El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-02
The Revival.

Evangelist Burnett continues to
pack Trinity church, and as this is
likely to be kept up, it might be a
coed move to hold union meeting
next Sunday evening in the opera
house. The man seems to have d
great power over his hearers, and
Jueiging from present appearance he
ought to get things 10 moving before
the end of the week Mr.. Burnett 5
great point at first seems to be to wake
up easy gong church members. He
wants to get protesting Christians
so stirred up that they will go out
among the people and not merely
invite them in but argde and persuade
them tnat no" is the accepted
time in which to find
salvation for their souls, that now
is tue lime to reach out aad take hold
on eternal life, aad that 1t is danger
Gus to wall or postpone longer lest the
holy spirit BE- grieVed away, ard the
opportunity be lost forever. Mr.. Bur
nett wants Giueon's band. He
wants a band of CHRISTIANS who are not
afraid of ridicule because they are in
the master IS service and work openly
for him. He is confident that even
with Il few earnest followers Of the
cross he will be BILE to take the town
for Christ. But with cnurch m em oers,
Christians, LAP ing back on their oars,
ard willing only to applaud while the
Lord and the evangelist do all of the
| work. the prospect Is not over and
above board encouraging. The sue
| cess of d revival depends on human
cooperation with tie spirit, and 1t is
| hardly to be expected thai the one
| man can do 1t all.
The evangelist told some telling
stories last night by way of lllustra-
ton. He llkened revival to the Or
ganiZat, on of life saving station, the
corps of life savers being those who
| had been converted. IL was their
place to turn in and save the souls of
others who were imp-rilled. But of
what worth is life saving station
| if, When called upon for duty, to save
lives endangered by "a fOundering
vessel, some OF the corps say, Pray ex
cuee me, L have been invited to a nigh
| five party and Cannot go: L have been
invited To pink tea, anu eau not re-
spond; l am going out 10 a yaller cot
| fee anu can possibly go: or L have
been invited out to a b.lnule something
else and am not able to respond TO the
call to duty? Better abolish the life
saving station, ald not hold out 20 suf
| ferers or endangered persons nope OF
rescue tn at 0OeS not materialiZe.
Mr.. Burnett told of revival he had
held down in the state where there had
ZEN half dozen iutiGeIs who haJ
pretty nearly killed off all expectations
| of spiritual life in that com muniby.
But the wife of the biggest intdel had
been praying for her husband for thir
teen years. She kept asking the re-
vlvallst TO pray for her husband, and
would even tug at his sleeve during
the meetings in her anxiety to know ii
the evangelist had really prayed for
| her husb band. Well, the evangelist
did pray for that wOman's husband,
and took other Christians to help him,
| hlle The object of their prayers leaned
back in his chair, whiting and spit
| tiug tobacco juice over the backs OF
those who were praying for his soul.
| TIE last night Of the meetings as the
preacher was about TO leave for an
other field of LABOR, a drayman who
was an intidel sue denly requested per
mission 10 speak, and SAID
! That the night before as he was going
| through an alley back Of the intidels
nou55 IN search Of stray mules, he
heal d that man 5 wife on her knees n
| the sh d praying for her husband. H.
listened and ne listened, and IL was not
long before he found himself dropping
onto his knesS right ia the mud and
asAing for mercy himself. The dray
| nan told the meeting he wanted to tind
eternal life, and he did before that
meeting was over. Moreover, as the
evangelist was concluding his prayer
ere taking the train VINO should appear
out tue husband who had been prayed
Tor for so long in humble spirit and
with request for prayers tnat he
IN ght 100 find that peace Of mind tn at
pas, eth all understand. ng, and be did
ind it. Others were turned from their
sinful way, aud the evangelist bear0
d terwarJS that that meeting had been
carried on through the entire night,
and that the entire town was ep ioying
a religious experience it had neuer be
FIRE known.