There are specific instructions in 1 Cor. 14:2727If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. (1 Corinthians 14:27), to guide us in this matter. We are certain that if the Holy Spirit of God, the Divine Author of the Scriptures, is present in a remarkable way with these Pentecostalists, He will not lead them to set aside the inspired instructions. He will not lead them to flout the Word of God in this matter. "If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course [that is, one at a time]; and let one interpret." These instructions might as well never have been penned as far as the Pentecostalists are concerned. The writer has already referred to a Tongues meeting under the leadership of one of their most prominent leaders, and who was for years in fellowship with the Elim Foursquare Movement.
First of all a number of young ladies were on the platform with guitars and zithers and the like, and two or three young men with violins. They spent a considerable time playing lilting choruses, religious jazz music set to catchy words, until the audience was excited and in an impressionable mood. The writer felt a strange uncanny influence at work, certainly not that of the Spirit of God.
No less than TWELVE speakers took part that night. Did the Holy Spirit of God indite the instructions just quoted? Did He nullify Himself by leading these twelve, or at any rate nine out of the twelve, to speak in plain defiance of this definite word of Scripture. " At the MOST by three "? We have only to ask the question to answer it.