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 them, and they speak in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.

She has a quick and accurate perception of the needs of the seekers, and can help and lead them into the Kingdom in a few minutes, where it would take most other workers hours, and then probably without attaining the same results.

We have met with numbers of people from various cities that have been saved and healed in her meetings, and also independent, unbiased witnesses who confirm our conclusion, that she knows God, and the workings of His Spirit better than anyone that we have ever met.

As to her capability and qualification to take charge and lead a meeting: after her thirty-five years of active evangelical work under the direct tuition, supervision, and guidance of God Himself, she stands unequalled in that respect as far as the writer and his colleagues have been able to ascertain.

We have excellent grounds for believing that, like Daniel, she is “Greatly beloved” of our Heavenly Father; that like John the Beloved, she constantly leans on Jesus’ bosom.

At times while the meeting is going on the Spirit of God will come down in an exceptional manner and envelop her like a cloud; she at such times is transformed in appearance, the fashion of her countenance changes, and standing motionless for several minutes, with the light of Heaven streaming radiant in her face, she sees the unseen and invisible Lord, and the angelic hosts and other spiritual things within the veil, which are hidden to others. Like when the high priest entered into the Holy of Holies, she leaves the congregation waiting till she returns in spirit and ministers once more to them.

At such times the fear of God, and strong conviction falls noticeably on the whole congregation, for they cannot but understand the Manifestation of the Spirit, and they act more reverently even than at other times, because of the more vivid realization that God is present in their midst, when seeing the visible operation of His Spirit in this way.

In January, 1904, I heard that Mrs, M. B. Woodworth-Etter and her husband were going to hold Divine Healing meetings in St. Louis, and I, went to their first meeting with a friend.