Demons and Tongues

2013 Reprint of 1936 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is the fluid vocalizing (or less commonly the writing) of speech-like syllables that lack any readily comprehended meaning in some cases as part of religious practice. The significance of glossolalia has varied in context with some minorities considering it as a part of a sacred language. It is most prominently practised within Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity but it is also practised in non-Christian religions. Alma Bridwell White (1862 - 1946) was the founder and a bishop of the Pillar of Fire Church. In 1918 she became the first female bishop in the United States. She was noted for her association with the Ku Klux Klan and her feminism anti-Catholicism antisemitism anti-Pentecostalism racism and hostility to immigrants.