Some Kansas ministers have been very active in wrecking saloons. One of these recently had his church burned, and it is supposed that it was set on fire by saloon-keepers, or some of their friends. The pastor of the burned church now carries a gun when he walks the street, and is attended by an armed body-guard. He is reported to have said:— “When the law-breakers undertake to ruin our churches because the decent people of this town seek to uphold our fair name, then it is time for us to act against them, and right rigidly. I say, let us lynch them. If the mob will run the men down who ruined my church, I will tie the noose which will swing them into eternity. I have been holding revival meetings here for the last three weeks, and have pleaded with some of the joint-keepers to close up their saloons, but they have insulted me openly. Now I am thirsting for revenge. When the church-wreckers get their just dues, it will be on the gallows.” Now, all this is human, very human; but, reader, it is not Christian. The spirit of Christianity is to “love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.” Matt. 5: 44, 45. Jesus prayed that His Father might forgive His persecutors. Luke 23: 34. Stephen prayed for those who stoned him to death, “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.” Acts 7: 60. And the writer of Hebrews commends those who “took joyfully the spoiling” of their goods. Heb. 10: 34. Read 1 Peter 2: 19-24. When professed Christians can indorse such principles and methods as those said to be advocated by the Kansas pastor, they have departed a long, long way from the teaching and spirit of the Founder of Christianity. A revival held under such circumstances could not be a revival of the Christ spirit. It finds its prototype in the Dark Ages.