The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

1 true that there is danger in stirrina|
 the emotions of the soul if we do not ! follow 1t up and make. use of it tol lead us into higher heights and nobler
 aspirations along life's highway. But
 on the other hand, unless these emo-7
 tions which God has placed within
 man are stirred there can never be any attainment worth while in any
 line of endeavor. whether 1t be in ! business. war, literature, science, art,
 or the matters concerning the soul.
 50 the success of revivals in this present day depends upon system and
 organization. Nothing in the world
 today is accomplished without orr
 ganization. There must be organiz,.l ton in the conducting of the revival and there must be organization to-
 conserve the results. and carry them
 on to further victories and accom-. i plishments. Using Mr. Sunday again
 for an illustration: His success is not. attained altogether by his preaching. 1 but he organizes to touch the utter-5
 most bounds of the community, that while a good many come out of cu-s 1 riosity to hear him, it is the organi-9
 zation that fills the great tabernacle@ ! in which he breaches. And if the
 churches in the community would as i thoroughly organize as he does for l the followup work wonderful rel
 suits would come of such a campai gn. l The Principle of Reyivals Universal l We find the principle of revivals'
 used not only in religious matters butt in business, education, civic, pleas.
 ure and other matters of the world.
 A financial drive is nothing more ori
 less than revival organized to get.
 money for a certain project. So ev-' 1 anywhere you turn you will find evil
 dence of the principle of revivals, andl you always will. but you may, witt 1 ness the change of methods, and the
 next decade may be marked by a
 more wonderful change than any other period.
 1 Another fault found with revivalsl
 is that so many who start under the emotional pressure of a revival cam
 paign do not always last very long.
 This is not the fault of the principlel
 of revival, but of the type of preach-l
 ing. We have In the past put 80
 much emphasis on conversion, as,
 turning from sin, that the working
 out of the plan of salvation through 1 the life has been lost sight of. How ever, we are living in an age that Is i beginning to put equal emphasis on | the building up of the life as well as 1 to make the start toward the mark l of the high calling or God.
 | RENTALS DO NOT BELONG TO ANY DENOMINATION
 l "Revlvals are not confined to any
 one denomination. Some call them
 missions for the instruction of their
 members; others special meeting for different teachings held by the par 1 ticular denominations holding them, protracted meetings. a revival with
 no date set as to when it shall con- 1 clude but continue until is has ac-
 complished it's work. But, properly 1 speaking, real revival never ends, | but continues through many years, 1 according to the momentum upon
 started on the day of Pentecost was | like a pebble dropped Into the mid dle of the ocean, whose waves cohtin-
 ued until it touched the shores on
 either side; so likewise when we shall arrive on the other shore where we shall see with eyes undimmed,
 then only will we be able to measure
 the result of the wonderful Pentecos- l tai revival, and every other reviv1, i that has been held from that day un& til the present time, all of which will
 but prepare the human race to join
 in revival of praise and thank sgiv- | ing which will not have any end in the glory world beyond"