Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Semple McPherson
Short Name: Aimee Semple McPherson
Full Name: McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Birth Year: 1890
Death Year: 1944

McPherson, Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy Semple. (Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 1890--September 26, 1944, Oakland, California). Foursquare. With no formal education beyond high school this remarkable and controversial woman founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel denomination. Pentacostalist missionary to China, 1917; itinerant Pentacostalist preacher in U.S. 1918-1923; pastor of Angelus Temple (Foursquare), Los Angeles, Calif. 1923-1944. Author of books on the Foursquare Church and composer of five oratorios. Evangelistic zeal is evident in her many published hymns. Full length biographical studies:

Thomas, Lately. (1970). Storming heaven : the lives and turmoils of Minnie Kennedy and Aimee Semple McPherson. New York: William Morrow & Co.

McPherson, Aimee Semple. (1973). The Story of My Life. Waco, Tex.: Word Books.

--Terry W. York, DNAH Archives

Letter to the editor from daughter Roberta Semple Salter describes the drive from New York to Los Angeles in 1918. (Smithsonian, November 1980). DNAH Archives


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Texts by Aimee Semple McPherson (69)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
All o'er the earth men are sighingA. S. M. (Author)3
Arise, ye sons of men, ariseAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Cast ye your crowns at the blest Savior's feetAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Christ led the way to CalvaryAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Christ the light of the agesA. S. M. (Author)3
Close to its sunset hourA. S. M. (Author)English5
Come, now, ye weary and halt and blindA. S. M. (Author)3
Crowns are made in cruciblesAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Death shall be swallow'd in victoryAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
Forth to the battle, we marchA. S. M. (Author)3
Forward march, O foursquare hostA. S. M. (Author)English5
Foursquare we stand for the living wordA. S. M. (Author)English5
From the crossroads of life there leadsA. S. M. (Author)3
Have you found a friend in Christ the KingA. S. M. (Author)3
Hold the foursquare fortress firm 'tis the testing dayAimee Semple McPherson (Author)English3
Holy and righteous Father humbly we come to TheeA. S. M. (Author)English4
I claim the promiseA. S. M. (Author)3
I have found a charmed circleA. S. M. (Author)English4
I plead thy blood, O ChristAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
I'm sailing o'er the sea of lifeA. S. M. (Author)3
In a quiet dusky cornerA. S. M. (Author)English4
It was on the day of PentecostAimee Semple McPherson (Author)5
It's raining, it's rainingAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
I've found the key to ParadiseA. S. M. (Author)English3
La Palabra predicad, del Libro de DiosAimee Semple McPherson (Author)Spanish2
Life's first years pass awayAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Lord Jesus, thy name is sweet in my earsAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Lost was my soul on sin's mountainAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Merciful and gracious, Long suff'ringAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
Not all the efforts of our handsA. S. M. (Author)3
O, cross of Christ, and can it beAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
O man, thou'st time for pleasureA. S. M. (Author)3
O mighty God upon us pourA. S. M. (Author)3
O precious Babe of BethlehemAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
O that it might be no moreAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
O is there no balm in Gilead (McPherson)A. S. M. (Author)3
On Carmel's mount Elijah kneeledAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
On, on, up the foursquare wayA. S. M. (Author)English4
On the mountain of God, stands the mansion of LoveAimee Semple McPherson (Author)English3
Once came the little childrenAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Once I knew a little boyAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Pass the joyful news alongA. S. M. (Author)English2
Pitchers, Pitchers, Here bring your empty pitchersAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
See yonder sun how fast he runAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
Sing winds a lullabyA. S. M. (Author)3
So far as the east is from the westA. S. M. (Author)3
Some folks believe that when men once trustAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Speak thou, O Lord, thy servant will obeyAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
The blood of my Savior, by faith I now seeA. S. M. (Author)3
The Lord planted a garden deep within my heartA. S. M. (Author)English4
The world is filled with sorrow. Its heart is filled with painA. S. M. (Author)3
There came to this earth, in the dear, long agoA. S. M. (Author)3
There's a bright flag waving in the skyA. S. M. (Author)English4
Thirstest Thou, O Son of GodA. S. M. (Author)English4
Though stars from their heavenly orbits may strayA. S. M. (Author)4
'Tis falling on the housetopsAimee Semple McPherson (Author)4
To thy tents, to thy tents, O Isr'lAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
We will go with our young and with our oldAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
When God looked on the ancient worldAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
When I go home to heavenA. S. M. (Author)3
When I read the story in Acts 2 and 4Aimee Semple McPherson (Author)2
When Naaman the leper came of oldA. S. M. (Author)3
When on the green banks of old Jordan's streamAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
When our God thunders the hills and mountainsAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
When the weary and the lameAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
While walking in the lowlandsAimee Semple McPherson (Author)English4
Who's that lying in the manger lowAimee Semple McPherson (Author)3
Why are they whipping my JesusA. S. M. (Author)English4
With the scarlet thread of redemptionAimee Semple McPherson (Author)2

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