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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 22, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 51.

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When Your Church Needs a Revival

By K. C. Russell

K. C. RUSSELL
WHEN the prayer-meeting is poorly attended.
When the attendance is small on quarterly-meeting occasions.
When the missionary spirit is declining.
When the members withhold their tithe.
When the offerings to missions are falling off.
When the members do not take time for family worship.
When a large portion of the church-membership do not attend the camp-meeting or other general gatherings.
When the members trample upon the edges of the Sabbath.
When the members are not taking the REVIEW or any of our other periodicals.
When the principles of true health reform are being disregarded.
When the daily newspapers and magazines are read to the exclusion of the Bible and other religious literature.
When the members talk more about politics than they do about the truth.
When the members seek the association of worldly persons instead of that of the household of faith.
When the members spend time and money to beautify their homes, and complain when calls are made for funds to carry forward the work of the Lord.
When the members criticize the church, local, union, or General Conference officers.
When there is gaudy display in dress by the wearing of jewelry and worldly adornment.
When the spirit of criticism prevails among the members.
When the love of pleasure predominates.
If these conditions prevail in your church to any great extent, earnestly seek God for a revival of his work among you. Begin by making a new consecration to God yourself, and then pray and work earnestly for the revival of others.
Takoma Park, D. C.