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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta
Elmer Hammond was born in San Francisco in 1884. In 1906 he was a member of the Salvation Army. In 1911, he pastored a Pentecostal Mission in Stockton, Cal. This pastorate in Stockton was his connection to Harry Morse. Morse had founded that mission. He
In 1912, Elmer Hammond was in Honolulu and was the first person there to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Later that year, Hammond was a missionary in Hong Kong. He was licensed with the PAW.
Over the next 4 years, more Pentecostal missionaries joined him in China and they focussed on language skills, finding interpreters, and adapting to the heat.
"The Lord is willing to place me where the gospel has not yet been reached."
In 1916, Elmer Hammond was killed by criminals.
Hattie Hammond and her 3 children returned to Oakland and were guests at the Big Downtown Mission. In 1919, Hattie and Charles Wesley Storey were married by Harry Morse. They promptly returned to China and resumed their missionary work. By 1927, they returned to Los Angeles where they lived the rest of their lives.
Hattie Hammond was one of the workers at the Urshan Los Angeles revival.
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Hammonds death in 1916 coincides with the conflict there in regards to their relationship with Japan. This was a leadup to WW1 and then WW2.
This was a dangerous time in the east for Christians and appears to have been mortal for the Mr Hammond. Interesting work, keep it up.