"Communicating Former and Current Moves of God To Multitudes Around the World"
F.F. Bosworth
A Healing Evangelist of Power and Spiritual Integrity
Fred Francis Bosworth, (1877 - 1958), was healed of tuberculosis at a young age. He and his family moved to Zion Illinois and attended John Alexander Dowie's church. Bosworth embraced the Pentecostal Outpouring and was filled with the Spirit in meetings held by Charles Parham. He attended meetings at the Azusa Street Mission during that great revival.
F. F. Bosworth eventually developed into a substantial healing ministry and held great meetings around the world in the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote the classic, "Christ the Healer." Bosworth came out of retirement in the 1940s to mentor a young Oral Roberts, T.L. Osborn, and William Branham.
Some of the recordings below contain clips from other recordings. I have chosen not to edit them.
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| Be Ye Doers of the Word |
God's promises are fulfilled on our behalf only as we act on them. Sound quality poor in a couple of brief segments. Copyrighted Recording Length: 66 minutes.
This faith-inspiring message on the subject of receiving healing from God was preached in Chicago, IL in 1954, during the world-wide Healing Revival of the day. Bosworth states that, "God's promises are fulfilled on our behalf only as we act on them." He also says, "Faith is treating the Word of God as you would treat the Lord Jesus if he were personally present." Bosworth also tells of returning from ministering for ten months in Africa and how even though he was elderly, he felt "pepped up" and needed no rest from all of those months of ministry. As is common with such old recordings, there are a couple glitches in this recording. A few minutes into the recording, a couple of people give brief testimonies about being healed in Bosworth's meetings years previously, and their words are barely audible. Then a few minutes further into the recording, a "Brother Moore" speaks for a few minutes and procedes to introduce Bosworth. Then about 14 minutes into the recording, the recording quality decreases for 3 minutes, and afterward, the quality returns to normal. Recording abruptly ends after 48 minutes.
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| Christian Confession |
How to walk with the King. Copyrighted Recording Length: 67 minutes.
Recorded in Chicago, IL 1954. |
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| Mass Faith |
It is just as much God's will to heal every sick person as it is to save every sinner. Copyrighted Recording Length: 20 minutes.
Recorded in Chicago, IL 1954. |
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| Redemptive Blessings |
If the Devil can get you off of the Word, you'll be in trouble all the time. Copyrighted Recording Length: 55 minutes.
Recorded in Chicago, IL 1954. |
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F. F. Bosworth Biography
Fred Francis Bosworth, (1877 - 1958) was one of the foundation stones of the modern Pentecostal movement. Born again as a teenager, Bosworth was struck down with Tuberculosis and was given up to die. But he was healed in a Methodist church under the ministry of a female evangelist by the name of Mattie Perry.
He learned to play the coronet as a child. Years later, he and his family felt led of the Lord to move to Zion, Illinois to join John Alexander Dowie's church. Shortly after arriving there, Dowie hired Bosworth to be his band director.
In 1906, Charles Parham came to Zion and ministered in a number of meetings in Bosworth's home and in other places. Bosworth was filled with the Spirit, and burst out speaking in tongues. Bosworth soon began ministering as a traveling evangelist. In 1909 he and his wife moved to Dallas, Texas and founded the First Assembly of God church. Multitudes were saved, healed, and filled with the Spirit in this church over the next number of years.
In August of 1911, he accepted an invitation to come preach to both whites and blacks in segregated Hearne, Texas. The platform was constructed and situated in between the black and the white congregations, so that both could hear him.
After one of the meetings, a group of men surrounded Bosworth and viciously beat him with 2 x 4's for daring to preach to blacks and whites as though they were equal. Offering them no resistance, making no effort to run, although he was covered in blood, miraculously, only his left wrist was broken. He was forced to leave Hearne on foot, walking several miles along the rail road tracks to the next town. This experience would have broken the spirit of many men. With Bosworth however, it only made him stronger for the Lord. He testified later that as he walked along in the darkness, nursing his pains and bleeding wounds, he rejoiced and thanked God that like the Apostles of old, he had been counted worthy to suffer pain and shame for the sake of the name of Jesus. He forgave those who unmercifully beat him and made no attempt to bring charges against anyone.
Bosworth, a man of integrity and conviction, ended up turning in his ordination papers to the Assemblies of God denomination which he had helped to found. He left the Assemblies of God because he began to believe that speaking in tongues was not the only initial evidence of the baptism in the Spirit. As today, so was it then, a great stumbling block when Christians speak in tongues but continue to live a carnal life.
Throughout the 1920's and 1930's countless people were saved, filled with the Spirit, and healed in Bosworth's meetings as he traveled across the US and Canada. In 1924 he published his book, "Christ The Healer," which has become a classic. Many people were healed, particularly of deafness, in his meetings. David Du Plessis reported being in a Bosworth meeting in 1928, in which numerous students from a deaf school were brought to his meetings. Brother Du Plessis watched as Bosworth prayed for each deaf child, and rejoiced as all of them were healed and began hearing perfectly. After the meeting, since they now had no students, the school for the deaf was forced to close.
In 1947 he met William Branham, who was just coming on the scene, and Bosworth became an advisor and mentor to Branham, T.L. Osborn, to a young Oral Roberts, and to other ministers. Bosworth prayed for the sick in many of Branham's meetings. He ministered with Branham and others in Africa and Japan.
In 1958, the Lord told F. F. Bosworth that he had "finished his course," and he would go home to be with the Lord shortly. He announced this to his family. His granddaughter has told me that Bosworth was deeply disappointed to awaken the next morning and find that he was still "here." Although he had not been diagnosed with any disease or condition that would cause death, he was persistent in telling loved ones and friends that he would be going "Home" at any time. Word spread among ministers and friends, who began to come visit him to say goodbye. T.L. Osborn tells of arriving at Bosworth's house and hearing him shout, "Brother T.L.! This is the greatest day of my life! God has told me, I get to go Home to be with Him today! Whooooo! Hallelujah!"
As friends and family gathered around his bedside, his eyes were opened to Heaven. Those in the room listened as he began saying hello to departed family and friends he was seeing in Heaven, and as he described the glories of Heaven. Then he passed away a few hours later at 81 years of age, without sickness or disease. He simply went to sleep in the Lord.
Ah....the lessons to be learned from Bosworth's life! Honor. Integrity. Bosworth's adherence to his understanding of the scriptures. Faith in God for all of His promises including healing. Suffering persecution and forgiving his enemies. Maintaining a consistent Christian testimony to the end. Going to Glory full of good fruits. I am truly honored to have these recordings on this site.
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Acknowledgments:
The Bosworth recordings were given to me by a collector of old recordings. Upon receiving these recordings, I set out to find out if any of F. F. Bosworth's descendants were still living, and to seek their permission to host these recordings on this site. I was able to contact Bosworth's granddaughter and she graciously gave me her permission to make these recordings available to all.