Series: The Revival and After the Revival

This is a world of “revivals.” In the kingdoms of nature, where there is life, there is a law of revival. Though autumn brings death to fields and forests, the…

There is also a religious revival. Where would the alternations that the revival idea implies be more likely to occur? The life of the spirit opposes the life of the…

There is a revival that is not so much a revival as an “opportunity” and an “awakening,” as when a church, already full of faith and zeal, seeks to win…

There are dangers that lurk in the atmosphere where great revivals take place, and there are possible evils that follow such special seasons. “When the sons of God came 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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…