Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE.
Lessons from the Revival of Industries.

Lessons from the Revival of Industries.
AT the State Street Troy Methodist
church, the pastor, Rev. DR.. John F.
Clymer, formerly in Smyrna took
for his theme "The Revival of Busi-
ness" and delivered a stirring sermon
from the text "Wilt thou not revive us
again that thy people may rejoice in
thee. " There was large congregation
and the sermon awakened much inter
est. During the discourse the clergy
man said
"a revival is to live again, to be
aroused from a process of diving TO n
process of living. In the Hebrew Ian
guage it means to quicken into new
life while dying.
'We are having a revival of business.
The industries of the land that were
dying, and many of them dead, are
being quickened into new life since the
election. The doors of hundreds of
factories that were running on half
time are now on full time, and hun
dreds more who were only half their
number of men are now running at fuIl
speed with their full quota of men, and
hundreds of new enterprises are speed
ing into being, and the whole welkin
is ringing with the truss of business
and the mighty movement of machin-
cry. Some one has estimated that
more than g. million Of men who a
month ago were out of employment are
now at work, happy in the gracious re-
Vlval OF business that has spread all
over the land from the st. Lawrence
river to the of Pacific. God has revived
US again industrially, commercially,
financially, and the people are reioic-
ing
"Would to God they were all reioic-
ing in him. Oh, that we might have
such a universal revival of religion:
that churches that have been closed
might be reopened; that Gods house
become house of prayer for all people;
that Christians who have been work
ing on half time may set to work on
full time, may like Joshua follow the
Lord fully; that those who have been
morally and spiritually idle may 90 at
once in the Lords vineyard.
"What are some of the causes of the
revival of business? Perhaps we may
learn some lessons how to bring about
a revival of religion Chief among the
causes of the revival of business
was the popular protest of more than
two million Of people at the ballot box
against dishonesty and reputation,
dlsloyaltY and anarchy. 1t was a per-
sonal protest against sin, against cheap
money, against the embodiment of hon
est ideals in the divine right of Ameri-
can suffrage and the expression of CON
sclentious convictions. All! these are
the great needs of the Christian
church.
A genuine revival is never gotten up.
1t comes down in the form of a pente
costal baptism of the Holy Ghost. A
genuine revival is begotten in the
hearts of the people, and not manu-
tactured by the skillful generalship of
pastor or travelling evangelist, through
the magnetism of a crowd. A genuine
revival IS God qickening his dead and
dying people by the Holy Ghost. This
life generating this power producing
agent, my beloved, is here. A genuine
revival will be signalized by a deep
conviction for our church members.
A genuine revival will have its first
manifestation in the quickening of the
church by the Holy Ghost. A genuine
revival will be marked by special soul
saving work among the common peo-
pie. A genuine revival will be mani
tested by special and personal work
for soul saving. A genuine revival
will be marked by marvellous progress
and growth in the life of God. A
genuine revival will enable us to find
Joy in God. The Capitalization of
hearts in one central purpose and in
one central place in thee church will |
finish the divine power to electrify the
people many miles away from the
church.