Gilpin observer., 1909-03-25
The Gipsy Revival.

) as they are an uplifting influence gen
orally, but the permanent results are
small.
Some of the enthusiastic clergy in.
fluence the more conservative to join
in the movement, which they do
against their better Judgment, and
the plan is that they will engage an
expert. who will put the deal through,
and they will divide the spiritual re-
ceipts.
The plan is for everyone in SYM
pathy to pray long and loud for a
great awakening that shall shake
the city from center to circumference
Brethren, God will not grant our
requests for salvation for our souls
yet, because we have not prayed long
enough" Is it not ridiculous to
think that the Almighty will refuse
to save souls till the church does a
certain amount of praying? Do we
not read that God wouldeth not the
death of sinner, but rather that he
should be converted and live?" May
we not reasonably expect Him to be
as much concerned in the salvation
of soul as His poor creatures in
the church? l believe in prayer, but
it should be to fit ourselves for this
work, and to give us the spirit of
action and after we have made the
prayer to go out and help Him to
answer it. They will continue to pray
to Him to save souls and when it
comes to nought they throw the IL
abilities on God and feel their work
done.
! Usually the ones who have decid-
ed to adopt Righteousness and who
put their hand to the plow and never
turn back, are the men and women
who have weighed the question and
counted the cost, and have decided
on their course because of the value
of the Christian religion. l think we
may say that of the numbers who
are converted at those revivals, those
who continue in the way could have
been won if they had been given the
opportunity with the question pres
ented to them in quiet and unos-
tentatious way, just as readily and
more agreeably to the parties con-
cerned, without the Objectionable
feature of those who hear the
word and anon receive it, but the
cares Of this world and the deceit
fulness of riches, choke the word and
it becometh unfaithful," and they
bring reproach on the religion and
name of Christ through their actions.
The desirable conversions are
those that parallel that of Zaccheus,
who met the Christ and saw the
beauty of his character and readily
accepted Him, and confessed that the
half of his goods he would give to
the poor; and if l have taken any.
thing from any man by false accusa
tion, l restore him fourfold." Myron
Reed said, that that kind of a con.
version would justify a protracted
meeting, even in the busy season
You will notice that the audience is
!. not asked to come to the peneten,
form till near the close of the meet
ing, after the speaker has used his
persuasive rhetoric. pointing the way
in glowing colors and fringing it with
roses, deceiving the inexperienced
and leading them to believe thai
, there are no battles to fight, anG
the result is that in short time
} they feel that they bought salted
mine. One who had been at the meet
} ings in Denver expressed himself thai
you are hypnotized the minute yor
: arrive in the city. This is the prac
tice of such speakers as the "Gipsy'
to sway and influence those whom hs
can and cause them to do his bid
ding. Wendell Philips through hi.
power of eloquence would make tn,
broad cloth men of his time, believ,
that a San Domingo negro, pur,
black, was the superior of any whit,
man and his congregation would say
amen. or course, those conservativ,
: old men would have a slight chill
short time after, when they realized
what they had assented to.
The Almighty has the power t
force men to obey his laws, IL II,
were not opposed to the practice o
winning souls under false pretenses
We are told that mans free will 4
supreme; and neither the Father no
the Son has ever shown any tender
cy to change that plan. He prefer
that this condition should come abou