Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-22
THE POWER OF FAITH.

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Wonderful Revelations ut . St. Louis
CampmeetIng-An Uneducated Missouri
Damsel Tells tho s.Old. Old Story I'm Sew
| en- Languages. All of Them Unknown to
Her = Month Ago, and Acquired While In
Trance.
ST. Louis. Aug. 15.-An unassuming.
modest country girl of 10. without the
| advantages of an education. stood up
| at the De Hodiamont faith-healing
| campmeeting last night and told how
divine power had blessed her with
the gift of tongues. SO that now she
| can fuently read, speak and write
seven different languages. Such q
thing has not been heard of since the
day of Pentecost. nearly 1000 years
ago, and it is certain that among the
| many radical claims made by the nu-
merous religious sects throughout the
country, nothing like it was ever ap-
preached before.
Even the enthusiastic leader of the
OF the Full Bible Church band, Rev. j.
c. Stewart. who was accommodated
from the United Presbyterian church
on account of his radical views on
faith healing. says that he IS aston
ished at the new development. and is
appalled, at the divine power bestowed
upon the girl.
The young woman is Miss Jennie
Classy, who was brought up near
Cuba. Mo. She read numerous Srcip-
ture lessons and translated them into
two African dialects before the audi
| ence under the big tent, and she spoke
| in German, French, Latin, Greek and
some other language. The astonish-
| ing feature is that she says she never
studied any one of these languages,
and never received the least instruc-
ton in any but the English language
| Her story was that up to a year ago
| she was not even a Christian. She
| lived with her parents near Cuba,
| Mo-, under Christian influences, but
never joined the church. Rev. Mr..
| Stewart visited their neighborhood
and preached for several days in a
Presbyterian church. where she first
heard him. She was converted and
| sought sanctifca ton and a full gos-
pei. She fell into trance, when God
appeared to her and said Go"
| After much reluctance she gave up
home and friends and came to ST.
Louis, where she went into Bible
training. She did not have the gift of
tongues until July 9 last. when in an
other trance this was given to her.
By request. she read several portions
| of Scripture in what she called Sierra
Leone and Khoomiuar, African dia-
| lects, to which places she was called
| of God to go as missionary.
At the request of Rev. Stewart, Mrs.
Black, wife of the assistant pastor,
| gave witness to Miss Glassey's expert
ence, and told other things about her
! even more remarkable.
She said that she sat by Miss Glas-
| sey's bedside the night after she ac-
| quired the gift of tongues, and watched
| her in a trance until o'clock in the
| morning. Miss Classy. she said.
| talked huently in a language that she
| did not know, but recognized to be
African. Her face was lit up with a
| heavenly vision, her eyes grew lus-
trous, as she spoke, apparently to an
| audience of African heather, for
whose souls the girl yearned. Her
subject was: John, 8, 16, God SO
loved the world" Her Bible refer
| ences. while in this trance, were such,
| Mrs Black said, as the profoundest
| theologian would not be ashamed Of.
Once, growing weary with her SER
| mon, she sang ten times over, in the
foreign tongues. the melody: What
| Friend We Have in Jesus"
| Then it appeared that before her
stood an audience of 1000 questioning
African children, and the ease with
which she answered all would put to
shame the man who attempted to imi-
| fof 70 ho Of nj 1r1,
The Psalms of David were sung in
| rhyme in perfect tune in the strange
language, and when necessary the
quoted with ease. At other times,
when Mr.. and Mrs Black would sing
hymns in English, Miss Classy would
Join in alto. using the African vocabu-
larry. yet translating and keeping in
tune and time with the song.
Rev. Stewart said of all these things
he believed them possible, and was
glad to have it verified before him.
He ridiculed the idea of missionaries
having to study for years to learn for
eign languages no faster than a
heather could learn English. The
right way was to seek the gift of
tongues and preach it at once. For
himself, heswas seeking it, and if he
obtained it he was going to India to
preach. All the testimony given was
to the effect that so proficient is Miss
Classy that she is now prepared to
teach the African language in any
school there.
An effort will be made to have some
of Miss Glassey's African translations
verified. and if found to be really good
African dialect she will be at the head
of all modern phenomena, religious or
otherwise.
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