Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

Hindu fashion. but in white, and her
hair is short, for she is a widow. She
elects to sit on low stool at the feet
of the person with whom she con-
verses, for the sake of better hearing.
While we were talking her grown
daughter, Monoramabai, her first as
sistant in the work. sat on the floor
with her arm about her mother. and
occasionally interjected a pertinent
word. Ramabai (the suilx bal"
means Mrs" or Missy speaks sim
ply, naturally and directly. So she
told me OF the growth of Shadai Sa-
dan, the work for widows, and one of
the Mukti mission, the whole support
ed by faith
1--WE do not make a special point OF
the gift of tongues; our emphasis Is
always put upon love and life. And
undoubtedly the lives of the girls
have been changed. About 700 OF
them have come into this blessing,
We do not exhibit the girls that have
been gifted with other tongues, nor do
we in any wise call special attention
to them. We try to weed out the false
from the true; for there are other
spirits than the Holy Spirit, and when
a girl begins to try to speak in another
tongue, apparently initiating the other
girls, without mentioning the name or
blood of Jesus, l go up to her and
speak to her, or touch her on the
shoulder, and she stops at once;
whereas, IL girl is praying in the
Spirit cannot stop her, no matter
how sharply l speak to her or shake
her."
The Wonderful Gift Of Tongues.
my hearing is peculiar" continued
Ramabai, 'in that / can understand
most clearly when there is loud
noise Ga well-known characteristic of
the partially deaf and l move among
the girls, listening to them. l have
| heard girls who know no English make
beautiful prayers in English have
heard others pray in Greek and He.
brew and Sanskrit and others in Ian
| guages that none of us understands.
| One of the girls was praying in this
very room (the room of one of the
| English staff a few nights ago, and
although in her studies she has not
gone beyond the second book, she
prayed so freely and clearly and beau
tifully in English that the other teach
ers, hearing, wondered who could be
praying, since they did not distinguish
the voice" Yes" spoke up the occu-
pant of the room, "and she prayed by
! fN,, ,,t, IS NH,
had forgotten, and of whom had
never once thought since coming to
India"
When / asked why in Ramabai's
opinion, tongues that served no useful
purpose being incomprehensible to
everybody should be given, whereas
the gift Of tongues on the day of Pen
tecost was so that every person in
that polyglot multitude should hear
the story in his own speech, she re-
piled, 81, 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"
All these wonders l have, set down
impartially, as phenomena Of great
interest to all who give thought to re-
igious or psychic themes. Neither
Ramabai, nor the native teacher who
led the meeting which l described, is
an emotionalist, so far as l could per-
ceive. Both, in fact, are persons OF
more than ordinary reserve, culture
and discernment, nor can | explain
| hn hot hot &c hon
ing at Mukti and the revivals that are
being reported from various parts of
India, most of them characterized by
astonishing confessions Of sin, on the
part of Christians and by prolonged
and even agoniZed prayer, with pro-
nounced physical emotion.
Making Presbyterians Dance.
There has been a pronounced phys
ical side to the demonstrations, as
found at Kedgaon. Entire audiences
have shaken as if smitten with palsy.
strong men have fallen headlong to
the ground. Even lepers have been
made to dance. Leaping, shouting,
rolling on the floor, beating the air
and dancing, have been common. Con-
corning dancing, Bishop Warne said,
Personally, | have not seen much Of
the dancing; that Is reported as most
ly having taken place in Presbyterian
churches!" 1t is fact that the dig
nified Presbyterians, even the Scotch
church missions, have been foremost
in these revival experiences.
The revival HIS continued in various
parts of the empire for more than a
year; | have reports from Lucknow,
Allahabad, Adansol. Moradabad, Bare
lily, Khassia Hills and Kedagaon. The
Methodists baptized 1000 new con-
verts during the year, besides the
notable result of having secured more
than 500 new candidates for the min
istry.
Dramatic in the extreme have been
the confessions of sin and restitution