After ten minutes of the singing of spiritual songs, mainly repetitions of the name of Jesus interspersed with “Alleluia”, “My Redeemer”, “How I love him!”, the large assembly in the marquee fell silent. Then, from somewhere in the company a woman’s voice was heard proclaiming, rhythmically almost as if it were verse, with the accent on the penultimate syllable:
“Giranda placunda kaienda.
Ora babienda serapenda sienda.
Ora babienda seranda shia bakaienda saranda.
Ora babienda seranda.
Ora firanda placunda kaienda placunda tamenta.
Ora firanda placunda tamenta.”
The above represents the nearest it is possible to come to a correct transcription of the tape recording of the “tongue” interjected into the meeting for worship at the Christian Family Conference held in Canterbury in July this year [1981]. The cassette was sent to the Editor by [someone] who attended the meeting, so that he could “decide whether the Evangelical Revival is a threat, a challenge or in fact a spirit-guided movement of God”. As the voice died away, the leader said, “That is a tape—sorry, that is a tongue, which we now wait for the interpretation. If you have the interpretation, will you put your hand up please, so that everyone can hear it. Then someone will come with a portable microphone.”
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Author: Alfred Nicholls
Keywords: Praying in the Holy Spirit, Praying in the Holy Ghost, Praying in the spirit, Tongues, Unknown tongues, Foreign language, Pentecost, Holy Spirit gifts, Gifts of the Spirit, Pentecostal, Tongues as a sign, Tongues a sign, Remain silent
Bible reference(s): Mark 16:17, Acts 2:4-11, Acts 10:46, Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Corinthians 12:30, 1 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 Cor. 14:2-31
Source: “The Evangelical Revival,” The Christadelphian, volume 118 no. 1409, November 1981, pp. 402-404.
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