Who was Harry Morse ?

[Scott Pitta]

Urshans bio is in the mail and I will check it out. I will also check out my other Urshan file.

William Manley also pastored in LA during the 1920's. AFM was pastored by Seymours wife after his passing in 1922. The Upper Room Mission was pastored by Frank Ewart. The PAW and Apostolic Assemblies were also active, but I have little data on them.

Those old LA Apostolics did not leave much of a paper trail.

[Scott Pitta]

[Scott Pitta]

When McPherson arrived in LA, she rented the Victoria Hall. Then she relocated to Temple Auditorium. Her address was 125 South Spring Street, Los Angeles.


125 Spring Street was the address for the Pentecostal Mission ran by Warren W. Fisher. It sat around 1,000. It was one block away from the Upper Room Mission Elmer Fisher pastored there.

She was in LA from just before Christmas of 1918 until mid February 1919.

If Urshan had his revival at the Pent. Mission on Spring Street, then I can see the same group being a base for the first revival McPherson had later that same year.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

When McPherson arrived in LA, she rented the Victoria Hall. Then she relocated to Temple Auditorium. Her address was 125 South Spring Street, Los Angeles.


125 Spring Street was the address for the Pentecostal Mission ran by Warren W. Fisher. It sat around 1,000. It was one block away from the Upper Room Mission Elmer Fisher pastored there.

She was in LA from just before Christmas of 1918 until mid February 1919.

If Urshan had his revival at the Pent. Mission on Spring Street, then I can see the same group being a base for the first revival McPherson had later that same year.

I know Elmer Fishers’ great grandson.

[Scott Pitta]

There is no substitute for human connections. Google only knows so much.

It is that way with the Indian tribes I work with. Certain stories and traditions are shared from elders to younger members. But those stories are not found in books.

[Esaias]

Believe it or not this one of my favorite threads. It's like an ongoing dinner mystery theater or something. I love history. Especially when we have folks like Elder Epley who were right in the thick of it.

[Scott Pitta]

Andrew Urshan began his revival in Los Angeles Jan. 5, 1918. It continued until August 11. The location seemed to vary.

1041 South Broadway was one location.

Temple Auditorium at Fifth and Olive was another location. Aimee McPerson also used this same location in December.

The final report of the revival was signed by A.G. Osterburg and W. M. Collins. In 1923, Osterburg pastored the Full Gospel Assembly 67th and Denver.

May 16, 1918 the revival is located at the Arroyo Seco Campground.

People involved at the revival included:
A. H. Argue Argue and Butler were from Canada
Ed Butler
Sister Peden Peden and Andrews were a evangelistic team who ended up in Pasadena.
Sister Andrews
Bro. Roberts
A. G. Garr future missionary
Bro. Lindblad
B.S. Moore missionary to China
W. M. Colllins Collins and Osterburg pastored together.
A. Osterburg
E. G. Manley pastor in Watts
J. C. Awtry
J. D. Saunders
Hattie Hammond missionary to China who was friends with Harry Morse

Urshan was gone by August. Aimee McPherson did not arrive until December. With a few different locations, it looks like the converts fellowshipped at a few different locations. More data is needed for a more meaningful perspective.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

Andrew Urshan began his revival in Los Angeles Jan. 5, 1918. It continued until August 11. The location seemed to vary.

1041 South Broadway was one location.

Temple Auditorium at Fifth and Olive was another location. Aimee McPerson also used this same location in December.

The final report of the revival was signed by A.G. Osterburg and W. M. Collins. In 1923, Osterburg pastored the Full Gospel Assembly 67th and Denver.

May 16, 1918 the revival is located at the Arroyo Seco Campground.

People involved at the revival included:
A. H. Argue Argue and Butler were from Canada
Ed Butler
Sister Peden Peden and Andrews were a evangelistic team who ended up in Pasadena.
Sister Andrews
Bro. Roberts
A. G. Garr future missionary
Bro. Lindblad
B.S. Moore missionary to China
W. M. Colllins Collins and Osterburg pastored together.
A. Osterburg
E. G. Manley pastor in Watts
J. C. Awtry
J. D. Saunders
Hattie Hammond missionary to China who was friends with Harry Morse

Urshan was gone by August. Aimee McPherson did not arrive until December. With a few different locations, it looks like the converts fellowshipped at a few different locations. More data is needed for a more meaningful perspective.

That would make sense.

[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.

[Scott Pitta]

Frank Woolsey was born in 1872 in Oakland,California.

In 1917, he lived behind the Pentecostal Mission in Stockton and was employed as a painter.

In 1918, Frank Woolsey was pastor of the Pentecostal Mission and was licensed with the PAW.

In 1920, Woolsey pastored the Pentecostal Assembly in Sacramento.

In 1930, Woolsey pastored the Pentecostal Church in Lodi. It would be his last pastorate.

Frank was a lifelong painter. Probably a house painter. 1940 was his last year on earth.