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Show CHICAGO'S GREAT REFORM WAVE. They are having in Chicago the greatest religious revival ever known there. Chicago is a pretty tough case, and she can reform a great deal without being in any danger of becoming too good for this world, rhere was a revival there several years ago, and thousands were converted, but a recent canvass of the churches is said to have shown that the results were not as permanent as could be wished The conditions in a great city are demoralising, and where you have conditions that are demoralizing you will find people that are de-moralized. de-moralized. What is needed in the world now is better conditions. Improve the conditions and the people will improve with them. Remove Re-move the slums and the slum people will cease to exist; they will be evolved by nature into worthy citizens. But people as a mass cannot rise much above their environment. That is why great reform waves can sweep over a country or city, apparently promising thorough-going thorough-going and lasting benefit, but the effects are soon dissipated. But, too, it is difficult to secure better conditions till the people want them and introduce them. The two are correlated. There are plenty of theories that can bo advanced for the uplifting of society, but SU n Jac0M5?& that the actual conditions are very stubborn and very discouraging. |