The Holy Spirit - Indwelling presence. There is a long history in the Christian church of those who have sought to heighten the experience of Jesus' presence through the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Finney, Asa Mahan, Simpson, Moodey, Torrey. Until Spirit Baptism takes place, the Christian lacks essential resources which God has in store for them, therefore they are charged to seek this experience until they find it. When it comes thus to upgrade them, glossolalia occurs as an outward sign of what has happened.
Modern tongues are completely unlike Corinthian tongues which are more in line with tongues in Acts.
Modern tongues are for private use and are a non language vocal event with little opportunity for a valid interpretation. Reformed In England where the reformed faith is strong and Wesleyan theology is weak, many of the leading Charismatics have not adopt a restorationist position. It is a subjective realization, in a new and dynamic way, of the reception of the Spirit and incorporation into Christ which has already taken place in reality at conversion. As such, this experience is one of many evidences that God gives his children to assure us that we are his. This is a much more acceptable way to describe the spiritual experience of God's divine touch in Christ.