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Minister: Tettenhall Wood & St. Columba’s United Reformed Church, Wolverhampton, England.

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do—HAL.

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Comment by Tim Laplaca | June 11, 2010 | Reply
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Hi Tim

I have recently read your article `Why was Pentecostalism overlooked at Edinburgh 1910?’ Thank you for contributing to this dialogue which has been largely overlooked. I am currently conducting PhD studies on the PMU through Chester university. I noticed the following comments you may want to check out further. You mention the Polhill brothers as British Pentecostals. Certainly Cecil was Pentecostal in his experience from when he visited Azusa St., however there is no evidence to state Arthur Twistleton Polhill ever became `Pentecostal’. He remained a CIM anglican missionary even after CIM ousted Pentecostals in 1915 which led to Cecil’s resignation from CIM council. Interestingly when Studd and the Polhills first arrived in China they did seek for the Holy Spirit to give them xenolalic ability to speak Chinese without learning the language, but reverted back to more regular language acquisition methods. Stanley Smith one of the other Cambridge Seven missionaries did become an independent Pentecostal.
You attribute a quote from Confidence to Polhill – see footnote 60 – this mistake has been repeated by other commentators. The original article was written by Alexander Boddy, the editor of Confidence not Polhill.

You conclude that inter-missionary activity with Pentecostals was not possible – for quite a while (up to 1915) overall the PMU did work co-operatively with mission agencies such as the CIM.

Comment by Leigh | July 14, 2011 | Reply
- I wrote this for my MA several years ago. Thank you for these additional details. Really interesting.
  
  Comment by revtimurc | July 14, 2011 | Reply