Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-26

HIS seven V1SlLS 10 America ana MS |
seven gospel rangnigs' in America |
were UNNECESSARILY omportant to our !
country at the time when the revolu- |
tionary influences which eliminated |
in the War of independence were |
gathering force and taking form. 1t |
was highly necessary taht the colo
mics become independent, but it was
equally necessary that they should
not be thrown off so far from the
mother country as to fall under the
influence of atheistic and revo1u-
tlonary France, a dreadful peril
which was barely escaped, and which
would not have been escaped at all,
if the Great Awakening in Ameri-
ca and the wesleyan Revival" in
the British Isles had not interviewed.
Those two great visitations of grace
were Godsends truly D.,
That revolutionary period in our
history marked the birth of our ma
ton, and it's independence was safe
guarded by faith
Now, we have come to another
great period in our history AS an
Independent nation our republic has
become the strongest political power
in the world, and it is entering upon
an era in which isolation is no longer
possible International obligations
and opportunities are carrying us
into relations never dreamed of by
our fathers. The greatest perils be-
set the nation and threaten all ma
tons at this time.
What can save us, and save all
peoples, in this critical hour?
Not statecraft and statesmen.
craftsmanship never has seemed so
scarce and so important at any pc
l. Rod in our national history as it
does now, and England is no better
Off than we in this respect Lloyd
George seems small when compared
with Pitt, or Palmerton, or Glad
| stone, and our political leaders do
not suggest Washingtons and Mad
| iSonS ard Websters and Calhouns by
their makeup. Upon the English
speaking nations there seems to
! have come an Eruption from Lili-
/ put.
Can we be, saved by commerce
and industry? By no means. Com
MERGE begets covetousness. and
coVetousness breeds strife and I'M
rest. Our prosperity is our peril
we have so much stuff, all classes
have fallen to fighting for the
SPOTS upon which we have come.
Sworn officers of the law commit
perjury to their official oaths in
enforcing demands for increased
salaries. Thus public treasures are
Ira5ded and the whole community is
subjected to a "hold-up 1.-THE very
stability Of the government and the
life of civilization are threate
A plethora of wealth is bringing
apopleXy to the social system
At such time nothing less than
a national turning to God in pun
gent ,pentinence and humble faith
can avail to save the nation. The
llfe-giving forces of religion, which
gave it birth, must restore it to
health and renew it's strength.
A great revival is needed, and
ought to be expected and realized.
Indeed, it would be singular, if
such work of grace did not now
appear.
The great providential movements
of modern times have synchronized
with great spiritual movements.
The Lutheran reformation came
about the time of the discovery of
America and the invention of print
ing by movable type
1.-THE Puritan Revival" in England
was coetaneous with the planting
of the American colonies and the
beginning of that great migra tionI
from Europe to America which has
never ceased from that time until
the present,
The wesleyan Revival and the
Great Awakening" came when the
great republic was coming into it's
Firth.
The Revival of 1900" saved the
settlement of the Northwest Ter
ritory'' from infidelity and fmmor-
taljty, at most momentous period
in our national history
The Revival Of 1853" prepared
the nation to overcome the shock
of the war between the states.
And now. when we are entering
upon the most amazing era Of
modern times, surely we have a
right to expect great things from
God. Without such q visitation of
grace, can our nation meet the
obligations of the hour and outride
the storms which threate it's very
existence?
The nations look to US for ma
terial and spiritual help in this
time of supreme trial. Shall we dis
APPOINT their hopes and betray their
confidence? Can we fulfill the mis-
sion set before us without a nation
wide. revival of religion?
We have had enough of sensa-
tiohal evangelism and commercial
lied revivalism. We want no more
OF that burning of strange fire on
Gods altar.
We need a national turning to
God. Nothing less will save us or
enable us to SAFE others.