Frank Bartleman-early Pentecostal witness

brother Frank's book "Another Wave Rolls in", read by many entitled "Azusa Street" is readily available.

for me, it was the first non-canonical book i read on the Faith. (the second was "Life of Brainerd"..thank God)

brother Frank's other books are out of print, and for a while Google books had them, on line, but now they're gone.

I found this: "My Story: the Latter Rain" by Frank Bartleman. (don't let the "latter rain" throw you, it has little to do with the whole other movement)

you got a love a book, containing a brother's testimony, where the first line in the introduction is this:

"God knows I would rather die than to lead a single soul astray."

that's why i always loved reading dear Frank's words.

http://frankbartleman-story.blogspot.com/2008/10/preface.html

"A number of times during my ministry of prayer I had visions of the need, and the work to come. At one time God showed me His rejection of the church in its present condition. He repulsed them as He would an enemy marching against Him. Another time, while in prayer, I saw the whole human race before me. Their condition in God’s light was most pitiable. They resembled a large insane asylum turned out doors, in violence and blood, not knowing for what they so fiercely strove. Then the hill of Calvary appeared in the distance, as the murky atmosphere of earth lifted, and I saw Jesus on the cross. God said, “This is the cure.” These visions would appear before me like pictures, thrown upon the canvas of the mind. “Your young men shall see visions.”

Frank Bartleman-1908

here's where all of Brother Franks works can be accessed:

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bartleman/?show=worksBy

as well as many other saints books, all out of print, CCEL is a wonderful resource.