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Here's something interesting (pp 150-1)

Many were attracted to the very early restored Church because of the manifestations of spiritual gifts - healing, speaking in tongues. etc.

Remember how I used to tease Trident because he attended the Toronto Blessing where they were known for all sorts of pentecostal type behavior... trances, falling down, hopping around like animals and making all sorts of animal noises?

Apparently the same sort of thing was going on in the early church were converts who came from that sort of background. Many thought it got out of hand... fits of "the most wild, frantic, and horrible fanaticism," "the most ridiculous grimaces, creeping upon their hands and feet, rolling upon the frozen ground " aping "all the Indian modes of warfare such as knocking down, scalping, ripping open and tearing out the bowels."

You just don't get that in Sacrament Meeting any more... though I have seen a few odd things in Fast and Testimony Meeting from recent converts on my mission.