The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-04
the GREAT REVIVAL

auspices of the N. Z. church Of this
city came TO Q close. We do not
know how many converts there were
but the number exceeded . hundred.
About seventy-iiye OF these have
Joined the Methodist church on pro-
baton. while o crest deal Of good
has been accomplished by this series
Of meetings, we are Of the opinion
that there IL another side, that OF
harm.
Before the meetings commenced,
the coming OF the Evangelist
Shswhan and Sweet singer Shaver
was heraIded with q great flourish
Of trumpsts. He tShswhan) had
converted" O certain number OF
people In one place, so many al
another and q hundred at another,
| but common sense warrants the de-
NAL that he or any other man ever
converted Q single soul. There 10
always q great lot OF chat or rot
connected with great" revivsls like
the one Just held. Mans fears and
emotions are appealed to at the AZ
pense Of his reason, which Ii often
times totally ignored. A religion
that will not bear the light Of res
son, IL not worth much to-day.
There was q great deal Of this kind
of work In the late series Of meetings.
We were there several nights aud
read the reports Of others who were
there every night, so we feel that
our opinion 10 well founded. There
was too much OF Shawhan, Mrs.
Shawhan and Little Joe. and refer
rences 10 reunions at the pearly
gates, too much Of handkerchief and
tears, too much hell-snd-damn-na-
MISUNDERSTANDING, and
not enough Of "God so loved the
world that he gave his only begot-
ten son that vhosoever belleveth on
him should not perish, put have
everlasting life" In It.
As far as we could Judge "Shav-
han" was the central thought Of
each sermon. One night he went go
far rs ts put himself up alongside
John Wesley Martin Luther and 9th
ers In his number Of concerts. And
the advertising Of the meetings was
peculiar TO say the least. One night
two or three rose for prayers and the
next morning the Republican had
scare head on . big item giving the
number OF converts at about fifty,
and all the reports Of the meetings
90 closely resemble each other and
the reports Of the meetings In other
places AZ to suggest that porsibly
shawhan was newspaper reporter 40
we'll ~ preacher and exorter.
The general public takes due note
Of all those things and they are bound
to have their weight with the future
Of church work in Ssllna, and We
are bound 10 believe that 1t will not
be for the best interests OF the
church OF Jesus Christ,
New York Press: The Errning
Post, having been Obliged to confess
that ID has found an establishment
producing American tin-plaie COM
mercIaiiy has not closed its mouth.
as IL stood pledged to do, but has
fallen back on an offer to take 5000
boxes American tin-plate, which Il
paTadss daily - evidence that
there ts no American tIn-plaie In
this market. The offer, however,
~ originally anonymously made, 10
kept In the background with sedu-
lesu care. IL contained stipulstions
ne to quality, brand aud price which
were known by the persons making
Il to he impossibilitIes. There are
hundreds Of different brands, siEss
and g rades Of tin plate, and this offer
was for 5000 boxes Of . brand and
grade not made in this country at Q
price lower than the person msking
the offer would sell the English tin.
plates Of that brand and grade. This
II sheer humbag.