Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-22
Tic Conrer.lnn Of Won.

Why are not moro men converted than
women Why, at least are not the NUM-
bers about equal, especially in times of
awakening and revival At Pentecost the
number of the men (Nho believed was
about five thousand. Less than two years
ago over six thousand men, admitted by
ticket stood for three hours in the scatless
Corn Exchange Of Edinburgh. a still eager,
aud solemn assembly, no denselv packed that,
rs the late Mr.. Arnot said, Nothing was
seen but mems faces-as ii the multitude
were submerged in water and only their
heads protruding So close was the mass
that If it moved at one place you could see
the movement running along in a straight
line like groundswell on the sea. And
what for? Only to hear the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love" After that meeting
seven hundred of those men went out into
another room TO enquire the way TO Zion,
with their faces thitherward.' We have
seen, month after month, from three thou
sand to five thousand people, of whom a
large part were men, who, at the hour of
noon, left their stores and shops to praise
and pray. When vast tidal waves of spirit
ual power are sweeping over a community,
these great gatherings may generally be eN-
pected. Many will say. These men are
full Of new wine" Many will revile the
the Peutecost, and the wicked will rage, and
Satan will get up counter revival of his
own. Yet we make bold to say that these
are the very occasions which men of busi-
ness should seize upon TO LAY hold on eter-
nal life" Mans nature is naturally Of
harder mould than that of woman. His
avocatiOns tend to harden him still more
against the tender sympathies and the gen
tier virtues and his associations are too Of
ten death to all spirituality. Yet " the car
nal mind of woman is Just as much zen
nifty against God ,,s :" the carnal mind Of
man. Ghe same sovereign grace is requisite
for her conversion, and often she fights
against God just as fiercely as man does.
The difference lies partly in her home life,
her domestic aud social surroundings, and
the comparative ease with which the gospel
reaches her conscience and her heart. But
men are so early thrown out upon the sea of
life, and our young men especially are so Of
ten without reliable compass, chart and bal
last and rudder; they are SO becalmed, and
befogged, and driven by currents, and swept
by tempests; they venture their all in such
rotten hulks, and lose their reckonings, and
mistake their lights, and strike upon the
rocks, that like sailors they move ever amid
perils upon sea and shore. But let no man
who reads these lines give up TO fatalism,
like a Turk, and say, can't help it,"
Conscience, a thousand proyidences, the
Holy Spirit, combine to press upon him the
solution of that great problem, What is
man prohtad if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul, or what shall q
man give in exchange for his soul ~ The
tremendous risks the eternal motives the
overwhelming arguments the very sacrifice
and love of Christare all personal to himself
because he is mana lost man who may
be saved. With such capacities, response
bilihes, opportunities, dangers aud hopes,
why are not more men saved p Christian
fn'eHgncer.