The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-08
Little Daughter of j. B. Cole of North Birmingham Speaks
 26 Languages
OTHERS WRITE FOREIGN
 WORDS UNDER INFLUENCE
Meetings Were Held on South Side for Short Time, But Are Now Con. ducted in Tent at North
 Birmingham.

| ana mas spread all over the country, has
 reached Birmingham in force, a large
 number of people having come under the
 influence of the Holy Ghost" The &C.,
 tions of those who have come under the
 influence have been remarkable.
 1 While under 1t they speak in unknown tongues and write strange hieroglyphics, these actions being entirely beyond their
 control. This wave first reached Birming 1 ham two or three weeks ago upon the
 arrival of Brother G. P. Cashwell from Dunn, N. c. It has spread rapidly and
 number of meetings are in progress
 now. These meetings were held at 517 1 South Twentieth street until a night or 1 two ago, but are now being held at North Birmingham In a tent and large crowds
 are in attendance afternoon and night.
 About Thirty Baptlsms.
 About thirty baptisms have taken place
 since the meetings began here, and the
 manner in which devotees come under the
 influence has caused a good deal of com
 ment. Brother E. N. Pitts has been in l charge of a Holiness mission here for q
 long time and at his request Brother Cashwell of Dunn, N C., who had re-
 ceived the Pentecostal Baptism at Azusa Mission while on a trip to Los Angeles,
 came here on May IA for the purpose of
 holding meeting.
 Girl Speaks Twenty-six Languages.
 The first baptism was that of the l3-
 year-old daughter of J. B. Cole, former
 chief of police of North Birmingham, but
 now constable of that beat The little
 girl has always been a very bright child and her baptism is considered to be one of
 the most wonderful. Those under the in- | f1uence claim she is able to speak in
 twenty-six languages while under the in | huence of the Holy Ghost" and also
 writes strange writings while in this con-
 dition. Some of her writing have been
 submitted to an interpreter, who, 1t is
 claimed, has found them to be pure He | brew and Syrian. These translations are l to the effect that the world is nearing
 the millennium and that preparation should | be made for the coming of the Lord. | They also include several passages of
 scripture. She will be sent to China at
 a nearly date to act as a missionary. I The baptism of Brother J. B. Hill, who
 runs a shoe shop on North Twentieth | street, between Fourth and Fifth avenue, 1 and who has been preaching the gospel | for some twenty Live years, is a remarka- l ble demonstration of how the Holy l Ghost" affects a person while he IS under | it's influence. Brother Hill, while telling l of his baptism yesterday afternoon, had | the .'HoIy Ghost to descend upon him l and words in an unknown tongue talrly l tumbled from his mouth The language
 was gutteral and sounded very much ike 1 Chinese. Brother Hill received the bap- 1 tism a week ago and says that the speak | ing in these unknown tongues IS purely I involuntary on his part. He states that
 it first came upon him after long spell | of prayer and that he first noticed a dry
 rattling noise in his throat, then ms | tongue got beyond his control and wagged | about in lightning-like fashion causing unknown words to fall from his lips. The
 spirit of the Holy Ghost came upon l him last night while leading the tent ser vices at North Birmingham and he would | sneak in English and then in some strange | tongue, There were several at the meet l ing last night who received the baptism and each one spoke in different tongue. | The services was most impressive and | large congregation was in attendance. Boy Writes Unknown Words. The 9-year-old son of Brother E. N. | Pitts has also received the Pentecostal | baptism and writes many strange things | and speaks unknown tongues. He says | 1t is beyond his control and that 1t came | upon him like a shock of lightning. He | gets under the influence several times | day.
 Those who write strange things say that
 their arms feel as if they were working
 under a strong electric current and they 1 iot down the letters quicker than the 1 rapping of a steam hammer
 1 The leaders and those who have re- l ceived the baptism are very sincere in l their beliefs. They are not desirous or newsnaper notoriety, as they are afraid those who have not come in contact with | those under the influence may laugh and | treat them scornfully, but they are firm | In their belief and really do not care for the laughs of scornful sinners. Describes Origin of Belief. Brother E. N. Pitts and Brother w. | N. Lewis, in talkine of the baptism, | said:
 "The Azusa mission at Los Angeles is | A holiness mission and this pentecostal
 baptism only came after years of prayer. | When it first descended upon the congre- gation and different ones spoke In strange tongues, a good many outsiders would not believe this speaking was other than bab- bling. The newspapers of Los Angeles, in an effort to find out if it was really some foreign tongue secured the services of a Turk who had been educated to be a Mohammedan priest and who was an interpreter of twenty-three languages,
 and sent him to the mission. At the mis- sion those who were under the influence of the Holy Ghost, spoke to him in fa- miliar tongues, which so affected him that he became converted to the Christian religion and received the pentecostal
 baptism.
 Hundreds have received the baptism | and over five hundred have been sent to | foreign fields to act as missionaries on | account of their ability to speak in these strange tongues. That over five hundred missionaries could be sent out during | the first year of the movement shows | how widespread 1t is.'
 Quote Passages of Scripture. Brother Pitts and Brother Lewis also | quoted several passages of Scripture to | show that the progress of modern times | was but the prepapartion for the coming | of the Lord, and that the present time was really the Saturday afternoon of | the world. The passages of Scripture l referred to are Acts, 1: All; Acts, 2: Is; l Acts, 2 APO; Ephesians, 5: 22-32; Nahum, l 2: 4; and Daniel, P: 4-15
 They say that the modern street car. To- comotive and automobile are simply a phrophecy to show that they are a part | of the latter reign and are simply a part | af the Last nreparation for the coming of