be Chun:h Wh",h h HOi
LIfe ColJe~e. \11 I'ro-p«L lII,"oi, rq>nnlnl III B \1afte11 G&p:bnh, nu- P<JSIqr', Pm' B.'IIy:' 1M .\"-" SttU ! I \lMlh 19-'\(11. P 2 •
2 On <1IIoi1J'fIfU,.. 1 of the Laner Ibm 1;1) I~ F\'n· f:"'r(\ R... ,,,at II ''"''{I .." p<JJ1Or lUg 1.<l\~~11 t\.m. It> f..mnt 1I~"\1n.·U, .... Th,. R.:"'111 Be,,,n.
1e.:II,eal 1..:11"... ,hlp of '\;oM Arnen.:J. '<C: \I.lnnn <;'1\IIc'.B C '-0:" .... c">ll're. I·~M). P t>~ p'
Me1')(>n. II"" SI'('f.c:er. \liI/,..... If! , ' " 11111.1 cPI~m­ 16, Erne"-. H~"'lIn. "~h'" flu, Rc\II1I1 ikl!J.n, u JdIOl'5.\ \\~n, "Progre~~ \\,th ('.ld. na,
field. NJ Logo'i Inlel1L1l1Onal. 197.1). I'p. 1(>t!·16~;
lhal of lhe: A\'>Cmblle} of God. t;SA . '<C: W,lIlJm
fll .. Shd"''' .\'<1' II ,\uIUM 111-1'11." ,
11. A W R;I'.mu' ..... n. "S'''I'1Urdl '>I" l'""nptunll
.,/w"-,,
11( \1
\1,,. (I ()c,.:cn,hcr 19-1);1. p ,
I) Beall. ~I",Bc,,11 TC<.!lflc\, . rlu- Sh.1
W Menlle\. Anolf!Il'J to M"e: 711, 5,,,,, "j,h, Chun'h Onkr, ~ file .\"'Ir"" St,,. I 1 Itchruall IWK). "''' .\t,,, 11 nc.:emhcr 11I.11l), I' .1
iUumhiin 0/ GoJ (Spnn1field, \10: Go,pel Pub pp l.' lbc Indcpcrnlem \ucmt>lIe~ "I (;.-.d "'a, lQ \kl,.",. pp 1·S7·149
lI\hmg H"u'>C, 1971). p. ~2.1; dl~ppro\al 10 I~ offl· iI gll,)up of Pemc':"'laJ AS\C;II1t>he, (\I S",,,dl.h on~Uls .1/1 \kftlle •. p ~,~
c'JI pubh~ahon of liIe- Penl~CO">lal-\"';:mhlle, I" "'hl~h c•.",~,dcred I.,:~I cl1.un:h I'l\nnmcnl It) be .11 (i("t1.. ~ 1I~""n. ··(:J,!tVlal. TN .\,""",,, .\1'"
Canada I, S W,]ham~. "\Ion- Abc.1\I1 G,l"."' TIt, wpen(l" 1(1 <:entrall/.a.ll<lfI It !Oel In cOfIfcrcn.;e 'lfl kl>ruar). 1<U'lI. P 2
Penle"'J,,,1 fe.",rtU"m II~ June 1949). p. ~. Penl~"" 'pe~,licd oo.:.:a",."" I>IIt Iud Go ~ ~oun.:ll, .12 GnW tta"'hn. ·b:!,I.IJl.al. ""~"","" .\lUr
uti Hohne" reje<:lInn of I~ Laner Ram. J !'re">lon althuugh u had Ienc~;Ifj '>IalIOIICI;> f>cums the !lane I\pnl IW'1,. P 2
Eh' hI Rldwrd R",. II <Xlollcr 1970. Tbe", File. of the group .md u_ elednl "ffi~Cf' ·n l:mlN U ..... t,,' -" Rqw>r1 \lOl \Icchn" ~
Re,enl C"lIege. \'ancuu'!:'r. B.C. Canad~: lit.al (If III. Comehu> J"lIn J~. ~The l'enlC"t:..w E II 1I ...."n ""
r~r1->. Shan'" Slur II Ilc.:emha
I~ ApI"'I(lII~ Chun:h of Greal Bntam CC'<;II C",hen \1(I\cmen!"' l~1 .\ Thc\I' lll""e~u~ ;f \I~nll'''''. 1<Ut)I." 2
10 Rl<.:hard R,,>, laped me,...age. 20 \!.m·h 1971, "J'f11. 19'1(j). I'P II~,K? .1.1 C..... >f~ H~"lln IYlCnU.-",> the -'oC<.1.ln"n Ie"nden·
3. The M~>. 19~~ I,we 01 TM VOIU "I If'tll'''~ II) Brumh.l.:l.. pHI :1<:> "f hl~ ,'''n mml.(1) al tb.al 11me m (i('.'IJe R
publ"hed b) (}(,rdon Lmtba) had pKlUre, on '" 2(}, Hud ....'n. rq~ U.."hn. ~h'[cll B.ab\I,,,,.- TIlt- Pu~' \ll~nlct"nl.
CO\'l:r of I"'cm) healing c\angch.,h. k)f an e\lenM\-C ~I J Ed""n Orr. rll~ 1 lumm( "'''~llc. fh,,'''''~'''' S,,-,I. n U.I·Nelilh pnilllng. rl' 10. II
h"IOr)' of lhe Healing reI 11";11 o;ee D3\ 1<1 Ed", In Har · .1 r... ·rmtflh CO'm"", Rf\"1<I!:r (Chl'·I\t!"· Mflll<!) .1~ I....... , l'rlhru,. "The S<",n:e I'll Re",-al ~
n:II, Jr. All Thmgl;lre Possible: Th~ II""I",~ ,,,,.I l'n:',. 1973). proll<le, dn C'll'n"w a....:t1U1)1 (II lhe s~,""" .\'''' t I h:1:>ruiU) I<)-'\()). p I
Churi$mul;,· RH;"u/s III Mod .. rn Amuinl f\-an~ehcal ""Jl.enlOJ!. Ihal ...·~"mp.in'ed Ihe e~rI~ .to I"n'd(' 1\1\,1e.··D,,),o!\"\IIJII'lfI."lh,'/lm
(B1{)()nllnglon.l/\ Irnh31la COI"!:'''',I) Pre". 197~1, l\:mcClNal re\llal 1'(mt,'<1<,,,1 fI""IJ n. ~20 (Jul'''u)lu<.! N~I L Pf'
.1 Earlc E Calm~. \. R,nmoM f:dt1WII I" ,hc 22 !-'.luh C,lmphell . .\Itlnl" 1"";",,,,11'1 P"'pill'l II). 1.\ 1"be -\I"""'''h~ Chun:h "1" Wolle," ,n l'em
PreuMe ('/,lre A'm/f (Chl,'3g0: MoOO) l're,\. 19721. Ililll .~ 1',,, (Sprm~fll·IJ. \10 (j''''l'd i"'ubll,hmll go>r>. "'ale> mo:~I'\I""lh \,mll&l" p1.lUl".n nadl,w.
p. n~; ".12 Houl"'> of Rcpenlance.~ Timc ~~.l( (~ Hou-.c. 197.t •. I'P 1111·111 I-J.llh Camphell "Me. '""I.,hut Hcreh.ru I.~ lhe ~1,JI.mJ" ~ (iI&'II":"
h:bruaI) 19501. pp ~6-SS; "Colle~e RCIII.. 1 '\I~ father jSIJnlC) ml<.hhanll h.td re..ce1\'l:J t~ bitp- 'h:.J(lilmll" '"nn the ·'po.tl'lI~ (bun.-h. "'h"h. t>~
Become, Confe,,,OIl Mar.uhon:·l-4~ ~8.11120 h:b· I"m 10 the Hol~ S"'"t "'hen It.tnd.> hM.! t>c-cn b.ld Ilfl lhe 1101<: ..'Ihe 111-1(1\ h...J 'rrcilol "'\11"1<1" tJc:
ruary 19~h. pp. -W..tl hIm 10 Suntkrl;lnd.. ',njllJnd. HI~ fncnd. Sm,th .n. U D&,'" (:J",;an,l •. Intenl<:'" .II lllm n,h-k
5. Ca,m.'. p. 1.'6; J Ed"',n Orr. Camp", Ajlum, WI!Q!le,"Ofth had 1\'1:1'11.:-.1 III liIe- ..ame "'~\. ami -'o.(l In,tllule". tlln.... '-0: ... 'turl.. 23 l)e"ell,her 1tJ16
(Glendale. CA ~pel Li~hl Pubhca"on.. I'm). twd hund.retb ~'f (>lhcl' .' Sec "I", M", M B \\,....ld· .1l! SI~nlc:) In~,ham '0 filllh ~nd.I~n C~mphell,
pp, IM·182, "'orth·J::ner. SI~nJ an,1 II',"J..,. (ioJ 1\1"'l'I,'Ir'1IJ 11r( .' JUIlC ItJ~ Sunk) hu,hh.lnl f'.lrel', -\~hu'1
6, On BIll) Gruham dunng Ihe M,<1-t ....enhelh Ifm'J,n fo' f",,\ I.·"rl (lndl.ll1~poh ... (!'- Mr.. llIc.,I"I'...:;ll Semon"". \\'<lm"..~. li:enlu..l.\
Century '\ .... al.enmg J Ed ... ,n Orr. G,){>t/ ,"n\) '" M B Wood"Wlh·l:Ucr. 11I1b). p 2~. a<:conhnj! 10 .1'1 St~n1e~ l'1lld,tiam t(l hUlh ;lrnll~n l"3ml'odl,
Hod "limn (Grund Rapld~.MI Zondenan I"ubl"hmg "h'ch. "man} n1u,,,tel' ;lnd clangdl<.!' rcx:C1\.:d 7 \IJ~ IQ.19, SI;lnic' mllhh.lm r"pe"'. A'hur)
Houw. 195.').l'p. 157. 168·173; Ham],.!J <Xl.cn~u. j!n:al f'O"'cr and ~lIh b) Ihe 1;1) 109 lin uf 01) hamb.·· Thct,I"fl<'al S~l1Iman. W,lm<.'re. 1I:enl .... ~)
aMIde Cllrisl'an 1..4", quoled by (l";In Q Spencer. In add,llon. an uammatl"l1 "I III<.' \\n);ln~ "f I'o:n -'\() /1". fI"" ""11'",11<11 1Irr.,IJ 2-' 2'1 (lui)
" RClII-a1 I, BreakInS:' TIw Ellm Ptnlnewu/ H ..r,,/d lecO'1311"m IOdicale> Ihal al lhe h .... lon.: Iklhel Col Septemhcr 11I~21, p.l0
21. 213 (Mareh 1950). p, 8; 1. Ed", In Orr. The ~..-o",f lege m Topeka. Ii: ~n,a ... II Wa\ b) II} Ing on (If harnl, ~I IbId
EI~ml{t"(ol ""'(IA'''m~ In Am~'i",(l (London Mar· lhal liIe- glfl of the Hol~ Gh.o...... "3' rcx:ellro at I~ ~~ R~(ph Mah<.,IlC) 1,\ RI~hJn1 R,,>, 1-' o..l"bcl
~hall. MO/ian & SCQu. 1952). pp. 192. 19.t; Fred 1':1) OUlloCl of lhe F\:mc.:tl<.Ial MO\'('nloem 11176. 'rl!e,,, file:. RcgemCol1elle. \~nl:(1\IItcr. B C.
W lioflm;m. Rn;"11 Timts ;'1 Amu"" (Bc.'~lon 23, GcorJ:e R Ha"'lI n,'~"" from Sharon Canad&
W.A Wilde Co,. 1956). pp. 175·176; W,nlhn:>p S IIC3\o::nl~ ChOIr Re">l.1/l'<.l." 11r, Shtl'"" $1", (I H \\,>1"1<1 M ,\I' Tape Oulre ... h. I<J'.~ lUI"
Hudson, Re/i/ft(l11 m Am~,i(·a. 2nd cd. IN:", Yorl.: De<:emlxr 194111. p I. Slanlc~ Ii Mn;hham. \Ij,h ("<11,//01 tBulh.tnl.. CA World MAl', 1tJ1'1. I'P '.
Charle~ SCllbner·\ Son~_ 197J). p. 38.1. Ed",ard L R 5'1In.< F"llo•.,n.~ (Srnnglidd. MO Ochrel Pubh_h· ~2
Elson. AmuiC/(s Spmmuf Rumu\ ( We~I"ood. NJ 109 HouloC. 1Q.tb). pp . .1!!·.1'1 ~.1 R~~ J""'I.\(\(I. S. 10 RI.:h~n1 R,,,, 16 ~1.lnCh
Remlng Ii RC\1:11 Co,. 195.t). I'P, 39-.14l OIl Charle\ ~.1. The ap<l'>llc,h,p of ~u~h earll I\:me.:o<.talicad· 1'177 .rl!e," HIe. Regen! Colic¥". \arn:,lUlcr. l! C •
Templelon' EI<'oo. p . .to; on Tom Recs RIChard RI~s. e'" Iti Snuth Wi~lc>"(lt1h "'a, lal.en for gr.lmcd C~n.td;l
'11Ie Latter Ram MO''('nlenl of 19.1S :md lhe MId· among n13I1)' ollho'>C IOlol'eJ In Inc e~rl) Pemtt"" ~~ World MAl' Tape OUIn: .... h. 1<J7J 1,,1'0('
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Thc;I~. Re gent College. Vaneouwr. B.C Canad a. l'rod .. ham·, honk, Smlfh \\', ~~It)"'vrlh, 'VJ(IS/I, I>} ~6. Ce~l) ("ou\('11 1<., RKhanJ R,,, . .!II Mdn.h 11177,
'\l'ril. 1979). p. ~6; on Mervin ROl.C.'II Orr. Snoml fUlfil (Sprlnl1field. MO Go'pel ("Ilbh,hlOg Hou'>C. The'" 1;le. Regent Collq:e. \an<"llUwr. IJ r .
F.wm~'/'c'ol ""l,Ae",,,,,!". p. 199: Orr. G(N)t/ Vnn in 19.18). C.U1M.lJ
8t111 limeJ. PP, Igl·183, 2~. Hollcn",-cger. p. 7~1I It " Inlcre'llIl~ 10 nOle ~7. Cmmpbcll p 121
7. An<1re'" Wool>c}. D",,,"u,, Cuml'!J,1I -A R'og' th.l!. ""Ih lhe lIO'"blc e\(cptl\,n of lhe "healenl) ~K Em B~\lel 10 RI~han.l RI". 1.1 Jul) 1970.
"'phI (London Hodder & Sloughlon. 197.1). pp <:Il<",,'. the C"Ommon ch;u;l<"len<.!K\ of lhe Peme.:o'lal 1"be>" lile. Rq:ent C(llle);c. \an.-'\U\tcr. IJ r.
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8. On the 1m'>! Home Briefing Conferern:c' Ram ... ere abo apparenl", I~ "("'IO~>le" nlO'e,nenl. ~'1 i;n, J. S,m,b to RIChard R,,,. 6 ~f'4cl11bc:r
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109 Ht1\l'>C. 1%11. P, ~n. Carl Brumb.a..:~ had ",rmen Belhel BIble In",\lute. S3>1. ," Th, l'e"I"'o.UO/ Tu- f'ylm 1.1.1."' tapctl me"\.a~e (Loo. Anfele>. C-\ I"
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(2 George R HawllIl. ··Edilorial:· Tllf SIIur"" GOO. p. 10.
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]1, Brumb.ld. p. 33 1 January 1(411). p, 2: M Klrl.palnl~ . "Global M,\ ·
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I Charles J. V Murphy. '"The Slnkmg of the

June: 23. 1941. p. 21
2. Ingrid Trolmch. 0" Our WlJ\' R~JO,c'nfi
the wllr. They h3d bo3rded the Zam:':llm in Scherman's expres~ion as like "the cat that (Wheaton. 11-: Tyndale Hou'ie. 1986). p. 23. Ralph
Recife. Bra7il. When they were released had Just" swallowed a wholc cage of Huh was able 10 return to Africa In t942. but he
died lhen: a fe" months tater. leaVing a widow and
in ITInce 3nd new b3ck to New York. they cananes. 10 children. Ingnd, hl~ dauj!hter. IS the widow of
had scooped every other publication In the One of the photos Scherman took of the ml~slonary·auIOOr Walter Trobl5Ch and JI\"Cs In
world and cmbarmssed the Gcnnans with AI/aI/tis is thought to have helped end its Spnngfield. MIS'iOUri
the film Scherman ~mugglcd OUI. deadly career. The photo was reproduced 3. Claude Ked. "Sinking of the Zam Lcm . .. CII
!faa/d. AU8. 1941. p. 6.
Murphy's detailed story. '''The Si nking and displayed in every British warshi p- 4 Barne Pill. The B(U//~ Qf lh~ AI/all/ie (New
o f the llllll"WII," and Schcrm::m\ graphic wmeth ing AI/ant/s' Captain Rogge lived York lime-Life Books. t9n). p. 43.
photos of thc IIlcidcnl were published Ln to regret. S. Ingrid Trobisch. to aUlhor
Life's June 23. 1941. i~sue. Time m3ga7ine Scherman also figured in another 6. Murphy, pp. 22·23.
7. "Na~i~ QUlwltted."' Tim~. June 23. 1941. p. 41
!Old how Scherman had 11 mi~sionary doc- intere<,ting bit of conjecture regarding the 8. S Hplmar Swan!.On. lj,m;:um, The SrQr,. af
tor wrap two expo~d rolls of film in ~ur­ British role in Ihe Zam::.alll 'f loss. a Srranfl~ MmlOnan Ol/l"ssn (Minneapolis: Board
gical gau7e; two other rolh were imerted While he was photographing the of r"Orelgn \1, .. sions of the AuguSlana Synod. 1941).
in the bottoLll of a toothpa~te tube and a Briti~h foreig n ~ecre ta ry Anthony Eden in p. 57. LawrerICe Danielson "'"liS one of lhe m: chil-
dren tra~ling with their mother 10 meeL their faLher
shaving cream luhe. Time described 1942, Scherman was amused to hear m Africa P:1ul DefT. in the accompanying 'lOry.
Eden say that the British were disap. refers to the woman and her SIX children wlto "cn:
pointed about the Zi.lmZllm incidenl. The spilled 0111 of a leaking lifeboat. This wa .. lhe Daniel·
Briti sh tho ught the sinking of the ship, son family. They were all pulled to safely.
In This Issue with all of the Americans aboard. would 9. Murphy. p 78.
10. S""lIn'wn. p. 91
surel y bring the U.S. into the war 10 help 11 "Na~is OUI ..... ,lIed.·· The Germans pcnniued
3 The llmrwm's La'>1 Voyagel fi ght the Germans. "You chaps." he IOld Schennan Loconunue h.s phOlogl1lphy on Ihe Allami...
by Paul K. DeTT Scherman over a cup of tea, "were quite a and Ihe DrtJd~". bUL they confiscated all but four
roll~ In France. The confiscaled film ,,"-as rYLumed 10
disappointment to us. "'I the State Department In Dec. 19.11 Lif~ publ"hed
4 Some of the Actors in the MYMerious Perhap~ nobody will ever learn the com- many of the 1'00105 In itS Dec. IS. 1941. issue
ZlIIII~{lIIl Drdma/hy Wayne Wnrner plete story o f Ihe mysterious Zamzam. 12 Pm. p. 37. -+
9 NO Constitution Passes
Mll e~to nelby Glenn Gohr

10 The A,,~embl i es of God as Seen by

the Ellcyclopedia of ReligiolL
ill the SOldhlby Oranl Wacker
12 Heritage Celebrates 6th Birthday
13 Time Frnme - From 1907 to 19TI
14 Letter.-, from Our Readers
14 AIG Archives Activities
J5 The New Ordcr of the
Latter Rainlby Richard Ri ss

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The theme of Ihe winter issue is "Women
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held key roles in the Assemblies of God .

Coming in Future Issues

Stories o n the o ld Central District (In·
diana . Michigan. and Ohio); Early minis-
Thru 1I1n·;m,.,. of Ih t Zamu m arriw ill New YQrk aboonJ Ihe Bennuda Ctipper. They an, /~ft 10 n'ghl,
try 10 Easlem Europe; Morris PIous and Char/u J. V. Mu rphy. Fortune /'1Ulgalinl; Da~id A. Schumall, Life phQIQgropher; and Charles McCarthy,
1933·34 Iowa revivals, and many others. (J vo/untu r ambu/ancr dril"tr. WIDE WORLD PHOTOS,

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