The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-03
SAYS CHRISTIAN PEOPLE OF CAIRO
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AWLESSNESS

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into the kingdom.
Thus we see God is teaching his
people that 1T is not by might nor
by power. but by my spirit saith the
Lord" He till uses the weak
things of this world to confound the
mighty" He is "the same yesterday
today and forever"
Symptoms of Revival.
The symptoms premonltory Of a re-.
vival are the phenomena of spiritual
death, and decay. The midnight
comes before the rising Of the sun.
The winter before the singing Of the
birds. The toiling all night on the
wrong side of the ship. before the
nevertheless at thy word and the
boatload Of fishes.
It seems to me that we have reach
ed such an epoch in our history Be.
ginning at the twelfth century we can
trace the line Of revival right up to
the present, each revival being char
acteristic of it's own century, ana
leaving in its train some social, po-
litical or governmental reform, to say
nothing of the spiritual results which
all others are only the effects.
Church Needs a Revival.
The question comes, is the church
in need Of a revival today? ! emphat-
ically affirm yes.
To what extent we stand in need Of
4 revival may be ascertained by the
trend of the mind in the popular news
papers throughout our land. which
bankers after the comic rather than
the more serious thought TO what
depths men in high positions win
toop in order to be enriched by the
bribes Of those who are opposed to
every good reform which make for
he betterment Of our country, and
people
Hits at Social Evils.
Society is running rampant
through the land; even some who
bear the name Of Christians are drag
ging their garments of holy linen in
the mire Many can be seen sitting
y. che operas. and at the card tables,
and attending the dances. or peering
into their novels.
The Lord speaking in Hosea 4-G
says: My people are destroyed for
lack Of knowledge" One reason why
so many Christians know so little
about the bible is because they know
too ucitcb ohouf the naval
AS & city we may build our sewers
and improve our streets, and erect
many beautiful buildings, and remain
one Of the most wicked, and desperate
cities Of the United States. We need
IS I city a revival and only a revival
that can make Cairo what IL ought to
be. That revival must begin in the
hearts and lives of the church mem
hers.
Refers to Lawlessness.
have been askej more than once
the reason for SO much Iawlessness
in our city. The only reason can
give is simply this-The church mem.
bers are not taking the interest that
they ought to take in civic affairs.
And why arc the church members not
taking the interest in these civic af-
'airs2 Simply because they are TAX,
Ing too much interest in worldIinesse
Il a Greater Cairo" is to be realized
Z must come by way Of the church, /
Tor how can it be otherwise unless the /
'edeemed Of the Lord say so?
We have heard during the last few
months great deal about making /
Cairo an Ideal city The cry is a /
Greater Cairo" Schemes, plans and 4
propositions have been drawn up, and
discussed and published in our papers,
nd yet what has It all amounted to?
imply the laying OF few sewer
ipee. and the brieking OF few
treets and even this is only in theory
What shape the sewer pipes and the
rioks will take after election is yet
. be seen. To say that "Grester
afro" can be realized by sewer pipes
nd bricks is as contradictory in
arms as It would be 70 say that man
f1o is known to be a rascal can be
lade gentlemen by simply dressing
i'm in a few new garments. A new
oat never made a man. II is not
hat we appear to be but what we are.
Net the heavy cannon but the man
ehind the gun"
Sewers and Streets Not All.
If Greater Cairo" is only going to
1ean the bettermcnt Of a few of our
.reets, and nothing more, say that
'e have missed the mark. We need
cwers, COED streets, more light, to
sy Is.thing about better water sup
ly, and a cleaner street car TO sit in.
ut as long as we have men and wo-
1en. and even boys and girls, with
heir bottles ard cans, freruenting
1ess soioons Or Sunday, like the lit
Ie boy saw last Sunday, seven years
+ age carrying ( flask Of gin which
e told nc he had purchased from a
ertain saloon on Washington avenue,
nd these confidence men awaiting
ne stranger around the depot TO de-
oy him to their gambling den. an5 as
ong as certain portions Of Fifth and
-hiTtsenth streets ere allowed t. ex-
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