The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 173

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XXVIII.

The

Miracle of Tong^ues. •'

any man speak in an (unknown) ... let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him speak to himself, and to God." —

If

tongue,

Cor. xiv. 27, 28.

The third

sign following the outpouring of the Holy Spirit con-

sisted in extraordinary sounds that

apostles

proceeded from the

lips of the

— sounds foreign to the Aramaic tongue, never before heard

from their lips. These sounds affected the multitude in different ways: some called them babblings of inebriated men others heard in them the great works of God proclaimed. To the latter, it seemed as tho they heard them speaking in their own tongues. To the Parthian it sounded like the Parthian, to the Arabian like the Arabic, etc. while St. Peter declared that this sign belonged to the realm of revelation, for it was the fulfilment of the prophecy of Joel that all the people should become partakers of the operation of the Holy Spirit. The question how to interpret this wonderful sign has occupied the thinking minds of all times. Allow us to offer a solution, which ;

we

present in the following observations In the

first

place

— This phenomenon of spiritual speaking in ex-

traordinary sounds

is

not confined to Pentecost nor to the second

chapter of the Acts.

On

the contrary, the Lord told His disciples, even before the

ascension, that they should speak with

new tongues — Mark

And from

evident that this prophecy

the epistles of St. Paul

it is

did not refer to Pentecost alone; for

we read

in

i

Cor.

xii.

xvi. 18.

10 that in

the apostolic Church, spiritual gifts included that of tongues; that

some spoke

in yhri yluTTuv,

i.e.,

in kinds of tongues or sounds.

ver. 28 the apostle declares that

non in the Church.

It is

God has

set this spiritual

noteworthy that in

1

In

phenome-

Cor. xiv. 1-33 the

apostle gives special attejxtion to this extraordinary sign, showing

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