Category: The Revival and After the Revival

After the “revivalist” has, through the Spirit of life, “revived” the church, after the “evangelist” has proclaimed his “evangel,” and through the Spirit of all grace, all souls are “evangelized,”…

Let us also be very wise in these matters. Let us restrain the impatient soul, chastise the arrogant self-seeker, and restrain the conceited Pharisee who boasts of his liberty. Let…

Is there, however, to be no restraint? Is the realm of religious experience beyond all laws of human emotion? Is “common sense” to be rejected and “taste” to be ignored…

But must there be extravagances? Sometimes charity for impulsive and demonstrative “brethren and sisters”—old brethren and sisters who have borne the burden and the heat of the day—will justify their…

But are the extravagances essential to the solidity of the work? Certainly not. Of course, while flesh and spirit antagonize, while the world aims one way and the Church another,…

But is not the work of grace carried on in this world through the truth? How can we think of a work as divine if it has a little bit…

This is a faithful picture of what I saw in that elegant church on the stormy evening in question. The revivalist is really not much of a “scholar.” He knows,…

On one occasion, I was able to watch for a short time how a so-called “boy evangelist,” Mr. _, did his job.In a big western city, the scene was a…

Now in much of this, there is something that shocks one’s notions of propriety. The unrepentant sinner, scoffing as he would if he dared, cannot quite quiet his conscience to…

Let us look in on an “old-fashioned revival.” The sermon is over. The “work at the altar” begins. The entire congregation enthusiastically sings a well-known and heartfelt hymn of invitation,…