SENSATIONAL REVIVALS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 April 1910, Page 4

SENSATIONAL REVIVALS.

DK GIBE'S OBJECTION TO THEM. —^ [BV TEI.EGKAPH— SPECIAL TO THE STAR.] WELLINGTON, This Day. At the welcome tendered by the Evangical Churches of Wellington to l)i- Henry, the celebrated American Eviuigelisl and his musical Colleague. Mr Potts, the Rev. Dr. Gibb, the well known Presbyterian divine, spoke with great frankness on revivals and their results. He recognised the dangels which unquestionably existed in con- j noctioii with Evangelical Missions. For over a quarter of a century he had been in the Ministry and connected with these movements and he inns' say that some of them would have been better by their absence lhan their presence! '"1 don't believe." h • concluded, "thai the Gospel gets forward with temporary excitement and a debauch of sensationalism, whi li. when it is over, leaves Ihe spiritual position lower than when those effort- I, L .,-.n." I I'.ul. h< added, lie had been c lined -d | with more than on-- Kvangolicil Cm I sade ill which blessing of God was nu.si j plainly manif. sled, tie would promise i |, :it if the mission proved to he of the ! -hijr drum ei.ler" not all Dr lb nrv'- : him •■■ h"id his \u-i\c, . lull le was ~- I j jstie.l fn.lii whai he had learned of Di ; Heiirv thai, lie canie to New /calami i .Mtl, 'the spirit of prophesy n his j heart and that he uoiild do »!i<- work I of ii strong man in their midst. | \ speaker who v.-,-lcotti-d Ih« Kvane.-lists. the Rev S. S. S.-i f. 11. »U touched on ihis aspect oi r- \ ivalistn, remarking lhat what was want, d wa< i, ~ ... lunch a mission of seiisati. nal ism as ..no which would indii a'> it -el: cliaraclers.