The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-13
THE UNKNOWN TONGUES.
Rev. J. M. Pike, Who Advocates the
New Doctrine, Sustained by the
Board Of Trustees.


Faith" and the "Unknown Tong les'
movement, which has strong and ILL
fuential advocates at several points
in this state, particularly at Laurens,
where members of some of the oldest
and most prominent families in the
state are its supporters, gained an
important victory in high place here
in Columbia this week. The board Of
trustees of the Oliver Gospel Mission,
after fight extending over period
Of nearly a year and characterized by
more or less acrimony, sustaining the
editorial attitude Of its publication,
the "Way of Faith" whose editor,
the Rev. J. N. Pike, has been vigor-
ouslv and zealously advocating the
movement in the paper for many
months. By the endowment OF the
founder Of the institution the Rev. t.
G. Oliver, a Methodist minister OF
the holiness persuasion, the instltu-
ton has a strong financial backing, be-
inc rated in. business circles at over
$4,000, and its publication has cir
culation of about 10000, which ex-
tends not only all over the south, but
partly all over the known world.
"To abandon advocacy Of the move
ment would not be tolerated by the
readers of the paper" said DR.. Pike
to your correspondent. Nine-tenths
Of the subscribers would quit the pa
per, which would mean its ruin. 1
have seen clear manifestation OF the
gift of tongues right here among Wo-
men in our mission, several OF whom
converse fuently in this tongue, ana
some Of them have been blessed with
the Gift Of prophecy. No, l have neV
er talked in the language myself, but
7 have had an unmistakablo personal
experience with divine healing
through prayer. I was eu:cd OF
chronic case of rheumatism by pray
ing
Asked if this "tongue" language
was Ineligible 10 him or between the
speakers of it, Mr.. Pike said no, thai
the tongue language manifested IT
self in the person when he or she was
in an ecstatic religious condition,
and that the speaker probably d1d not
understand the language hlmS2 bus
that he did understand that he was
speaking to the divine splrit:
The board Of trustees, which con-
trolls the paper, the mission and the
funds, is composed Of several MecAo-
dist ministers and several laymen the
board being self-perpetuating under
thu will Of Mr.. Oliver. It was by the
vote of a member Of the South Caro-
lima conference that DR.. Pike was
fnallv sustained and the fight end
ed. The chairman of the board, Rev.
J. F. Anderson Of Pendleton, who, 1t
is understood. lead the contest against
Mr. Pike, has resigned, and the
board is now composed Of only seven
members, four Of whom are friendly
toward the editor and endorse his at
titude in, the paper. The lay members
Of the board are Mr.. C. D. Stanley OF
Columbia, Mr.. F. H. Hyatt Of Colum-
bia. Mr.. ". F. Foxworth Of Marion,
and Mr.. L. B. Haynes of Leesvllle.
The other clerical members are the
Rev. Messrs. II. F. Chrletzburg OF
Weston, N. c., ". P. Kinard OF Ep-
worth and R. A. Young Of Piedmont
It is understood that in the deadlock
over the matter Messrs. Stanley,
HYATT. Chreitzburg and Fo1Worth
voted for the retention Of DR.. Pike
and the others against him. How
aver. the board declined to make It's
action public, and individual members
Of the board talk guardedly and
sparingly.
DR.. Pike himself is man OF cul-
ture and refinement and very fas-
cinating talker, and he Is "a1ln.S
loved by thousands. Everybody IN
Columbia speaks highly of him per-
sonally. He has recently written
series of articles, which are said to
b. very scholarly, on the Irving
Revival Of 1S3O-1634,'' which nave
been copied in various parts OF the
country. His we'll worn Bible an an
notated in almost every verse IN MS
own delicate handwriting from cover
to cover shows him to have been a
close student of that book for many
years.
He does not call the movement the
"J7nknown Tongue movement, Dut
the "Great Pentacostal Movement;
,,,l,;.b s+.rfed 10 be revived with the