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Show EEV1VAL METHODS. To say the least of it, many of tho illustrations and anecdotes of the Moody and Sankey revival meetings are exceedingly silly, indicating either a lack of common senso on the part of tho managers, or their convictions that tho thoughtful methods and reasoning powers by which the ordinary ordi-nary affairs of human life are carried on are not applicable to the acquisition acquisi-tion of religious truths or a pious ttatc of mind. The revivalists aim lo introduce into their passionate, jerky appeals to Ejinncrs as much as possible possi-ble ot tho superstitious, wonderful, miraculous, scarecrow sentiment an possible, which they would ridicule and condemn if employed in any other business than that of saying aoula, aa they call it. Hero is a specimen speci-men . of revival literature, which aavora ft good deal of a lottery and gambling adventure: Deacon llawley said that a prayer-mecting prayer-mecting hid been hold in hi Sunday school, and at ila cIoho a young min was aske'J, as ho wun slartinjf home, if hu had givon hi heart to Ubri-t, and he tifiid "No." A lamp post a block nvrny was Ition pointed out to him and ho was informed in-formed that, before hocould reach it, he iniyhi, bo ikvo'I. II n started on tho excursion, ex-cursion, but when within twelvo f ot and a half of tho buBo of tin poet, hit stepped and said, "I (five rnys-ilf" up to tho Savior." When the remaining lwdv and a half I'M of tho wulk had been accomplished, ac-complished, tho lhro' compai.i'ina oflh lirnt convert hiccup brd lo tho excitement, excite-ment, and said they surrocdui ed thom-Btilvcs thom-Btilvcs to Uod. When Christiana aro manufactured in this way, it ia not very remarkable-that remarkable-that many of them do not hold out long, and that a gaud many ehama are found amongut them. |