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Re: Who was Harry Morse ?
On a whim, I decided to write the biography of someone I knew next to nothing about.
Harry Isaac Morse was the mentor to Clyde Haney, his old student.
I graduated from Christian Life College, a Bible College founded by Clyde Haney. In fact, Clyde's wife, Olive Haney, was one of my instructors. I have been friends with her grandchildren ever since. But I have not seen any of them in nearly 20 years.
What influence did Harry Morse have on the education I received from the son of Clyde Haney ?? Who was Harry Morse and what was his story ?
No one has compiled his story, so I took it upon myself to do so.
At first, I could not find anyone who knew Harry. But as my research skills improved, clues provided names of those who did know him. Some of those people were still alive.
So I interviewed those I could. The rest of his ministry peers were persons who no one else had written about. So I complied the stories of many of Harry's ministry peers. I compiled a list of Harry's students. I wrote their histories.
The living descendants of former students have encouraged me to finish this project. It is winding down.
The spread of Pentecostalism from Los Angeles to San Francisco has been documented. The impact of Peniel Mission on Pentecostalism has been compared. A history of the PCI in California has been assembled.
Dozens of pictures from preWW2 Oneness Pentecostalism have been gathered. Bit and pieces of Pentecostal documents have been conserved at the AOG archive.
Eventually, the book will end up at a publisher. The collection of obscure Oneness books that continue to pile up will end up at Urshan Seminary.
Hopefully, a real scholar or historian will use the collected data for real research.
I have other challenges in life screaming for my attention. When this book project concludes, I can focus on other things.
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