The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-08-26
RELIC Gus REVIVAL NEAR2


One Of the Worlds Great Spiritual
Movements Indicated.
From England and from all parts OF
the United States come reports which
would seem to indicate the possibility
Of one OF the great religious move
ments which have manifested them
selves at various times during the last
century. In many large cities. notably
In some OF the Western States. the re-
viyal OF religious interest has led to
the occasional suspension OF business
In order to facilitate attendance upon
special NEE tings
For some time. and particularly dur
Ing the last twelve months, says the
! Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
prophets have not been lacking who
have predicted the revival wave. the
advance influence OF which Is indI-
Gated daily In the news dispatches. and
| the manifestations do not greatly sur.
prise other thinkers who. without as.
Stunning the gift OF prophecy. base their
belief In a coming revival upon the
presidents Afforded by history.
As a rule. with the usual exceptions
not greatly In evidence, all OF the great
/ manifestations Of religious interest In
/ the nineteenth century were preceded
/ by aggressive assaults upon some one
or more Of tho fundamental principles
Of what IS broadly denominated evan.
/ gellsm In the earlier years Of the
4 century these attacks were based upon
4 the writings and teachings OF Paine,
+ Foltaire and others. II was subse-
i quently realized that these writers and
thinkers. while they attempted to cut
the underpinnlng OF religious faith. az.
/ ford nothing tangible as a substitute.
In simply denying fundamental doc
trines they were destructlonists. pure
and simple.
1t has never been considered sur
prislng. therefore, that the men. some
Of them Of gigantic intellect, who diff
fered from the Iconoclasts. rallied to
their standard and organized for de
Tense. This defense had the twofold
effect OF arouslu2 public interest In
theological questions not only but OF
attracting the attention Of people 9th
erwlse conservative In religious mat.
ters. The result was such notable re-.
ylvals as that which swept the coun.
try in the time OF Finney. Midway In
the century and again Just before the
beginning Of lts last quarter there were
special manifestations OF religious in
terest In each case following more Of
less violent attacks upon cardinal doc
trines Of faith.
While 1t would not be strictly accur
ate to say that these attacks are ante
| types OF the trend OF thought In NAM
, quarters on dOctrinal lines In the firs
; four years Of the twentieth century, /
, Is clear to every nOnpreJudiced observ
, or that that there Is a certain tendpnei
to discredlt authorities and belief
which have been understood to under
lie the entire evangelical structure. s.
/ true Is this that many who have hlth
I erto adhered to certain doctrines nos
}. find themselves adrift on a sea while
] Is. to say the least. sufficiently tumuI
: tuous to produce an undercurrent o
doubt In their minds Many Of thes
icOBOclastic views, which Just now fin
such wide and rapid dissemination, ar
no doubt at best founded upon specr
I latiOus which form as yet but hypoth,
[ SEES: yet they are none the less unse
4. Ting In their effect on the faith 9
= mankind
+ 1t Is not strange, then. that follov
ing the precedents Of the past. ther
!, should be a reaction and that this RI
0 action should still follow presidents /
: taking on the form Of renewed relil
:, lous activity.