Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

draw large crowds
and quicken
kind Of interest, but such a quickening
may be according TO the evangelist,
not according to the word Of God
Now, what we need is an increase Of
spiritual life along the line Of biblical
teaching.
Why Such q Revivalf
1. To Lift Out Of the Dust.
MY soul cleaveth unto the dust
Quicken thou me according to thy
word" Dust is the symbol Of earth
mess as opposed to heavenly minded
ness. David's soul had an attraction
for dust Dropping or dead things
hold dust II win stick 70 easily to
living objects, and the cure for this
dust magnetism 10 q larger infusion
Of life. The sick eagle vallows in tho
dust It has not strength OF wing to
rise and shake It OF, but the eagle
full Of life scars above the dust and
gases into the sun. Christians who
are to-day wallowing in the dust Of
worldliness need an infusion Of strong
healthy life that they may mount up
on wings as eagles"
To Sustain Us Under LIES
Burdens. II am AFFLICTED very
much; quicken me, o Lord, according
to thy word" Dust mars and binders
life. but it 10 not heavy. There are
Christians not covered with dust iv-
ing consecrated lives. who have on
hAo 81 .th
calamity or sorrow. Such as these
need quickening that they may have
strength to bear their burdens. David
was afflicted very much, and this word
afflicted" has a wider range than
bodily disease. But he does not pray
for lessening Of the burden. What
he wants is more life to carry what
he has and to assume larger burdens.
Burden-bearing develops a strong,
healthy man. while 1t brushes the
weak and sickly. We need more life
under these burdens that they may de-
velop rather than crush us.
3, To Break All Bonds That
Deliver me. Quicken thou me accord
ing to thy word" This reveals to us
. condittH Ct bondage. Deliver me;
set me frSA,' and this freedom comes
through q revival-a quickening &C
cording TO Gods word. Some of US
are bound by habit; the habit Of doing
nothing good. II is difficult to tell
which is worse-the habit Of doing
what is wrong or the habit Of neglect
ing what Is right. Oh, for the quick.
ening that will deliver US from these
do-nothing bonds! Others are bound
by the fear OF men, When the apos-
ties were filled with the Spirit they
they feared neither the face nor the
sword Of their enemies.
How to Get II.
Pray for it. Every text 10 q prayer:
Quicken thou me according to thy
word" II is a personal prayer. It IL
we'll to pray for the pastor, for the
church. for all Christendom, for the
world. But we must not fail TO pray
for ourselves. Quicken Me-" II you
are quickened somebody else will be.
and IL the fire begins in your soul the
flames will catch the eombustible ma
terial about you. You need to strike
the match that can burn up q city.
The fact Is. all Quicksning must b
individual. The Lord does not quick
eu the crowd. The tongue Of dame
at Pentecost sat not upon the crowd.
but upon each Of them" A revival
that comes In answer to prayer u
God-given. and the only kind worth
having. A revival gotten Up is soon
put down. A revival produced by .
series Of mechanics. whether Of song
or invitation or eccentricity, will not
last II can be destroyed by An op
posits course Of mechanics. II u sim
ply . battle Of force. with which God
has little to do. The revival We call
the Reformation was born In prayer.
Luthsrs habit was to pray thres
hours Q day. The knees Of Melanch-
thon were found after his death to
have been made callous By kneeling.
Psntseost was preceded BY ten days
Of supplication and prayer. Peter and
John were in the spirit Of prayer ON
their way into the temple, when tbs
other great revival In which many
we're converted was commenced.
After Christ had cast out the devil
from the demoniac he said: Such
a this comefh forth onlv nv DrayAy"