The Columbus journal., 1908-01-01

shoulder. and she stops at once.
whereas. II . girl IL 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 q well-kncwn characteristic of
the partially deaf and I move among
the girls. listening to them. I have
heard girls who know no English make
beautiful prayers In English. have
heard others pray in Greek aud 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 . 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, land she prayed by
name for q cousin CT mine whom I
had forgotten, and Of whom I had
never once thought since coming to
India"
When l 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. Il. too. wondered about that.
But it has been shown to me that it
is to rebuke unbe.ief in the gift OF
tongues. she herself has been given
the gift"
All these wonders have set down
inpartially. as phenomena of great
interest to all who give thought to re-
aiSiouo Va pSs la >SAsA1S
Ramahai, nor the native teacher who
led the meeting which l described. is
an emotionalist. SD far as l could per-
ceive. Both, in fact, are persons Of
more than ordinary reserve. culture
and discerament. nor can l explain
the relation between what is happen
ing at Mukti and the reyivals 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 asonized prayer. with pro-
nouncei physical emotion.
Making Prescyterians Dance.
There has been a pronounced phys
zeal side to the demonstrations. as I
found at Kedgaon. Entire audiences
have shaken as il smitten with palsy.
strong men have fallen headlong to
the ground. Even lepeTs have been
made to dance. Leaping. shouting.
rolling on the fiool. beating the air
and dancing. have been common. Con-
corning dancing. Bishop Warne said.
Personally. I have not seen much OF
the dancing: that is reported as most
ly having taken place in Presbyterian
1t is a fact that the dig
nifed Pr~esbyterians, even the Scotch
church missions. have been foremost
in these revival experiences.
The revival has continued in various
parts of the empire for more than .
year: l have reports from Lucknow.
Allahabad. Adansol. MOradabad. Bare
lily, Khassia Hills and K~edagaon. The
Methodists baptized 1900 new con-
verts during the year. besides the
notable result of having secured Elore
than 800 new candidates for the min
istry.
Dramatic in the extreme have been
the confessions Of sin. and restitution
and the rcconciliatfOns be.
tween enemies.
Everywhere there is agreement that
the lives Of the people have been mark
edly altered for the better. The
revival" says one. has given India a
sense Of sin" The spontaneous
CT hymns has been a
feature of some meetings:
Warne thinks that. there will
be a new hymnoiogy in the verna:u-
lar as an outcome of this revival"
While columns more could be writ
Ten concerning incidents of this re-
vival, there is only room here. to add
that it must moi be assumed that all
pf India is being stirred by these
events. Many churches and missions
arc strangers to them. and the Euro
population Of the country as a
whole know nothing about them. Yet
it is the conviction of those who claim
10 have received the PentecOstal hap
ism that all Of India is to be swept
by a fire of religious revival. Some
even say that they have been given
direct supernatural assurance of this
fact.
Copyright. by Joseph r. Howlcs.)
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