The sun., 1901-02-06
Revival Political and Religious

Bishop POTTER. in nm address a. th"
Young Womrns Christian t-Soc!a'ion "u
Monday, il reported 10 have said speaking
of his rnoN emen' against "yiCe. that Bos-
Ton Is the only place to which | hav" not
been asked 10 gp: Boston Is too good
~ course. tho Bishop spoke jucularly.
bu, y he should inquire seriously Of Boston
clergvm.n. he would md that actually
the Puritan capital i far from heing ST"
good that II IL without need ~ .m.
provemen' lis moral condition. IN truth.
a. these ciersymcn, w. max" bond '"
assert. willie him
Speaking grsyelv. Bishop PorrEr 70
ferred To the hopeful social perturbation
that il felt throughout tho country a.
this time and the growing foelIng Of
responsibility IN civic HE ndcr our
system 81 government that responsibility
cannot be escaped II rests on every cri-
zen 'or II IS the citizens ~ community
who are responsible for irs moral condition
40 far as II /. affected 10y the laws and
their enforcement. II there Is remcd,lhI"
wrong and iniQuity Il IA their political duty
to exercise their political power 10 punish
and remove II Here IN New York the
laws raise a high moral standard Their"
ia 10 offence against public morals that i
not included in the prohibitions and penal
ties Of tho Penal Code, and tho methods for
| their enforcement specifically land down.
Nothing il al fault with the laws. unless the
provisions for their execution can hr
bettprsd
The present movement against woe Do
in his city il therefore without eNcu-" IN
any low moral standard in the laws. T. is
solely against officers appointed Ia enforce
those laws aud therefore u j. pu,f'cnl
purely. and II can be made cN"cIunl only
80 far as secular means can aocomI Il.h the
result.
Under our political system, Z rh"r" is
remissneSs in the administration or govern
ment the remedy Is provided in the oppor-
tunitv afforded the citizens 10 "lo,r other
administrations to ONCE II ono party fu'a
another should no pt' in lis place wucu an
election Comes. SO that every parry shall
alway, be stimulated to well-d,irg by th"
consciousness that II can hold power only
! so long az Il serves the community salts
factorily.
on Monday also, a. the same time when
Bishop PorTrR was speaking. meeting
was in progress nearby 10 consider a purely
religious meIhod Of dealing with tNc social
evils pointed on, and lamen,ed 10y Linn Il
was a meeting ~ Presbyterian ministers
held to discuss The means Of organizing n
great religious revival or nwak"niuE." in
New York Tho opening of IN" now con
turv seems 70 the Churches styled Evan
relcal q peculiarly ftrlng 'imo m which
10 arouse such an awakening a. thai,
which siIrred the whole Union in 1857 and
We hear of me'hodcal efforts 30 that ond
making in different and widely separated
communities " the Presbyterian mcet-
ing on Monday special reference was made
to revival IN progress in Ottawa. IN which
town six hundred souls are reported 10
have boon converted during n single week
| and IN The newspapers of many other places
We read II TX" movements
/ lnquestlonahly, II n religious movement
! like 'ha, of the Great Awakening of 1877
would now he started il would ho tho most
| oNac,ual movement against vice which
| could he organized II would h1v" n pro-
| found influence in purifying th" moral tone
| ofthis communityhy lifting mens thoughts
| and aspirations above Tho temptations Of
earthly existence and inspiring them with
| religious enthusiasm. When p'opl" are
on their knees in prayer they cannot be at