Pastor Seymour and much of his congregation were well acquainted with what they understood to be things done “in the flesh.” It was a balancing act that Seymour led—one in which fanaticism and wildfire were not likely to displace genuine worship, but the danger was always present, and it was often most present in spectacular screams or gyrating gymnastics. Such activities had to be weighed in their context to be judged properly, but mission leaders indeed weighed and tested them before they accepted
