Series: The Revival and After the Revival

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…

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…

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…

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,”…

There is something almost pitiable in the group of young disciples—”fruits of the recent revival”—that one sees now and then standing at the close of a service in the church,…

The problem before us relates to the care of converts—young and old, new believers and reclaimed backsliders; those who have never had religious education and those who have been brought…

Converts must stop relying on the most important and respected tools of converting grace.The most successful evangelists are men, and, singularly, they are often very ordinary and very weak men—neither…

Converts must stop being dependent on their circumstances, especially the strange and unusual ones that brought them to their new faith. “Milk for babes.” The glow of the revival, the…

Converts must grow in grace. They must grow out of the period of “milk” into that of “strong meat.” They must grow in knowledge, in love, and in self-control. They…

Converts must understand that the essential element in religion is not “good feeling,” but “good willing.” It is Divine truth at work in the soul, beyond the intellect, among the…