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ha d not bee n ordained, and they decided t o seek associat ion
with Bethesda . Two men from St . Jo hn 's were sent to t nv e stt-
g at e the r umors o f fanaticis m. Odd l y enough, they did not
a ttend the Humberrnou th Pentecostal Mis s i o n ; instead, t hey
s tayed in Corner Brook and tal k ed with people on the s treet.
" I f you asked anybody outside Pen tecost wha t was going o n i n
a Pen tecostal meeting i n Cor ner Bro ok at that time, II one
c onvert sa id , llI'm sure you' d get s ome quee r t hi ng s sai d ! 1I 142
A caricature of the Pentec ostal movement co nsiste d of things
like the "da r k hour, " c r a zy pe op le p e r forming antics, people
rolling on the floor in sear c h of the devi l , ot hers spe a ki ng
in strange l a nguag e s , a nd others fainting .
Wes t coa s t repres entati ves made t hr ee tri ps to St . John ' s
a nd told Bethesda xf.ss.Lon t hey wanted " t o get in with th e
c hurch there, get them t o t ake us i n , g ive u s the same r ight s
as they have, make one b ody " . 143 Their reques t was denied.
I f one further attempt failed, C. L. March expl a ined t o
convert William Gi llett, an other option r emained : t o request
recognition from t he Apostolic Fai t h i n Portla nd . Oregon. 144
March delegated Gillett to make the trip t o t he S tat es . In
the meantime, the fourth representation travelled to St .
J ohn ' s and mad e its cas e for a ma lg a ma tion. I n Ju no 1927 R. c.
English visited Humbe r nc u tih and held services at the missi on .
He repeatedly asked the west coas t worker s, whose gr oup was
l arge r than t ha t i n eastern Ne....f oundland. their Imp r-csc l e ns of
C . L. March. When English was assured that the ....e stern