The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09

, in the churches, but down in the
 mines, in the stores. in the homes. on
 the street, and everywhere men and
 women, boys and girls. were praying
 for and exhorting each other in the
 fear of the Lord.
 Tn our own day nearly every move
 ment of religious nature seems to point to a national revival that will | move everything before it, and If
 ever there was time in which it is
 needed. it Is now. We are having
 what many people are calling crime wave and there is a spirit Of law lessness all through our land, and many remedies have been suggested
 to cure the evil; but there is only one remedy that will save us as a na-
 ton, genuine modern revival. na- ton wide, that will restore this coun- try to a basis of righteousness and
 truth, that will make men true to their word and lawabiding to consti- | tuted authority; and this opinion IS not only advocated by the religious
 press of our land, but by the great IlnaDCldl ana lnQOSITldis ana lIe great daily papers of our country.
 Why ReyIvals Are Discounted
 The reason that in some quarters
 the revia1 is discounted in our own day is the fact that too much Is eX-
 pected directly from tAe revival cam
 paign itself 1t has been my pleasure to be in two campaigns with Rev. W. A. Sunday, one in Atlanta and the
 other in Chattanooga In both places
 Mir. Sunday, with his organization, accomplished great work, and If these
 places had been organized on the same plan in the follow-up work,
 greater results would have been made
 In both cases. And this can be easily proved by the organization in both places known as the Billy Sunday Business Mems club, and the wonder ful work they are now accomplishing
 Everywhere where Mir Sunday has had the privilege of preaching and they have organized for the follow up, great results have been attained. At Wilkes-Barre. Pa, where Mir. Sun day held meeting a good many years ago, the work is still going on that was started in that campaign. With people on the cars, street corners,
 public places and everywhere, reli- zion is the principal topic of conver-
 sation, and many man is started on the upward way. I am not writing In the interest of Mir. Sunday. but only
 using him as an illustration of two
 facts; one that the principle of revi- val still holds good, and the other the
 change in the methods used. It would
 mean much to the religious and moral life of Birmingham to have Mir. Sun day conduct a revival campaign here. and 1t would be worth everything It would cost.
 Sometimes Misundersfood
 Then, again, revivals are misun- derstood In some quarters because
 they create excitement and stir the
 emotions to too great an extent. That
 Is true, and yet. I have never seen any one object when fellow gets ex-
 cited over ball game and yells him. self hoarse when a home run Is made
 Nor has 1t ever been heard of any one
 trying to quiet man In the heat of a political campaign that he might
 not get too emotional. During the
 war no one ever told one of the pa-
 triotic orators to temper their speech
 down bit for fear they would stir
 up too great an excitement. But when 1t comes to religion, the concern of the soul and the greatest blessing of life, we must be cold-blooded In our
 dealings and kill out that spark that
 will let ourselves out and lead us into those realms that would bring
 peace, happiness and great joy It is