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tongues that served no useful purpose, be-
ing incomprehensible to everybody. should
be given. whereas the gift of tongues on the
day of Pentecost was so that every person
In that polyglot multitude should hear the
story in his own speech, she replied II,
too, wondered about that. But it has been
shown to me that it is to rebuke unbelief
In the gift of tongues she herself has been
given the gift"
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All these wonders l have set down i'm
partially phenomena of great interest
to all who give thought to religious or
psychic themes. Neither Ramabai nor the
native teacher who led the meeting which
l described is an emotionalst, so far as 1
could perceive. Both, in fact, are persons
of more than ordinary reserve, culture and
disCerruent, nor can | explain the re.a-
ton between what is happening at Mukti
and the revivals that being reported
from various parts of India most of them
characterized by astonishing confessions of
sin on the part of Christians and by pro-
longed and even agonized prayer, with pro-
nounced physical emotion.
Let me summarize the phenomena of
this Indian "revival' as | have learned
them from various missionaries. and in par
ticular from Bishop Warne of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, who is issuing, in
America, a booklet upon the subject. Most
notable is the fact that the breaking out
communities, occa sionaliy in the absence
of the missionaries, has been preceded by
praying rather than preaching. Most re-
igious "awakenings' are associated with
some one personality; the Welsh revival
had its Evan Roberts: but there is no cor
responding figure in India One thirteen
year-old girl Sansuki of khassia Hills, is
reported to have been the means of 800
conversions The prominent place which
young girls in praying bands-tim!d, I'M
tutoced Indian girls. reared to believe in
the complete subsection of women-have
had in. this revival is noteworthy Instance
after instance could be given of the girls
continuing whole nights in prayer of their
having seen visions, and particularly of
their having been invested with a strange,
beautiful and supernatural fire, are re-
ported from various directions.
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There has been pronounced physical
side to the demonstrat ons as l found at
kedGaon. Entire audiences have shaken as
If smitten with palsy. strong men have
fallen headlOng to the ground. Even iepers
have been made to dance. Leaping, shout
ing, rolling on the floor, beating the air and
dancing have been common. Concerning
dancing, Bishop Warne said Personally
have not seen much of the dancing: that
is reported mostly having taken place in
Presbyterian churches" 1t is a fact that
church MISSIONS have been foremost in
these revival experiences.
The revival has continued in various parts
of the empire for more than a year; l have
reports from Lucknow, Allahabad, AdansoI
Mcradabad, BARELY, khassia Hills and Ke-
dagon. The Methodists baptized 1850 new
converts during the year, besides the nota-
BILE result OF having secured more than $50
new Cand dates for the ministry.
Dramatic in the extreme have been the
confessions OF sin, ana restitution therefor
and the reconcii.a;!onS between enemies.
Every where there is agreement that the
lives of the people have been markedly
altered for the better. The revival" says
one, has given Ind a sense of sin
The spontaneous composition OF hymns has
been curious feature of some meetings;
Bishop Warne thinks that there will be a
new hymnology in the vernacu.ar as an
outcome of this revival"
While columns more could be written
concerning incidents of this revival, there
is only room here to add that it must not
be assumed that all Of India is being stir
red by these events. Many churches and
missions are strangers to them, and the
European population of the country, as
whole, know nothing about them. Yet it is
the conviction of those VINO claim to have
received the pentecostal baptism that all of
India is to be swept by fire of eligious
revival Some say that they have
been given direct supernatural assurance Of
this fact.