A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

A History of Christian Doctrine
Australia, he immigrated to Canada in 1903 and became
a pastor there. The Baptists dismissed him when he
received the Holy Spirit in 1908 under Florence Crawford
in Portland, Oregon. In 1911 he became the assistant pastor
to William Durham’s mission in Los Angeles, and
when Durham died in 1912, Ewart became the pastor.
Ewart had been studying the name and oneness of
God for some time, so McAlister’s comments were especially
intriguing to him. Ewart invited him to his home,
and they began to discuss the implications of using the
name of Jesus in water baptism. McAlister suggested that
the words “Lord” (meaning master), “Jesus,” and “Christ”
(meaning “Anointed One”) represented “Father, Son, Holy
Ghost” respectively. Therefore, when the apostles baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, they fulfilled
Matthew 28:19.
After the camp meeting, Ewart left the pastorate of
his church and began a new work in Los Angeles with
McAlister and Glenn Cook (1867-1948). Cook had been
the full-time business manager of the Azusa Street
Mission under Seymour. By this time, he was a noted
evangelist, having brought the Pentecostal message to
Indianapolis and to the Church of God in Christ in
Memphis. He had also conducted successful campaigns in
Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas.
Ewart and McAlister continued their study of the
name of Jesus and the doctrine of God, and they included
Cook in their discussions. After several months McAlister
returned to Canada and shared his thinking with ministers
there, particularly Franklin Small (1873-1961). Small
was one of the first people in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada, to receive the Holy Spirit in 1907. He became an
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