, 1876-01-02
Tho History and Needs Of the rrGs-
sian Protestant Church.
American Church in Rome---Relig-
ious Intolerance in
Arkansas.
Iotcs and Personals at Home and
Acknowledgement Services
To-Day.
THE COMING REVIVAL.

70 tns Editor of TIE Chsedoo 1rt5une:
CHICAGO, Dec. $3.50 much is said and writ
ten in sermons aud praSer-meetlnSs' and pa
pors, and everywhere, about coming reV'Vai'
that 1t seems the subject must be getting stale
before the revival is here. Some OF what has
been said and written WAS sensible, and much
otherwise. Some look for it from above, and
many expect it to COMO from the East' All
agree that it is very needful and desirable, and
III this heartily concar provided that 1t MIL be
revival moro true and genuine thaa any have
ever seen yet in this country.-a revival that
will pull the Church out OF tae world, and throw
she world ont OF the Church. ANYTHING short OF
this will rot ray for the trouble, cost, time. and
excitement OF such aeasous.
shon1d yery much ike to explain this ilea il
Icould onlv get it printed But it ID the hardest
thing for IN ua'earned man to get his thoughts
into pa7er He has not the tact TO ceuch his
la3cuaco in smooth aud yet plain and simple
words be mast give to things their right names.
rs tho Bible does, and this may sonnd
COARSE and vulgar III the eara OF the educated
and so-ealled refine ], aud the edtor-hke many
nubuc :oschers-is aIiaid that this class OF read
e1e nev he hurt. l read complaint OF this
kind not lcng ago in n religious paper, and the
writer pisafca By everything that WIS good and
right to the eaitcE 10 print his communication
he. And 30 would l. When sign my name in
fulI below MI writing, cannot see that the ed;-
tor OF printer can be at all to blame tor tho
ucsrest lanGuageI use. provided that no one il
personally abused Or slaudcred. So, then. p:sy
The editor 10 print the following:
Most OF vbl: has been said about this c1-
uecteC revival has come from learned sources.
Let the eim:le man have achaucs to sa- his eay.
1oo, for ouce What II some over-ecua.tive oues
thudccr at tic reading OF it? lknnw tha: there
prd Tv,3r ha 1nr nfy
readers vino lore plain talk. aad can understand
End profit by it a good deal better
than BY the elaborate productions Of the learned.
I;y railing the Church out OF the world, and
throwing the world out OF tho Church, As tile first
and most necessary condition to . trne aud GENT
inc revival Ee.u, 10 the frs: plaee. that Chis-
tians according to their ca!li2g and profession
ehal in deco and in truth, CONC ou1 OF the world.
'.Ye arc not Of the world, even as I an MT Of
the world. hAve called you ont OF the World. ="
ea7s their Lord "CalIed to be Saints" sa3s
1 moan that they ehal' be:oa:o 4: once az they
profess to be. "a peculiar PEOPLE. which meant,
I thin. people different from al other people,
a holy peocle. royal p1eathood in the sight
of the wcrld as vol as befo7e God. When tnoy
nov begin 10 pray and talk Of humiliation and
coufession, and so.1ow and repentance oil
about themselves want !, = ;,.;s sec ,asao ana
and dresa, and Goeda, that they trnly a-c La-
INFLATED that they made sincere confession OF
the.r collaess and woridline=s, ano that they re-
.l!y do repent by T:sitly Ecnounclng the world,
its fashiola and van:1ies. end secret societies
and wvr1v associato1s; that they break loose
flom tue.r conformity 70 the world, md shake
OF the bondage OF fashion and lust. 1t Christ
is now to be their Lord acd their all By naw
capsccta.,oD, let them show lt-proEe it in
throwing Of nj! tia: 1s worldly, even IN the leass
things ven, ayen so small l. thing Is little be-
yitchlac ,nustache, which is a little thing in
deed in ITSELF but it viii acs az = sisntoasd IN
f.ou, Of saloon. It tells Of the spirits that
there are ,rside,--prido, To!ldEnoss. SanltT.
&C. Tu.s sienboard il also small thing, but
i: will never appear alone; there are bottles in
the x1esoos. and jugs. and laoels Of tho spirits
that are i'll it. Bet when the ucconversod point
At tho little cErls aud say. - He may we'll talk to
and following Jesus, vial, 10 himself
follows tho World" etc., then it becomes
q matter OF unparalleled magnitude. tic conse-
quences OF wa;ca may be fcGrlal mud cver!a5t-
ing. Let this be earnestly coasidc-od Ito not
saloon End theatre fTeaucutera, gamblers and
!oGfc7s. cut-throata aud burglars, and candies Of
tic first end ali classes, wsAr item But that
larts 1otody. Let them, te1y art Of the world,
and conform to 1t. 1heY aie at least thtreln
ccc=irteut.
I. nav 90 said that some Of oar nest respect
ed c;t1zeEs a1d u-eE sDn. ministers of tho Cos
pcl wcar them. TINE; but does any one re-
elect them the more for :hs1: am acquainted
With some yerv Respectable citizens fer whom
Ges onrs hn1g he,1en sn ut do no. Iesocct and
lave ,l.,,, :. Int The mora hecsuse they show
ibcse st1 lt1i. sienbcarIs. No. an sure il they
sho'lj snf linn ar b;.rora next sunday l could
tss;sct ] an and live item eooi deal moro md 80
xomJ ~o,, 1sa,ter whethnr vow are Christians or
,t -, sou. asa TIA. snme mi,,iaters
1snr;sh thern sboSs ,l,at the same spirits dwell
IN 1hnn ~ snoEcn of aboyo-yorla;iuess ill.,
Etcad NJ he,renT- T-minded dness: pride, instead
of hnn,,ty sTnn,tion. and ali tbas is contrary
to n.eeEness and simplicity. It shows tina: they
;nsta,5 ~ tba + "a ~ heavon aod this is csr-
talplT % one ~ Of Of tho csuses. il not au. why their
ia If 81 t;t,e Affect for the salvation Of
nedsl,iua s,uners. m Tbev follow not jesus, even
sfar nff. and how can they exhort sinners to 1lee
ftom tie wr.th to come They dare nat do il;
end II thev did Tia fh;n. would not work richs
shera is a contradiction n xor;1. and actions.
Tut hl.s. those mustache-carr:ers stand nat
alone in this respect, Dy ths wav. if / were
minister. l would b. ashamed to cali on un-
learned. travelling evantel,sts-aoou men AZ
they aTe-to como and hclp ns to rresch tho
Gnsrel ia nv people, SO that they micht
tsS41 fsoSora --o.1J ,;-,, erat :.