Revival participant A. C. Valdez, Sr. wrote: On the platform, a black man [Seymour] sat behind two wooden boxes, one on top of the other. They were his pulpit…. Occasionally, as Pastor Seymour prayed, his head would be so low that it disappeared behind the top wooden box…. Everything about the Azusa Street Mission fascinated me—especially the prayer or "tarrying room" on the second floor.
Usually one hundred or more black, brown and white people prayerfully waited there for the Holy Spirit to come upon them. Dozens of canes, braces, crutches and blackened smoking pipes leaned against the barnlike walls.
Many times waves of glory would come over the tarrying room or meeting room, and people would cry out prayers of thanks or praise as they received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Meetings used to go past midnight and into the early hours of the morning. Hours there seemed like minutes. Sometimes after a wave of glory, a lot of people would speak in tongues. Then a holy quietness would come over the place, followed by a chorus of prayer in languages we had never before heard.
Many were slain in the Spirit [in a trance-like state], buckling to the floor, unconscious, in a beautiful Holy Spirit cloud, and the Lord gave them visions. How I enjoyed shouting and praising God. During the tarrying, we used to break out in songs about Jesus and the Holy Spirit, "Fill Me Now," "Joy Unspeakable," and "Love Lifted Me." Praise about the cleansing and precious blood of Jesus would just spring from our mouths. In between choruses, heavenly music would fill the hall, and we would break into tears. Suddenly the crowd seemed to forget how to sing in English. Out of their mouths would come new languages and lovely harmony that no human beings could have learned. |
Introduction
A brief introduction on
the beginnings of modern Pentecostalism as reprinted from the book Like
As Of Fire.
Preface
Reprinted from the book LIKE AS OF FIRE
The Story Behind The Azusa Revival
The story behind
the Azusa Street revival, the most phenomenal event of twentieth-century
Christianity.
The Genesis of the Pentecostal Movement
Written by J. Roswell Flower: who served as the first secretary-treasurer of the Assemblies of God in 1914
Pre-Pentecostalist History
If you were taught (as many Pentecostalists are) that the Spirit's
history in the modern church started at Azusa Street, you were, to be blunt, taught very wrong.
The Origins of the Pentecostal Movement
Another look at the Genesis of the Pentecostal Movement
The Azusa Street Revival and 20th-Century Missions
Spiritual awakenings and missionary zeal have long been associated on the American religious scen
A Typical Day At Azusa Street
What a typical day at Azusa Street was like.
LA Daily Time's: Weird Bableof Tongues
Read the LA Times' unflattering article about this new sect.
LA Express: Young Girl Given Gifts of Tongues
Young girls says she has "gift of tongues"
LA Epress: Praying Bands For Churches
Activities of new sects causes orthodox churhes to mimic
Bresee Writes
Read what the founder of the Nazarene Church predicted about this
"insignificant"
sect
Azusa Street's Confession Of Faith
Azusa Street's Articles of Faith.
Sanctification Scuffles
In 1911 William Durham denounced the "second blessing" doctrine of
sanctification, The finished work controversy was
Pentecostalism's first split
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
I found the earthquake had opened many hearts.
November 1900
Social Notes about African-Americans in Los Angeles in 1900 with a reference
to the Azusa Street Church.
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John Dowie
Dowie became a prominent advocate of healing.
Agnes Ozman
Ozman was assured a place in Pentecostal history when she became the first to speak in tongues..
William Seymour
What scoffers viewed as a "weird babble of tongues" became a world
phenomenon after his Los Angeles revival.
Charles Fox Parham
Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Day Pentecostalism
Eyewitness To Azusa
Azusa Street and Frank Bartleman
Azusa's Pictures
Page
Azusa pictures of the giants of the early Pentecostal movement (a large
page).
Azusa Color Pictures
Azusa Pictures in color!
(a large
page).
LIKE AS OF FIRE
Reprint of the Azusa Street Newspapers
Pentecostal Founders
Who were the men and women behind this great movement
The Azusa Street Newspapers
Digital reprint of all 13 editions.
After Azusa Street
A brief history on the impact this great Mission had on the rise and development of 20th Century Pentecostalism and the Church.
Azusa Links
Online links to Azusa related sites
Azusa Books
Azusa and Pentecostal related books
Azusa Online
312 Azusa Street on the Web
Editor's Comments
Why did the “glory” of Azusa Street last only three
years?
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