Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-17
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Tbs REVEALS.

/ Ne regret 20 see that the newspaper press
Of the country, as a general thing, are dis
posed to speak in light terms Of the sweep
ing, all pervading, ,tornado-like religious
revivals that are everywhere spreading,
like the fire on the prairie, throug hout tho
Northern and some portions of the South
.era country. This is to be regretted be-
sscse The press should be first ard fore
i1nost in commentator of everything in
(which there is even shadow of good, and
tho last to condemn or criticise upon any
thing which has atits foundation princi-
PIE shadcring forth the faintest senlblance
of ,iftls, morality and religion. Because
these reTivals seem hot 10 agree with our
preconceivcd MOTORS concerning such things,
shall we take it upon ourselves to say that
God is not in the work, and that it is, mere
,ly the i,a$kings of fanatioisn ??
That all shat glittefa is not gold isn
clearly established maxim; and that there
are many who may become subjects OF this
religious excitement, and prove liz the end
two-fold more the children of hell, is also
livery likely. But when YOU come to deny
the existence Of any good in the premises
land if there BE any Who but God knows
how much-we oanaotagree that such is tho
ease. As it was, however, in the days Of
Christ and Ills Apostles, go it is now Tn
belief was the damning Gin of the Jews
ISkcpticism and practical infdelity are tho
Irocks upon which the people of our day and
our country are wrecking their interests for
|eternity.
On the day of Pentecoat, when the Holy
Spirit rested, as with cloyen tongues Of FIRE,
npon the Apostles, and under their sublime
preaching FIVE thousand we're converted ia
q day, they were merely accused Of being
drunk by the blind and hypocritical Phari-
sees. The same devilish spirit is preva-
lent in 1883. Whether Christianity pre-
sents her claims in the "stih small voice"
that penetrates the solitary chamber of the
lsilent sleeper, or comes With the startling
voice of the whirlwind, shat breaks upon
the ear of thousands, there will be found
scotfers end ridioulers. Why should it be
thought thing Incredible that God, who
holds in his hands the hearts Of kings, and
|turneth the imaginatiors CT men where he
Twill, should operate through his spirit upon
The minds Of his creatures r Certainly there
is nothing unreasonable or unscriptural il
1.-THE idea T. r y -
But to The truly piouo and Christian
hearts, in these indications, there are tho
|glimmerings Of brighter day land he is
rejoiced in the hope chat it . .te beginning
Iof chose mighty uphearings and tremen.
dous revolutions, which are 70 usher in tho
dawning Of thai glorious dag n which
righteousness shall cover tho sarih as tho
waters cover the great deep. Anything is
better than ssagnation. rs the body is
dead when the crimson tide ceases to circu-
| late, 80 is religion dead, in all but name,
{ when it ceases to incite its 7otaries to earn
lest, fervent and constant activity in we'll
doing. Then let these waves of religious
enthusiasm roll on, with increasing rapid
ty widening, deepening. end rising high
er, until not only our country, but the
whole face Of the earth shall be submerged
under their sacred influence May the day
come when all nations, now &c bound in tho
|chains of sense and sin, il the. service of
the king Of darkness. shall raise another
standard wherein shall beinaeribed- TIM
KING OF KINGS AND Loar OF LoRDs"--
Columbus (Ga.) Times and Sentinel.