St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-15
The Revival That's Wanted.

The civilized nations are quite well
supplied with arts. fine and and useful,
quite we'll furnished with railways,
ships. houses, books. schools. sciences,
and PHILOSOPHERS. The last hundred
Years have carried all the nations
along from simplicity to Il plethora of
good things. But now we are all want
ing in morals, wanting in conscience
and bcncvolcnce and piety. From
clergyman to editor, from merchant
prince to his clerk. from old age to the
youth on the streets. there Is to be seen
at least. IL humber form of character
that seen i'll the great ideals of the
New Testament. Ii only some rrlig-
inu> awakening could come. that would
pour into the immense vitality OF this
land, something of the living lcctitudc
and out going goodness of Christ. that
would make our land Il land Il light to
the world. II JOY of the whole caIth \
revival that would only make il narrow.
mean man transfer himself from the
outside to the inside of Il church. tax
ing with him all his drpravcd qualities.
would not meet the wants of the day.
but thcy would bc met 10y Il religious
awakening that should make the in
temperate man for>ake his cup. and the
thlcVlng man IrtuIn Ia honesty. and the
hard hearted man, ut home or among
his fellows. turn away from his brutal
itN. OF rrViVal>. such us once swept
the land. where people dropped To the
floor. and where even Presbyterian
clergy measured their usefulness by
keeping Il record of how many drop
,,.,t
world has had more than enough fnI
having little fruits of reform at the
time. they make it dilicult for The next
age t" defend religion against those
vino Sav. Thus do the derViShrS of
Turkey and the negroes of Africa.
The iauatici>m of one generation al
ways breeds iniidriitS in the next. All
the forms of cr~tacN have been fully
tried. and it would seem high time To
seek an awakening of tio>pcl-rctorm.
an awakening of conscience. of love. of
tIith, ot hope. y new love of right. Il
new faith in jesus Christ. Il new love
of our fellow -mru. these would seem to
to he the shapes of soul Ia which the
hoped for revival should carry u> III it,
great arms. SOM. OF the former rcNiN-
ais only made the converts dc>pi>c the
world and sit down and wait fuI hc;V-
en- to come Others of them led to the
millcnuial theory and thousands "frohcs
of ascension. were made feeling that
next month. Or week. the Lord would
come. but it would seem that one of the
great NakcuinG>. since that of SaNona-
rola. has been aimed directly ut Il re
form of the public life and character;
its daily conduct towards self. aud man.
and God. OF course it is easy to err.
in making such general statements. but
ii * most certainly safe to state. that
our day needs no revival that will lead
To amy ascension robes. ANY contempt
of life. any physical comi"rti"I>. hut
that will lead To such IL reform of daily
morals us will make home and street.
Congress and Church. pIesS and pull
pit. father and child. husband and
wife. m"blei and happier. i revival. not
that will pour SkcpticiSm and Iidicule
into the next century. but that will
flood it with righteousness. - DdrM
.Sring.