As Others Saw Her
GOODWIN J. KNIGHT:
Dear Mr, McPherson:
It is an honor to join with the members and friends of Angelus Temple in once more paying special tribute to the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
Although Aimee Semple McPherson left us forever four years ago, her great influence continues. Angelus Temple —and the community—are fortunate indeed that the mantle of her leadership fell upon such capable shoulders as yours and I want to take this opportunity to wish continued and increasi
1g success to you and your associates,
Please convey to your Founder's Day congregation this expression of my interest in one of the greatest religious institutions of our time which was magnificently conceived and established by Aimee Semple McPherson and which will endure in her memory.
Sincerely,
GOODWIN J. KNIGHT.
(As addressed in his official letter as Acting Governor of California on October 7th, 1948, to Reverend Dr, Rolf K. McPherson, President, Angelus Temple, 1100 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles 26, California.)
ARTHUR BRISBANE:
“The Rev. Aimee Semple McPherson, thought drowned, wasn't drowned, only kidnapped; carried to the desert, she walked back again and told her people in Los Angeles, when the devil made violent accusations against her, that he would never succeed.
“And he didn’t succeed.
“He, Satan, feels foolish and is now seeing Mrs. McPherson welcomed with open arms in New York, the city referred to in small cities as the devil’s chief laboratory
“Satan, on his brazen throne, casts a sad eye over his de jected imps, saying to the hideous one with three h “That McPherson person is worse than Billy Sunday
SARAH COMSTOCK:
soft curves concealing muscles like steel; a lady of flashing eye and quick movements and reddish hair and ever-busy smile; a lady who, gazing forth with satisfaction upon the assemblage has the right to honest prid Sunday after Sunday the same phenomenon is seen. Thousands travel to Angelus Temple, packing the street cars id mobbing the doors, standing with aching feet in the hope of gaining admittance.
“In the weeks that I spent in Los Angeles and observed her with growing wonder, I probably fell far short of learning all her accomplishments.
The one fact that stands out is that her influence is incredible, that it carries as that of few evangelists has ever carried; that she is today one of the most amazing phenomena of power in this feverish, power-insane United States.