| Show ON U loriot Now New ew York World The Tho n fl nt v Dr II H K Ie Carroll the gov gO eminent church statistician of ot 1900 reports pOrts r that nearly every body In tn America Amerl has more lore churches church than ordained men Pulpit multiply Iy while pastors decrease n e Ministers of It nil all bodies bo ls number lumber and alit increase slowly aloI On time the other hand the churches churchs number 1 and Increase fast faIt Worcester Spy SP Any An preacher tan eon collect moral pre pro precepts precepts and deliver them to his hearers hearen but Jut great grant gr t is 15 the preacher who can ran lead boil lila his audience no Uti to a n high hl h mountain and gLe them thom p perspective r tIo and outlook Tims Th usefulness of n II mother Is ha not to be gauged gd by the amount of at good advice rhe rho gives hIS time the child but by I time the clarity of the atmosphere with which she en elopes the childs life bite The The last lut ni nit flit of ot the Sydney papers JIO en contains eO a it 1 of unconscious hu lIu mar Th The natives of oC are It Is fold bitterly opposed I to the Intro of t Christianity and as a result frequent disputes occur many man of ot which w Wilt r Investigated by uy 11 H M aI Sparrow Mr Ir Sparrow l five O places on the Island bland namely Rio Vise Ura and Port Diamond At 1 the four tour first named villages the th natives were found to be hostile toward the th Christian re me ligion lIghon and It was at deemed to Usson 1 Numbers I give them a n salutary of ot the natives were taken aboard and shown the tho hen hea guns gun They seemed scorned to recognize the tile awful character of tho time Instruments of or destruction and left Jett pro profoundly Impressed As a n further warn warning ing InK several rounds of blank shell hell worn veo eo tIred Into their villages The ordinary practice shells which are lIro nOli ex pia hire were used for tor the purpose anti although nit hough no actual damage was done lone the th natives were very ery greatly alarmed nail and lIed fled In all directions The fhe Congregationalist and on Christian ChristianI I World We Wo see sec convincing evidences that the Christian churches In this country ore are arcIn orein In the first stage of oC an evangelistic movement which Is III likely to effect all nil denominations and to continue for or sev several 11 eral ral years These Theo evidences are arc found tou ll llIn In newspaper discussions of religious problems In news from the churches reports report of oC sermons and plans for ag work Especially do we nato the Increasing purpose of oC Individual to reach rench their neighbors and friends with the effort to ller them theta to declare themselves as disciples of oC Cht Christ 1st The Time Watchman Undoubtedly we must look to God Cod for tr that blessed visitation of ot divine In that we call a II revival AntI And perhaps one of ot the timp reasons why wll these seasons sOll ons of spiritual refreshment are not more moro frequent Is ts that wo we have fought sought to command them by merely merel human agencies Certainly that Is III the reason why wh so many man revl revivals ale als 11 have be been n simply periods of nerv nervous nervous nervous ous excitation barren of o 0 tasting lasting spirit spiritual spirItual spiritual ual results And yet nt the question arises Can an we do nothing to amire this blessing The answer of the time Scrip Scriptures lures tures appears to be plain that we can cnn cando cando do much The very cr fact that thal we have havea hllen a n desire for Cor the blessing Is II and as all we WI are true to It by keeping our minds close to His ills written Tit ten revelation and by waiting wailing upon Him In iii prayer we shall find that our own souls soul II are quickened and ond that the fire Ire burning In our hearts heart is III readily communicated to others |
