Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-26
REYIV4LS.



and conversion of sinners, neither is it the
reclamation Of backsliders. 1t is simply
religion revived. Anything to be revived
must exist, but religion does not dwell in
the sinners and bacAslider's heart, hence
cannot be revived but in the heart of
every converted soul the religion of the
Lord Jesus Christ IL found Though NJ
times amid the trials and conflicts of life
it seems to be at almost ebb tide. yet it is
there, and susceptible of being revived
The result OF which. if genuine, will be
the awakening, convictng, conversion Of
sinners and the reclamation OF backsliders.
The true aim of every Christian who pre-
fesses to be Chrst-like, and especially OF
every Christian minister called of God to
be Ohrist's ambassador, should be- the
salvation of his fellows This is the aim
of every true, Cbrist-like Christian and
the real ambassador of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ For this they are
willing to labor early and late and make
any sacrifice necessary to rescue their FEEL
lows from the wrath of an angry God. Auy
protesting Christian who is not concerned
about the salvation of his fellows is not
Christ-like, the same may be said of every
minister. Hence by their fruit ye know
them. Gods plan of saving man is by
man. The atonemeut was made by the
man Christ Jesus And Notwithstanding
Gods Justice has been abridged by the
blood OF His Son so that God may now lie
Just and yet the justifer of those who
believe, yet they must believe or perish;
hence to the ungodly and unbelievng
Gods wrath is not appeased nor HIS
justice withdrawn. Therefore your UNI
converted loves ones and mine are only
waiting their execution, they stand in
jeopardy every hour How eau they be
saved? Whenever they repent and believe
the Gospel. Where will they most likely
attend to this great essential and import
ant matter2 At some extra public service
either in the church or grove where true
religious excitement is in order. Nine
tenths Of all the converts IN the Methodist
Church since its organization have been
converted either Mt the altar, the grove or
the church, and now the sole object OF
this article is to show the most successful
mode of conducting what is called
Methodist revival. Now as the best method
will accomplish the most work, every
minister ought to have good method and
then see it properly executed. Then suc-
cess must follow. AS every pastor has his
OWE method of conducting revival meet
iugs how are we to know who has the
best +? BY the method that produced the
greatest success. II every pastor of the
Methodist Church would give his mode of
cohuu1tinB revival hieetlhes huu men an
houhce MS success OF taiiure, tue moue
That produced the greatest success would
theh oe Recognized as the BEST we might
| speah OF the causes oil 80 many oack-
siuers VINO are converted AT large reVlValF,
Out ~ We nave taken our text We VIII
adhere 10 IL and III tue future write an
atticle on packShuipS. some hletnoulHt
preacuers hfe hhtutai reNiVhiiSts, "hey
adopt modes OF thtir own In the conduct
| ing OF their revival meetings Whlch always
bring success. But We have some preach
ers VINO can pre- pare hpe sermon ana
then deliver 1t, yer they seem to little or
10 lack III the cohuuctlpg OF revival
meeting anu yet the revival II no lni-
portant-wlthont IL the chureh would
soon pass away III tue Almighty were
TO stop the propagation OF the human
species III u few years there would not be
one left to bury another. And so with the
church, II she forfelts her revival element
she cannot Increase ana would eventually
die Let us look al some OF our noted
revivalists and see II we can md out the
secret OF their success Success is what
we desire In every undertaking In life.
Doe method would not suit all classics of
people. Therefore to reach the MASSES it
is necessary to have method for every
class, hence a successful revlvallst must
not 0nty hdoe mettodS ont must 6e dbN 10
create 0thers 1ohen necessary. We Will
first look at MIR. Moody's method of con-
Quoting revival services aud then compare
it with the Methodist mode. In the first
place Mr. Moody has his own work. de
does not invite other ministers to preach
or conduct single service lie is glad to
see them present and assigns them work
but it is their work ana not his.
lie performs his own duties regardless of
fear or favor, and never allows any one to
dictate to him but his God. He breaches
short but to the point, not only drives the
nail in sure place but cllnches it. lie
has inquiry meetings in which he inquiries
into their needs and then instructs them
how to apply the remedy. He does moi
allow noisy excitement and yet lie has
great success. MIR. Moody il reaching q
large class of people, but there is a oas'
that he does not reach, simply because HI
will not allow them to praise God aloud
and this is large class which seem to bt
left for the Methodist Church to gather in
In the early days OF Methodism it was the
custom to have what they called a foul
days meeting iu the woods, when as many
as 200 souls emerged ont of darkness into
the marvellous light of the Son of God
This exceeds Mr. Moody'S SUCCESS 80 fai
as converts are concerned.
Plan or mode OF conducting Il revival
First, do not commence until you art
ready. Consult the feelings and DISPOSE
|, tor of your people as regards to time
Meet promptly at the hour fixed aud com
menoe the service If you have but one
present. With some exceptions better d,
: your own preaching. Classify YOU
, workers in the first meeting aud pledg,
them to action when called upon by vote
As every state in the l1uion OF this Unite,
: Republic needs but one governor ut
time so does every revival meeting neet
: one conductor ut time, not two. 1hi
conductor should have full charge of thu
meeting, he should select and drill hi,
= workmen, and lust as II general in al
= army by his command moves the Who'll
= army, 80 should the commander Of meet
= ing start the whole church machinery Il
), work with harmony aud energy. and Il
y every successful general leads his arm
into battle and remains with theu
until the fight Is over 80 shout
. the revivalist be the first aud las
u in every service. watching every niovemeii
aud seeinn thnt every e,ns. If workmr
l. perform hrs aud her specific part 4 reyi