Aimee Semple McPherson page 2 by ric gustafson
One night in December 1907, 17 year old Aimee asked her father to stop at a small white church. He had taken her to a theater rehearsal. On the way home, Aimee asked her father to stop in front of a small church. Aimee had read in the newspaper that a ' Holy Ghost' revival would be at that church that following evening. Aimee's father reluctantly agreed.
The next night, Aimee and her father sat down in the small church's last pew. Aimee, wearing a hat bedecked with flowers, watched with joy farmers and dairy workers praising God from the pews. Aimee smiled as she observed the people shouting, testifying and praying.
Then Aimee watched as the preacher stepped up to the front of the church. He was a 6 foot 2 Irishman with bright blue eyes. As he preached about saints and sinners, Aimee was spellbound. Aimee was riveted to the young male preacher. She felt that he was talking only to her. That God was speaking only to her. For Aimee, it felt like a revelation.
research help: ' Sister Sinner' by Claire Hoffman
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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