Azusa Street

180 Pages·015.111 MB·English

by  Bartleman, Frank, 1871-1935

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AZUSA STREET
ISBN: 0-88368-638-4
PrintedintheUnited StatesofAmerica
Copyright© 1982 byWhitakerHouse
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LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-PublicationData
Bartleman, Frank, 1871-1935.
[Anotherwaverollsin]
AzusaStreet/byFrank Bartleman.
p. cm.
Originallypublished: Anotherwaverollsin. Northridge, Calif : Voice
Christian Publications, 1962.
ISBN 0-88368-638-4
1. Bartleman, Frank, 1871-19—35.2. Pentecos—tals—Uni—tedStates-
Biography. —3. Pentecost—alism United—States H—istory 20thcentury.
4. Revivals California LosAngeles History 20thcentury. 5. Los
Angeles(Calif)—Churchhistory—20thcentury. 1. Title.
BX8762.Z8 B37 2000
289.9'4'092—dc21 00-010960
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 / 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
Conteets
Beginnings 7
1.
2. Fire Falls atAzusa 39
3. DeeperYet 69
4. Traveling Ministry 101
5. TheWave Continues 117
6. The Deeper Significance ofPentecost 129
Special Epilogue: Revival and Recovery 147
About the Author 169

Chapter
1
esfimimi
arrivedjn Los Angeles, California^^^vJthjnyjvife
I arid two young daugiite^rs^,^ffr^ecember 22, 1904.
Little Esther, ouFoldestjchild, tfiree years oldj_was
seized with convulsions_an4p_assed_away to be with
^Jesus_on_January 7. at 4_A.M^Little "Queen Esther^
seemed to have been born "for such-a=t=im=e=as this"
ClEsther4:14). ^
^Beside that little rnffin with heart bleeding^
.
^^gledgedmylife anewfor God's service. Inthe presence
of death, how real etern^Jssues become. I promised
^e
rest ofmyjife should be spent wholly for Him. He
m
.made a fresh covenant with e. I then begged Him to
open a door ofservice quickly, so that I might not find
4ime for sorrow.
^Just one week after little Esthe£s-d£parture^Ibe-
ganpreaching twice a day at the Peniel Mission in
m
Pasadena^-Miile souls were saved during the onth's
Azusa Street
QieetingsJiL-Eeniel Mission,Jhe.greatest victory gained
was the spiritual growth of a company of young men
^attending there. A number were cajledoutby the Lord
-iorfuture service.
On April 8. I heard F. B. Meyer, from London,
preach. He describedjhe great revival then going on in
Wales, which he had ust \isited. He had met E^ah
j
Roberts. Mysoulw^stirred to its depths, having read
of thirTevival shortly before. I then and there prom-
ised God He should have full right of^ayjvvith rne^
He could use me.
X/I^strib^^^^^ ^^f]^^'' i^i thp post offTce^banks. and^
public buildings in Los_Angeles and also took tracts to
many s?^loons. Later I visited about thirty saloons Tii
Lq5_Angeles again. The houses of^pipstitution were
wide open at that time, and J gave, out man\- tracts
there.
^Little Esther's death had broken my heart, and I^
felt I could live only while in God's service. I longedjo
^now Him in a more real way and to see^the workof
^od go forth in"nnwer. A great hurden and cry came in
jny_hearLforAJBisllt}LreyiyaLJ^ preparing me
.forj;enewed service for Him. This could be brought
about only bv the realization of a deeper need in my
own heartJoLGod, and a real soul travail for the work
ofGodTThis He gave me. Many were being similarly
pj;epar,ed-atjthis_tinie-in different parts of the world.
The Lord was preparin^o visit and deliver His people
once more. Intercessors were the need. "He...
.
jbuondered that there jvas^ no intercessgr^jls^iah.
59:16). "Isouahtfor a man...[to] stand in the gap be-