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Show David Utter others. Revival methods, then, sense, not by reason, The cost present are justified, not by common by nineteenth century education or wisdom, but by the revival theory of the universe. of a revival such as not is in progress here at the time is not easy to estimate, but it is considerable. And the money and labor that is given some of it freely, of it deal a and of consequences fear good grudgingly through - if it is will no doubt be subtracted from what given be given to the churches and in charity for the coming will not Still, winter. religion the - as said above, if the revival was and the relations of theory of and God be the true one, be counted. If the revivalist knows and man ought not to truly what is going to become of us a thousand years from now, everything else sinks into insignificance. But does cost tells us he know? A brief statement of this make, coming to us, as it theory is does, from by so and time, made up of so many elements Indian, Greek, and heathen. It does not no means easy to far away in space Jewish, Egyptian, from Jesus, and it does not truly represent the Bible, but is built by theologians such as Augustine and Calvin, and it does more to honor their imaginations and intellects than their hearts - come humanity. In outlining this theory I will not attempt completeness, since it is already so well known, but simply say enough to recall the main points of it to most minds. or II - The Theory theory is that God created the world and all kinds of living things, much as it now is, and was at first pleased with what he had done. As a sort of afterthought he made man, or if man was in the first plan it would seem that woman was not. The man and woman disappointed their Maker The 1 75 |
