Godbey, W. B. Autobiography of Rev. W. B. Godbey, A. M. Cincinnati, O.: God's Revivalist Office, "Mount of Blessings", 1909. First Edition. [11822]
Black cloth with gilt titles to front and spine, light edge-wear, good joints, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. Large former owner's 1920 signature in felt pen on ffep. Portrait of Godbey as frontispiece. 509 clean pp., pages toned. Good. Hardcover.
No. 5476 in Jones, A Guide to the Study of the Holiness Movement. The autobiography of a blunt, confrontational, zealous holiness preacher, the like of which are not seen today.
William Baxter Godbey (1833-1920), b. Pulaski County, KY; d. Cincinnati, OH [Jones puts his death at Zarephath, NJ]. Godbey was a pastor and evangelist with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. "He was converted in a revival in 1849 and licensed to preach in 1853 by the Kentucky Conference. He served as president of Harmonia College in Percyville, Kentucky (1859-1869). He experienced entire sanctification in December 1868 and became a strong Holiness advocate." Godbey led revivals in Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas, as well as making four international tours (1895, 1899, 1905, 1912), "spending much of his time in Palestine." He wrote more than 200 books and pamphlets. - quotations and info from Kostlevy, The A to Z of the Holiness Movement.
