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For earlier editing history on this page, see Aimee Semple McPherson, from which its first draft was derived. JMDoran ( talk) 21:31, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
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According to the reference, the author, Daniel Mark Epstein is describing her attitude and what happened that day (on p210 of his Sister Aimee book):
"The police estimate the crowd was 30,000. Sister Aimee did not keep them waiting. Kneeling at one side of the platform, she prayed , finding the center of her faith: Look down from the open heavens of blue this morning upon us all, she prayed. And: How we have learned to love them! What she had learned was a passion that is beyond love, a compassion for men and women based upon knowledge of disease and sin , the reality of Christ and the transience of the flesh."
Other links: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-04-26/features/1993116164_1_semple-mcpherson-aimee-semple-sister-aimee/2
Daniel Mark Epstein= in an interview while writing his Sister Aimee book stated "I tried to find some evidence in the voluminous newspaper accounts of her healings, of fraud. There is none. Instead I found hundreds of pages of newspaper documentation of reporters who were overwhelmed by what they saw at the healing services. The famous phrase used back then was 'those who came to scoff stayed to pray.
People are describing what they saw and think happened and the article is relating that as per the source authors who write about it.
Epstein takes a much more broader look at the McPherson faith healing phenomena, and Edith Blumhofer goes into quite a bit of detail on a select few of the faith healing recipients, especially Harriet Jordan. Sutton rubberstamps both Blumhofer and Epstein's work on the subject and adds very little of his own research on the subject.
Around the web regarding her faith healing:
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/Wallace_Jerry/Sister-Aimee.htm http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/sep/09/when-sister-aimee-came-town---part-1/# http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/youngsisteraimee.html
SteamWiki ( talk) 16:07, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Probably should redo the lead at least right away. One can convey in an encyclopedic manner that thousands of sick persons attended McPherson's meetings and believed themselves healed as per sources, large amounts of which were period newspapers being consulted by the book authors, without giving the tone of some type of "promo" piece. SteamWiki ( talk) 03:39, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
The majority of this article comes from a singular book. It would be great to find sources from other authors, especially those who might have different views regarding the veracity of McPherson's works. ForsythiaJo ( talk) 06:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
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For earlier editing history on this page, see Aimee Semple McPherson, from which its first draft was derived. JMDoran ( talk) 21:31, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Removing editorial tag.
According to the reference, the author, Daniel Mark Epstein is describing her attitude and what happened that day (on p210 of his Sister Aimee book):
"The police estimate the crowd was 30,000. Sister Aimee did not keep them waiting. Kneeling at one side of the platform, she prayed , finding the center of her faith: Look down from the open heavens of blue this morning upon us all, she prayed. And: How we have learned to love them! What she had learned was a passion that is beyond love, a compassion for men and women based upon knowledge of disease and sin , the reality of Christ and the transience of the flesh."
Other links: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-04-26/features/1993116164_1_semple-mcpherson-aimee-semple-sister-aimee/2
Daniel Mark Epstein= in an interview while writing his Sister Aimee book stated "I tried to find some evidence in the voluminous newspaper accounts of her healings, of fraud. There is none. Instead I found hundreds of pages of newspaper documentation of reporters who were overwhelmed by what they saw at the healing services. The famous phrase used back then was 'those who came to scoff stayed to pray.
People are describing what they saw and think happened and the article is relating that as per the source authors who write about it.
Epstein takes a much more broader look at the McPherson faith healing phenomena, and Edith Blumhofer goes into quite a bit of detail on a select few of the faith healing recipients, especially Harriet Jordan. Sutton rubberstamps both Blumhofer and Epstein's work on the subject and adds very little of his own research on the subject.
Around the web regarding her faith healing:
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/Wallace_Jerry/Sister-Aimee.htm http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/sep/09/when-sister-aimee-came-town---part-1/# http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/youngsisteraimee.html
SteamWiki ( talk) 16:07, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Probably should redo the lead at least right away. One can convey in an encyclopedic manner that thousands of sick persons attended McPherson's meetings and believed themselves healed as per sources, large amounts of which were period newspapers being consulted by the book authors, without giving the tone of some type of "promo" piece. SteamWiki ( talk) 03:39, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
The majority of this article comes from a singular book. It would be great to find sources from other authors, especially those who might have different views regarding the veracity of McPherson's works. ForsythiaJo ( talk) 06:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)