The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-08
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the Lords work If ever the call
came" The quotation is from her
published life story, I'm the Service
of the King"
There is no doubt that true love
for a time graced this marriage, but
eventually the pair became uncon-
genial
The other day in discussing her
welded life with Mcpherson, Aimee
now blond and once more a bride
said:
Harold Mcpherson divorced me
seventeen years ago. He had been
married once prior to the time he
married me. The Bible-MattheW
19:9-states plainly the rule of the
Lord in such a case. The words
except it be- clear me in the eyes
of God and in my conscience.
Il don't believe in divorce on a
slight preteXt. The color of mans
necktie or the way he talks are not
excuses for severing the holy bonds
of wedlock."
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HER new husband had little
l. Il money. Three different times
he established homes for his
preacher-wife, but they were not
very comfortable.
Mcpherson was easy-going He
preferred the quiet, orderly routine
Of filling grocery orders to soul
saving and hand-to-hand pulpit
encounters with Lucifer.
The couple went to live with the
husbands mother, Mrs. Annie Nc
PherSon, at her boarding house
soon after their son, Rolf, was born.
Together Aimee and Harold
edited a religious publication known
as "The Bridal Call"
Gradually the rift between the
two widened. The young wife be-
came seriously i'll and, when she
believed herself at deaths door, re-
ceived what seemed a divine mes
sage, 1nstructing her to devote her
self to religious work.
Health returned and immediate
ly Aimee set forth on the career
that was to make her world IA
nous. She left her two children
with her mother and gave her full
time to evangelistic revivalS.
Mcpherson sued for divorce and
it was granted Aimee-in accord
with the pre-nuptial pact-did not
Of
married again and removed to
Florida.
FIGURING the country in a bat
Il tered automobile which carried
a. ramshackle tent, Aimee began to
attract attention as divine healer.
She Travelled throughout the south,
east and New England.
In 1918, she was first heard in
New York City at Old John Street
M. E. church.
BY this time her mother had
joined her. Ma" Kennedy, whose
marriage, separation and remar-
riage to Guy Edward (What-a-
Mani Hudson has furnished news
paper headlines throughout recent
months, became the business man
ager of the Mcpherson troupe.
Together mother and daughter
set out for the Pacific coast and
there established a tent-church.
Aimee's extraordinary style of
preaching and her vivid, dynamic
personality attracted literally thou
sands to the fold. In 1922 Angelus
temple was built-magnificent evil
dence of her congregations faith
and loyalty.
HER sermons were different
L l. She preached once attired as
traffic policeman astride mo-
torcycle. Another time she appeared
as a fireman.
The world read such reports of
Mrs. McPherson's religious power
as the following newspaper account:
when she wears her flowing
white robes and descends the long
staircase that leads to the pulpit,
her arms filled with roses, her hair
beautifully dressed, she appears as
an angel to her devoted audience.
She radiates athletic vigor.