The Light is It Waning Why How Much And What Shall We Do
The Light is It Waning Why How Much And What Shall We Do
Charles Edward Locke
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If, now, one should treat the fields with a fertil- izer which stimulated the plant without really en- riching the soil, the result must manifestly be temporary improvement, and then a worse condi- tion than ever. And this is precisely what we have to guard against, in attempting to better the spiritual con- dition of the country. The clever, the vivacious, the not too accurate and conscientious, the impa- 106 THE LIGHT: IS IT WANING? tiently zealous, are eager to rectify tlie world. Peter rush...es in where John almost fears to tread. We see the baneful effects of their interference, in the course and results of many religious revi- vals, or what pass for them. Surface-growth is stimulated; the rock beneath the surface is not crumbled ; the plants of grace are not fed and tilled ; and the second exhaustion is far, far worse than the first. Realizing these truths, the challenge of the prophets to Israel is just what we might expect. There, also, there had been a great declension. There also, had been many superficial movements of repentance.
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