Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

cial was coming to speak the next Wednesday, Mrs. Batey, a richwoman with shares in Fyffes’ Bananas and Saxa Salt. But moreimportant than that, she had a mission in Newcastle-on-Tyne. Theycalled her the “Angel of Tyneside,” because she blessed all thepoor people.Most exciting of all, they said she’d looped the loop in an airplane,which was something big in 1927! In those days thereweren’t many airplanes looping the loop. But they said she loopedthe loop at age 77! I thought I ought to see this woman becauseshe is somebody!The next week I went to the meeting, and there she was, bubblingover! I learned she was a Spirit-filled Christian who believedin speaking with other tongues. You were lepers if you believedin tongues, so that meant trouble. As soon as I met her, though, Iwas blessed.Mrs. Batey came over to me and asked, “Well, do you love Jesus?!”“Yes,” I answered.She inquired how long I had been saved and I told her, “Three orfour weeks, now.” She invited me to come to her mission to tellthem all about it.“I can’t preach,” I objected.“I don’t want you to preach. Just come along and tell us whatJesus has done for you.”“All right, I will.”I traveled on the electric train to the mission where there wereabout 100 people, all shouting and praising God. The Baptistmeetings were like the North Pole compared to this. Baptists appearedto be so respectable, but this lot were praising God —jumping, shouting, laughing, clapping and dancing!Mrs. Batey introduced me: “We have a special visitor tonight, ayoung man who has just been saved about five weeks, and Iwant him to come now and tell us all about it.”It was the first time I had ever spoken publicly, and for about fiveminutes, I told them how I got saved. Afterwards though, Icouldn’t remember anything I had said.18