Adolph Rosa's Testimony

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This is a testimony of Adolph Rosa's salvation story, as recorded by William J. Seymour in his book called, "The Azusa Street Papers," published in 1906 in Los Angeles, CA.

When Reverend Evans and his wife and Sister Florence Crawford went to the city of Oakland preaching the full Gospel, I went the first night, not to criticize but to investigate. Many preachers went there to criticize, but when I stepped in, I felt the power of God and could not say that it was the work of the devil, as most of the preachers declared, For I was practically convinced that it was the work of the Holy Ghost.  I went home and began to study my Bible, I went to God in prayer to reveal to me if these people were really the people of God.  He revealed to me in the attitude of my supplication that they were preaching exactly what the disciples of old preached.  I was convinced that every minister of the Gospel should receive the same baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire that the disciples received in the day of Pentecost, before they are prepared to preach the Gospel.  I was teaching that when we received sanctification, we received the Holy Ghost, as most of the preachers are teaching.  But as I went to my Bible with the spirit of prayer, God revealed to me that the disciples were justified before Christ ascended; but they never were baptized with the Holy Ghost until the day of Pentecost.

The second day that I went to the meeting, The Lord put a real hunger in my soul and go forward, but I was too proud as a minister of the Gospel to humble myself in a lowly mission and let ladies pray over me for the gift of the Holy Ghost, And I had in my mind but people would think of me. But the third day, as I arose to testify in the audience, The only words I could say were: "What does God think of me?" Then I could only weep for some minutes and the power of God came upon me until I dropped the floor.  I was under the power of God for about an hour and a half, And it was there that all pride, and self, and conceit disappeared, And I was really dead to the world, For I had Christ within in His fullness.  I was baptized with the Holy Ghost and spake in a new tongue.

I praise God for the light, And now I am walking in it. The desire of my heart is to see every man and woman that preaches the Gospel of Christ, baptized with the Holy Ghost, or without the Holy Ghost it is almost impossible for us to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and the judgment.

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

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A Portuguese Minister Receives His Pentecost

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This is a story recorded by William J. Seymour in his book called, "The Azusa Street Papers, in 1906.

Rev. Adolph Rosa, a Portuguese brother from Cape Verde Islands, was baptized with the Holy Ghost in Oakland and is now in Los Angeles preaching the full Gospel.  He was a Catholic and his father had expected to have him educated as a Catholic priest; but God had His hand upon him.  He came to America, was converted from the power of Romanism and captivity about six years ago in a Portuguese Methodist Church in New Bedford Massachusetts, and enter the ministry of the Methodist Church as a missionary to the Portuguese in the state of California. He was sanctified about 4 years ago, And is now conducting Pentecostal meetings in the People's Church in Los Angeles.

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Fire Still Falling

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This was written by William J Seymour in his book called, "The Azusa Street Papers," in October, 1906, in Los Angeles, California.

The waves of Pentecostal salvation are still rolling in at Azusa Street Mission.  From morning till late at night the meetings continue with about three altar services a day. We have made no record of souls saved, sanctified and baptized with the Holy Ghost, but a brother said last week he counted about fifty in all that had been baptized with the Holy Ghost during the week.  Then at eighth Street and Maple Avenue, The People's Church, Monrovia, Whittier, Hermon, Sawtelle, Pasadena, Elysian Heights, And other places the work is going on and souls are coming through amid great rejoicing.

Four of the holiness preachers have received the baptism with the Holy Ghost, One of them, Brother William Pendleton, with his congregation being turned out of the church, Is holding meetings at eighth Street and Maple Avenue. There is a heavily atmosphere there. The altar is filled with seekers; people are slain under the power of God, and rising in a life baptized with the Holy Ghost.

Her fire is spreading.  People are writing from different points to know about this Pentecost, In our beginning to wait on God for their Pentecost. He has no respect or a person's and places. We expect to see a way of salvation go over this world.  Well this work has been going on for five years,. What has burst out in great power on this coast.  There is power in the full Gospel.  Nothing can quench it.

Missionaries for the foreign fields, equipped with several languages, are now on the way and others are only waiting for the way to open and for the Lord to say: "Go." We are on our faces before God.  Let a volume of prayer go up from all the Lord's people. Awake!  Awake!  There is the time to dress and be ready, for the cry will soon go forth. "The Bridegroom cometh."

Eight missionaries have started to the foreign field since this movement began in Los Angeles a few months ago.  About thirty workers have gone out into the field.

The brother at Elysian Heights who has received his eyesight after being blind for a year and a half, was a living witness of the power of God. Since that he has been sanctified and anointed with the Holy Ghost and his wife has been saved.

In the City of Oakland, during the 5 weeks but the band from Los Angeles was there, Brother and Sister Evans and Sister Florence Crawford, sixty-five souls received the baptism with the Holy Ghost, thirty we're sanctified in nineteen converted.

A man who was twice in the insane asylum, an infidel then has been going from place to place denying the name of Jesus Christ, Is now safe, sanctified and baptized with the Holy Ghost, and working to win others.

Sometimes, among officers of the law, we find a King judgment in regard to genuine or spurious religion. In Pasadena, where the Lord was working in power some months ago, The chief of police made the remark: "I would not give much for a meeting that did not have a shout in it."

Sister Lizzie Frazer of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was one of those who received a gift of tongues when the Palestine missionary band passed through there. She writes that she expects to go to India with a band of missionaries next month. The Lord has given her a wonderful equipment.

Mrs. J. King was healed with cancer of the lungs on August 8, after the doctors had given her up.  What long was entirely closed up. When she was prayed for, The Lord immediately touched her body and healed her. She shot it for an hour with strong lungs, And is the happiest woman you ever saw.

A mother brought her son to the mission to be healed of epileptic fits. He was about twenty-one years old and has been suffering for years, like the boy that was brought to Jesus whom the devil had often caused to fall into the fire and into the water. The boy was so wrecked in mind and body that he was in a semi-conscious condition.  Brother Batman, who is called to Africa, prayed for him, asking the Lord to cast a demon power out of him and give complete healing. The boy rose up from the floor and witnessed that the work was done and went home rejoicing.

My brother living in the east had been down sick for quite a while and sent a handkerchief to be blessed as in Bible times.  His sister brought it to the Mission, praying for the Lord to show her to who she was to give it, And the Lord showed her to give it to Sister Sallie Trainor.  She immediately took it upstairs and she knelt before the Lord, The Spirit came upon her and great power as she prayed in tongues, And kissed the handkerchief three times, as the Spirit seemed to lead her. It was sent with a prayer and the brother was immediately healed.

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

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Missionaries To Jerusalem

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This was a testimony given to, and recorded in the Azusa Street Mission newsletter in 1906, in Los Angeles, California.

A band of three missionaries, Bro. Andrew Johnson and Sisters Louisa Condit and Lucy M. Leatherman, who have been baptized with the Holy Ghost and received the gift of languages, have left for Jerusalem, going by way of Oakland, leaving there August 10th. Reports came of meetings on the way that four souls receive the Pentecost in Colorado Springs and three in Denver.  Brother Johnson has received seven different languages, One of which is the Arabic.

  Sister Leatherman speaks the Turkish language, And while in Oakland, some were talking on the street about the gift of tongues; Sister Leatherman began to speak just as a man wearing the Turkish fez came by. He listened and wonder and asked what college she had attended, saying she spoke the most perfect Turkish tongue he had ever heard spoken by foreigner.  He was an educated man from a Turkish college in Constantinople.  She told him the Holy Ghost gave her the language which she did not understand herself and he was the first person that had interpreted for her.

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Messages From God

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This was a message from God spoken in tongues, as recorded by William J. Seymour in his book called,  "The Azusa Street Papers," published in 1906.

A message that was given in tongues for God's people was this, "Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God." He is now about to move on the world in a mighty wave of Pentecostal power and salvation.  A sister had a vision of God's people as vessels that were full, And the Lord said, "The vessels must be emptied and I will fill them."

A returned missionary from the interior of Africa was present in the meeting, when a sister testified in an African tongue which the brother interpreted to be, "The Lord Is my husband."

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Arrested For Jesus' Sake

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This was a story as recorded by William J. Seymour in his book called, "The Azusa Street Papers," printed in 1906.

A brother who has been baptized with the Holy Ghost was arrested on account of the disturbance which the preaching of the gospel created among the people who crowded about the tent in Pasadena. Has he stood to answer the accusation of disturbing the peace, another brother says he saw an angel standing by his side.  He was released.  The Lord has been doing great things in that place and we expect greater things.

Some workers were preaching on the street corner in Los Angeles and a poor drunkard had just been saved, when a policeman came up and ordered them to stop, it took two of them off to jail. The sister saying all the way to the jail and shouted and prayed while they were there.  They soon were anxious to get rid of them and let them go.  Meantime the other workers return to the mission and told how the workers had been arrested and they all went to the altar and prayed and arose praising God; And soon and walked the ones who had been arrested.  We are ready not only to go to prison, but to give our lives for Jesus.

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A Message Concerning His Coming

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This story was taken from the Azusa Street Mission newsletter, published a 1906, by William J Seymour in Los Angeles, California.

A young sister, Miss Lillian Keyes, daughter of Dr. Keyes, of this city, speaks and sings in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. She also interprets, And the following interpretation was also corroborated by Sister S.K. Mead, twenty years a missionary in Africa. Sister Mead arose and said that the language spoken was their dialect in Africa, a beautiful language, but one that is very difficult for English-speaking people to acquire, but the Holy Ghost, through the young lady, had given the perfect accent. The message interpreted was as follows:

"Jesus is coming again, Coming again so soon, And we shall meet him then."

"Prepare your hearts now, For the Lord is coming soon, And you know not the hour. If you are not prepared, You will not go with Jesus. He sees each heart, And wants to prepare them for his coming. Seek Him now, for some day it will be too late."

"The Lord says: 'I will bless those that seek me with all their hearts, For God is no respecter of persons. The Love of God is so great.' He says. 'Come on to me; come on to me, And I will give you rest. I will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire, And all those that seek me diligently.'"

"O, Jesus is such a wonderful Savior. He is coming soon and all must have their hearts ready.  O, Jesus is so sweet. He says: 'Watch and be ready when I come.' O, He is coming so soon."

Our sister also speaks to Chinese dialects.  She speaks to the Chinese as she passes them on the street, or as they come to the house, And they listen in astonishment and say she is telling them about God.

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

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