they were speaking, Parham’s theory regarding God-given foreign languages had not yet been proven. The tongues spoken at the Azusa Street Mission might be genuine foreign languages. God was certainly able to give such a gift. But then again, they might be something else. Only testing on the missionary field would finally answer the question to Seymour’s satisfaction. In the end, the bestowal of tongues on the people of the Apostolic Faith might best be explained in another way.
