Sunday, September 30, 2018

Fred Francis Bosworth -- Reporter of Pentecost

He 'Kept the News Flowing'

By Roscoe Barnes III
Author, F.F. Bosworth: The Man Behind Christ the Healer
Copyright (c) 2018

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A sampling of publications by F.F. Bosworth

In his excellent article, “Publications,” which appears in the Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, historian Wayne E. Warner discusses the importance of the printed page during the early days of the Pentecostal movement.

“The Pentecostal and charismatic movements, like other religious organizations, have looked at the printed page as perhaps the most effective medium to reach not only their own constituencies but also prospective converts,” Warner writes. “Numerous accounts are documented in these movements’ literature of people who have been either converted and/or inspired through periodicals, tracts, books, or other printed matter. This was especially true during the first half of the twentieth century, when there was no television and only limited use of radio.”

Fred Francis Bosworth, who began preaching in the early part of the 20th century, understood the need for the literature. He also knew of its power. A Pentecostal pioneer in his own right, Bosworth effectively used the printed page in many forms, such as news articles, advertisements, tracts, books, etc., to promote Pentecost.

Bosworth is widely known as the famous healing evangelist who wrote the classic, Christ the Healer. He is correctly remembered as an associate of William Branham and Gordon Lindsay, and mentor of T.L. Osborn and other evangelists of The Voice of Healing. But during the early days of his ministry, Bosworth stood out as one of the significant promoters and reporters of the Pentecostal movement in the United States.

“Bosworth was … a prolific writer,” noted Josh McMullen in Under the Big Top: Big Tent Revivalism and American Culture, 1885-1925. “His articles on divine healing and revivals appeared constantly in religious periodicals.”

In his early writings, Bosworth told of people being saved and dramatically healed of many types of sickness and diseases. His writings captured the excitement of revival meetings that included people falling under the power of the Spirit. He wrote of people having visions and speaking in tongues that were understood by listeners. His reports appeared in both independent and denominational magazines. He brought national attention to a number of leaders who believed in – and practiced – the ministry of divine healing.

Bosworth experienced his own Pentecost with the evidence of speaking in tongues in 1906. Two years later, he wrote about Pentecostal experiences he witnessed in revival meetings in Plymouth, Ind. His report of the meetings appeared in the December 1908 issue of The Latter Rain Evangel.

Reporting from Texas

It was in Dallas, however, where his writings caught fire and swept throughout the United States and other countries. Bosworth and his family had moved to Dallas in 1909. He planted a church that would become the First Assembly of God Church. He began his work with prayer, evangelism, and revival meetings. The meetings would intensify in terms of crowd size and spiritual activity that included reports of dramatic healings and great numbers of people being saved. Thousands of people came to the meetings.

In 1911, Bosworth suffered a brutal beating for preaching the “full gospel” to a black audience in Hearne, Texas. He wrote a detailed letter about the persecution that was published in a number of Christian outlets. Bosworth had preached about Pentecost in services for the blacks and whites when the beating occurred. He wrote:


The white people urged the Col. Leaders to send for some white Pentecostal teacher to come and help them into the Baptism. And so to accommodate these white citizens, I was sent for and of course went to the campground and on Saturday night preached to two large audiences, one white and one black. God gave unusual liberty and blessing in teaching and explaining the truths for which this movement stands, both audiences receiving the truth with great enthusiasm.

Bosworth’s reporting of the incident spread far and wide as an important statement on Pentecostalism and race relations in the segregated south. The story later appeared in his official biography by Eunice M. Perkins, Joybringer Bosworth: His Life Story, and other publications.


‘Pen of a ready writer’
F.F. Bosworth has been quoted profusely in scores of publications. His writings have appeared in many periodicals. Publications that featured his work include The Latter Rain, Triumphs of Faith, Word and Witness, The Christian Evangel, Confidence, Herald of His Coming, Herald of Faith, Moody Bible Institute Monthly, Healing Waters, The Voice of Healing, Bread of Life, The Weekly Evangel, Pentecostal Evangel, Alliance Weekly, Kenyon’s Herald of Life. His tracts have been published by Gospel Publishing House, Pilgrim Tract Society, and Osterhus Publishing Company. His writings also appear in Healing the Sick by T. L. Osborn, William Branham: A Man Sent From God by Gordon Lindsay, and Maria Woodworth-Etter’s autobiography, A Diary of Signs and Wonders.


Bosworth’s reporting on the Dallas revival sparked a wave of attention that attracted some of the biggest names in the Pentecostal movement. In 1912, Maria Woodworth-Etter, a famous healing evangelist, preached for six months (some sources say five months) in the revival meetings. During that time, Bosworth unleashed a flurry of press reports about the unusual events that occurred during her ministry.

Wayne E. Warner, former director of the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center, noted Bosworth’s literary efforts in the article, “Maria Woodworth-Etter: A Powerful Voice in the Pentecostal Vanguard,” which appeared in Enrichment Journal:

One of the calls [Woodworth-Etter] accepted came from Fred F. Bosworth, a young pastor in Dallas, who later became a well-known evangelist himself. Despite the fact that the 1912 meeting proved to be a key Pentecostal meeting, the Dallas newspapers practically ignored the thousands who were meeting daily and nightly for almost 5 months. Bosworth, however, kept the news flowing into Christian publications around the world.

Some of the biggest names in Pentecost

Because the local/secular media gave little attention to the meetings, “it was left up to the writers friendly to the Pentecostal movement to chronicle the meeting for their contemporaries in other parts of the country,” Warner explained in his book, Maria Woodworth-Etter: For Such A Time As This: Her Healing And Evangelizing Ministry. He suggested “the one best suited for the writing task seemed to be the host pastor, Fred Bosworth.”

It wasn’t long before prominent Pentecostal leaders caught wind of the meetings. Many, after reading or hearing about Bosworth’s reports, found themselves traveling to Dallas to see for themselves what was going on. Warner noted:

Pentecostal editors around the world picked up Bosworth’s Dallas reports, and then other writers relayed to their constituency the exciting happenings in Dallas. The list of influential Pentecostals who flocked to Dallas reads like a “Who’s Who” of early Pentecostalism.

The revival in Dallas would last nearly 10 years. While it may not have been the biggest event in Pentecostal church history in the United States, historians acknowledge it was certainly a high point for the movement. Historian P.G. Chappell suggested: "This revival became a key Pentecostal rendezvous."

In discussing the role that Bosworth played in promoting Pentecost, it is important to note that his views on evidential tongues did not line up with the views of some classical Pentecostals. In 1918 he resigned from the Assemblies of God because he did not believe that speaking in tongues was the only evidence of Spirit baptism. Like Martin Luther posting his 95 Theses, Bosworth penned a detailed letter on the topic and published it as an article in Word and Witness and as a booklet. The letter, a polemic on the Pentecostal doctrine of speaking in tongues, also appeared in his biography. He titled it, Do All Speak with Tongues?: An Open Letter to the Ministers and Saints of the Pentecostal Movement.

Historian Kimberly Ervin Alexander has noted the importance of Bosworth's position on tongues in Pentecostal church history:


... [I]n Pentecostal studies, what Bosworth has been most noted for is his departure from the cardinal doctrine of initial evidence, resulting in his separation from the Assemblies of God in 1918. This was the second major theological challenge that the AG faced within its first five years of organization.

Radio pioneer and advisor to post-WWII revivalists

During the 1920s, Bosworth saw tremendous growth in his ministry as a healing evangelist. During that time, he held meetings that drew thousands of people. Despite his extremely busy schedule, he found time to write and publish on the topics that mattered to Pentecostals and evangelicals.

In 1927, when he began publishing his own magazine, Exploits of Faith, he continued to report on Pentecost, but he focused more on his own ministry, which included the works of his brother, B.B. Bosworth. Unlike the early days of his ministry, speaking in tongues was not generally highlighted. Still, he wrote, and he did so continuously, using proven methods to spread the flames of Pentecost and divine healing, while cementing his place in church history.

Bosworth also became a pioneer in Christian radio through which he shared regular reports on his revival meetings and healing testimonies. "In a few years his radio ministry processed more than a quarter of a million letters," according to historian David Edwin Harrell Jr., author of All Things are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America.

When the post-World War II healing movement began in the United States, Bosworth had retired from ministry. However, in 1948, when he was 71 years of age, Bosworth came out of retirement to work with William Branham and Gordon Lindsay. According to P.G. Chappell, "Bosworth added enormous prestige" to their salvation-healing ministry that developed into The Voice of Healing. Despite facing the limitations of aging, Bosworth continued his work as a reporter of Pentecost. His article, "Gifts of Healing Plus," provided a ringing endorsement of William Branham. It was published in The Voice of Healing magazine and also in Branham's biography. Bosworth's book, Christ the Healer, remained an important text on divine healing for many revivalists of the 1940s and 1950s. According to David Edwin Harrell Jr., Bosworth "was an important advisor to postwar revivalists, and his knowledge of revival techniques and healing theology was widely sought."

The nature of his writings

Bosworth's writings consisted of letters that were published as meeting reports as well as "Letters to the Editor." Additionally, he published articles that originated as sermons. Not a few of those  messages saw print in the form of tracts and booklets. His crowning achievement as a writer, however, was the publication of Christ the Healer in 1924.

His writings were reportorial when he sought to promote revival meetings. Sometimes he published works that were autobiographical. Testimonies of healing were a staple of his ministry.

His published sermons covered a wide range of topics, including key doctrines of the Pentecostal movement. His messages tended to be simple and straightforward. Although some were evangelistic and devotional in nature, many were instructional, especially those on divine healing, prayer, revival, and financial prosperity. The messages had a self-help/how-to quality about them. Because he found himself defending his teachings on divine healing, some of his writings were polemical and apologetic in nature. Whether in live face-to-face debates, or through his letters and printed sermons, he boldly took on debates and answered his critics using Scripture, testimonies, and church history.

Bosworth desired to reach all people with the gospel. He sought to work with a host of different church groups and denominations. Because of the inclusive nature of his ministry, it could be said that his writings were ecumenical. While it is true that he felt at home with Pentecostals, he was equally comfortable with evangelicals in the Christian and Missionary Alliance, as well as those associated with Moody Bible Institute Monthly. In his reporting, he regularly highlighted the diverse backgrounds of the people that participated in his meetings.

Closing thoughts

This article has highlighted Bosworth's contributions as a promoter and reporter of Pentecostalism in the 20th century. It has shown how he worked with respected Pentecostal leaders and drew them together for a common cause. It can be argued that his influence as a healing evangelist grew, in part, because of his networking skills, as well as the proliferation and wide circulation of his writings. Bosworth died in 1958, but because of his writings, his legacy lives on. While his book on healing continues to inspire students, preachers, and individual Christians in Pentecostal and charismatic circles, his unpublished papers, letters, and out-of-print publications provide a treasure trove of material for on-going research. Perhaps at some point in the near future, a school will recognize him by creating a class, department, lecture series, institute, library or special research collection that bears his name. That would be another great moment in church history.

References:

Alexander, Kimberly Ervin. "A Response to 'Experience as a Catalyst for Healing Ministry: Historical Evidence and Implications From the Life of F. F. Bosworth'" by Roscoe Barnes III. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Cleveland, TN, March 1, 2007. (See ffbosworth.strikingly.com)

Bosworth, F.F. "Beating in Texas Follows Ministry to Blacks: F.F. Bosworth's 1911 Letter o His Mother." Assemblies of God Heritage, Summer 1986. (See ifphc.org)

------. “Confirming the Word by Signs Following -- Jesus Saves, Heals and Baptizes. Some Hear in the Language Wherein They were Born: What God is Doing in Plymouth, Ind., U.S. A." The Latter Rain Evangel, December 1908. (See ifphc.org)

------. Do all speak with tongues?: An Open Letter to the Ministers and Saints of the Pentecostal Movement. Brooklyn, NY: The Christian Alliance Publishing Company, [1920s?] (See ifphc.org)

Chappell, P.G. "Healing Movements." In Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, edited by Stanley M. Burgess and Gary B. McGee. Waxahachie, TX: Regency Reference Library, 1988.

Harrell Jr., David Edwin. All Things are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America. Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1975.

McMullen, Josh. Under the Big Top: Big Tent Revivalism and American Culture, 1885-1925. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Warner, Wayne E.  “Maria Woodworth-Etter: A Powerful Voice in the Pentecostal Vanguard.” Enrichment Journal . Accessed September 25, 2018. http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/199901/086_woodsworth_etter.cfm

------. Maria Woodworth-Etter: For Such A Time As This: Her Healing And Evangelizing Ministry. Alachua, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 2004.

------. “Publications.” In Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, edited by Stanley M. Burgess and Gary B. McGee. Waxahachie, TX: Regency Reference Library, 1988.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The Woodville Republican: African American Museum volunteers needed

Committee discusses plans to open museum and attract visitors

By Roscoe Barnes III
Copyright (c) 2018

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#MississippiHistory

This story is published in The Woodville Republican
(Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018)

I am honored to be part of this exciting opportunity to promote African American history in Woodville, Miss. Thanks to the Woodville Civic Club, I will join Ms. Mildred McGehee, retired Superintendent of Education for Wilkinson County, and others to help recruit volunteers for the African American Museum.

The museum is owned and operated by the Civic Club. It is housed in a historic building behind the courthouse on the corner of Royal Oak Street and Bank Street in the heart of Woodville's historic district. 

Volunteers for this project are essential as they will enable us to open the museum and assist visitors on a regular basis.

In addition to recruiting volunteers, we want to make people aware of this museum and what it has to offer. We also want to be creative and persistent in our promotion of the museum so that people will visit and invite others to come.

I wrote about the museum in two blog posts. The first one is titled “Anne Moody Featured in Mississippi Museum: Artifacts Housed at African American Museum in Woodville” (Jan. 9, 2018), and the second one is Discovering Mississippi History: Newsletter Sheds Light on History Projects in Wilkinson County” (Feb. 2, 2018)

I look forward to the exciting days ahead as we celebrate history here in southwest Mississippi. #Mississippi

References/Resources:

To arrange a tour of the African American Museum, send request to: info@historicwoodville.com.

Information on the African American Museum and Historic Woodville is available here: http://www.historicwoodville.org and here: http://www.woodvillems.org/about-us/history

For information on the bluesmen featured in the museum, visit:

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ROSCOE BARNES III, Ph.D., is a writer, chaplain, historian, and former newspaper reporter. He is the author of more than a dozen books and Gospel tracts. For more information about his work and history, see his Personal Profile here or visit his website: http://www.roscoebarnes.net. Connect with him on Twitter (@roscoebarnes3) or by email: roscoebarnes3@yahoo.com.


Saturday, September 22, 2018

Bales of Hay in Southwest Mississippi




Round bales of hay in field at Wilkinson County Park. A farmer, Carl Walker, said this was the last of the season. Woodville, MS. October 2016. Photo by Roscoe Barnes III

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Friday, September 21, 2018

The Sphinx’s Profile of Anselm Joseph Finch

A Positive Look at The Man Who Appears as “Principal Willis” in Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi

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NOTE: Ms. Frances Alexander, retired school principal, recently shared with me a profile of Anselm Joseph Finch, who is believed to be “Principal Willis” of “Willis High School” in Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi. The profile appeared in the May 1965 issue of The Sphinx (page 30), a publication of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The magazine also features a poem by Finch titled, "GUIDE and LIGHT." Although many, including Moody, labeled Finch an “Uncle Tom,” a review of his writings might lead one to believe that such a label was probably unfair and not deserving. Finch lived from 1902 to 1969. He established himself as a respected poet, speaker, pioneer educator and author. – Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., chairman, Anne Moody History Project


Anselm J. Finch
(1902-1969)

BROTHER ANSELM
JOSEPH FINCH

Bro. Anselm Joseph Finch was born in Brandon, Mississippi. He is a graduate of the Utica Institute, Campbell College, and Rust College, all Mississippi schools. He is also a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

He was at one time a special student under Dr. George Washington Carver. He assisted the late Principal J. E. Johnson of the Prentiss (Miss.). Institute in starting the Oak Park School in Laurel.

He later established the Finch High School, Centreville, Miss., which was the first high school in Wilkinson County for Negroes.

For many years he did publicity work for Bishop S. L. Greene, Perry W. Howard and the fraternal leader, John L. Webb.

He was one of the four Mississippi leaders selected by the state department of education to appear before the late Governor Paul B. Johnson, Sr., in seeking a training school for Negro delinquents and the acceptance of Jackson College by the state; thus creating a state school.

Bro. Finch has served as Vice President of the Mississippi Teachers Association.

He is author of the famous poems, “Wake Up – Justice,” and “I’m A Negro.”

While a student at Northwestern, Bro. Finch was one of the three representatives of the Department of Educational Psychology named to interview prospective teachers for the Illinois Civil Service Commission.

He is a member of the American Association of School Administrators, Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity, and a life member of the American Teachers Association; also a Mason and a Shriner.

Presently he is Principal of the Wilkinson County Training School, the largest of its kind in Mississippi, located in Woodville. This school opened with 2,667 enrollment.


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Finch died in 1969. He was buried in the Light of Liberty Cemetery in Brandon, Miss. A picture of his headstone can be seen here at FindaGrave.com

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Mr. Hicks in Coming of Age in Mississippi

A Good Coach with a Dark Side

By Roscoe Barnes III
Chairman, Anne Moody History Project
Copyright (c) 2018

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Coach Wordy Hicks Jr.
(1930 - 1990)

Mr. Hicks, the young coach mentioned in Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi, was actually Coach Wordy Hicks Jr., who worked for many years in the Wilkinson County School District, according to retired Superintendent Charles E. Johnson

In Moody's view, the coach was tough, but also knowledgeable, helpful, and well-liked: "We all learned to like Mr. Hicks, in spite of his cruelty, because in the end he was always right."

Hicks was born on Sept. 18, 1930. A native of Bernice, La., he graduated from Grambling State University in 1956. Soon after his graduation, he became a coach at Finch High School in Centreville, where he met Moody, who was a teenager at the time. 

Moody's book suggests the time of his arrival was the mid-1950s, a time frame supported by an article in the Feb. 22, 1976 issue of the Biloxi Sun Herald. The article notes that Hicks began his coaching at Finch in 1956 before "moving to Wilkinson County High in 1960." During the 1970s, he served as head principal of Wilkinson County Training School (later called Wilkinson County High School) in Woodville. 

Hicks was so highly respected, the school district honored him by naming its sports complex the Wordy Hicks Memorial Athletic Stadium. The district, which is located in Woodville in southwest Mississippi, also features the Wordy Hicks Relay.

"He was a good coach and good teacher," said Johnson, who is researching and promoting Moody's life history. He suggested Hicks' contributions to the school district were not insignificant.

Good coach with a dark side

"I have many memories of Coach Hicks," Johnson said. "He was an excellent teacher, but he had a reputation as a womanizer. He also had a temper. He’d cuss you out in a minute."

According to one retired educator, who asked to remain nameless, Hicks had a dark side. He could be extremely rude and vulgar. As indicated by Moody, he was also fond of the female students, and he did not always hide his affections.

"If he lived today, he would be arrested for sexual harassment," said the retired educator. "He really liked the young girls and female teachers. He would openly talk about their appearance and their bodies without any sense of shame."

The anonymous retiree described Hicks as having brown skin. He wore his hair short and had an athletic build. Although students and teachers tried to avoid him on occasion, they simply loved his wife, Mrs. Pearlie Jean Hicks, who taught Biology.

Johnson found a photo of  Hicks a few months ago while thumbing through the 1963 school district yearbook. Hicks, he said, worked hard for the school district and for his community. In addition to working as coach and teacher of Physical Education, Hicks also was director of transportation and maintenance, Johnson recalled. "When needed, he drove the school bus," he said.

A glimpse of Hicks' popularity can be seen in the April 21, 2016 issue of The Woodville Republican. In a front-page story, Wilkinson County School Board Member Johnny Smallwood makes a comment about Hicks' legacy:

“Moving on to another topic Smallwood stated, ‘The annual Wordy Hicks Relays were started years ago to remember this great man. He was a school and community leader. The track meet was very popular and successful in the past, but it isn’t so much now. Wordy Hicks helped a lot of kids in his time.”

Pushing them beyond their limits

In Coming of Age, Hicks is depicted as a stern coach who believed in winning. According to Moody, he did not suffer fools gladly and he had no time for slouches and girls who were out of shape. In Chapter 13 of her book, Moody introduces Hicks as the "new coach" at her school:


Mr. Hicks, our new coach, was a nut for physical fitness – especially for girls. He hated women who were dumb about sports and he used to practice us until we were panting like overplowed mules. Sometimes he’d even take us out to play touch football with the boys so that we could learn that game. All the girls who didn’t go along with his physical fitness program or who were fat and lazy he dismissed immediately. He was determined to have a winning team and was interested only in tall, slim girls who were light and fast on their feet. I think I worked harder than almost anyone else.

Hicks evidently was quite demanding. Like a drill sergeant, he aggressively  pushed his team members to and beyond their limits.

His training for the students was rigorous. Moody described him as "the most merciless person" she knew. Hicks required his students to practice and work through their pain, even when they could barely walk. According to Moody, he would tell the students: “The only way to overcome that soreness and stiffness is to work it out."

His fondness for female students

Despite his ambition and laser-like focus on winning, Hicks apparently found time to flirt with the girls. Moody believed he took a personal interest in her that went beyond basketball. In Chapter 16 of Coming of Age, Moody made this startling statement about the coach:


It was easy for me to ignore the white men in town. But it wasn’t so easy for me to ignore Mr. Hicks, my basketball coach, and the only single male teacher at school. I knew before that Mr. Hicks like me a lot, but I thought he liked me because I was his best tumbler and basketball player. I never suspected he had any long-range plans for me or desired me physically. Now the only looks he ever gave me were looks of affection and whenever he spoke to me it was in the tone of a lover.

Hicks eventually got married and spent many years working in the school district. He and his wife, Pearlie Jean, had two daughters, according to Johnson.

Hicks died on Jan. 4, 1990, at the age of 59, after suffering from cancer, Johnson said.

Closing thoughts

In closing, it should be noted that the information presented in this article sheds light on two important factors in Moody’s life story. First, it underscores the accuracy of her narrative, especially as it relates to dates and time periods. Moody apparently had an eye for details and she was meticulous in her story-telling. Numerous dates and/or time periods featured in Coming of Age are corroborated by multiple sources. Second, she was often a good judge of character, and she was usually on point in her description of people’s attitudes, behavior and predispositions. Not surprisingly, her perception of Hicks is shared by a number of people who knew the man. She, like others who knew him, came to see him for what he was.

Acknowledgments:
Grateful acknowledgments are made to Ms. Frances Alexander, former principal of Wilkinson County Elementary School, Woodville, Miss., for providing key sources of biographical information on Wordy Hicks Jr. Her help was invaluable.

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