The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-03
Rev. S. P. Mahoney Did Some
Plain Talking in His Ser
mon Last Night
STREETS AND SEWERS
WON'T BUILD A CITY
WE CAN HAVE THESE AND STILL
REMAIN ONE or THE MOST
WICKED AND DESPER-
ATE CITIES I'M
AMERICA.

A large congregation gathered at
the Cavalry 3aptist church last night
10 hear the zermon Of the pastor, Rev
S. r. Mahoney, on Our Need Of Re
viyal for Greater Cairo
The Sermon.
Rev. Mahoney said in part
In considering this subject three
things present themselves to my
mind:
What is a revival?
The need Of revival.
How to conduct a revival in Cairo,
Let us consider in the first pace
the question-What is a revival? A
revival is a confessing of sins and q
returning to our first love, en- the
part Of Gods people. which inevitably
results in the conviction ana conYer
sion of the unsaved. A revival is
the restoring cf the prodigal A re.
claiming of the bacEalider. A revival
presupposes a Gcclension hence tho
cry of the psalmist. Wilt thou not
revive us again that the people may
rejoice in thee?' The apostle Paul
says in Rom ~ IL. Il beseech you,
therefore, men and brethren By the
mercies Of God that ye present your
bodies living sacrifice holy, accent
abe unto God which is your reason
ahle service, and be not coniormed
to this world but be ye transformed
by the renewing Of your mind, that
Sc may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, win Of God"
A revival is the quickening Of Gods
people, and the bringing Of them into
closer communion with God, and
arousing them to greater activity in
the masters cery.ce
Nothing but an entire giving up
win produce an entire bringing in
When we have reached this point we
have revival. The conversion of sin.
ners always follows the reviving Of
saiEts.
The Need Of Revival.
Let me say that reyiyals are no
more of modern origin than they are
of human origin, 1t can truly be said
that God who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in times past
unto the fathers by the prophets hath
in these last times spoken unto us by
His SON. and the son is speaking unto
us by the Holy spirit Revivals can
DO traced back az far as Moses,
Joshua, Elijah, David and John the
Baptist and Pentecost. What are the
churches of the different epistles, but
monuments of the reyivals under the
apostles who went everywhere preach
ing the word
The Dark Ages.
From the early centuries up TO the
twelfth century. we have a history Of |
spiritual fog, people were cropping
about in darkness, those who had the |
light were compelled to hide it under
cover of the night Men were afraid I
to speak, almost TO think But there
are times when those who sit in dark
ness see a great light This was true
with Gods people in Egypt, when
Moses appeared, and led the people
out Of Egyptian bondage, and from
the idolatrous worship of the Egypti-
ans. 1t was so with those who turned
to God under Elijah, David and John
the Baptist What was Pentecost but
a revival when those 120 men and wo-
men got down in that upper room in
Jerusalem. and with one accord in 4
prayer and suppication, tarr.ed ten
days until they received the promised !
blessing which resulted in the con
version of three thousand souls. It
wa so in the twelfth century when
Gol raised nd the Friars 1t was so
with Wickliffe. who gave us the first
English translation of the bible.
God raised up Tyndale and Martin
luther TO give light 70 those who sat
in darkness That light was the light
Cf the Reformation. So it was with
Wesley. Finney and Moody, and SO it
is today with Evan Roberts in Wales.
For more than a year past nearly ev-
cry religious periodical you could pick
up had some great mans opinions
about the next great revival which
would visit the church. Some declar-
ed that it would come through the col
leges. some thought it would come
through the great preachers. while
others again affirmed that it would be
among the educated church members.
But even while some Of these leaders /
Of thought we're penning their opin-
ions for publication God went down IN
60 the welsh coal mine. and brought
mp from among the coal. a stripping Of .
about 26 year. and this lad with none
Of SauIs armor whatever. but only
his fine stones OF conversion. prayer. 4
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