REVIVALISM.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3790, 19 February 1881, Page 3

REVIVALISM.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sib,—Ever since the world was created we have had revivalists, and the world is no better now than if we never had them. The Queen of England, laying her hand on the Bible, is said to have told some Ambassador that it was the cause of England's greatness, while if history is to count for anything it is in spite of the Bible that England is great, for England could not have been great through following its precepts, for she never did so. Cardinal Wolsey is reported to have said, "If I had served God as diligently as I served my King, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.'' Had he served God he never could have been Cardinal, if history is to be believed. I merely write this to show that religion never made a man a bit better ; it never hindered a nation from crushing another. France, since disallowing religion is seven times as rich as England, and England is publishing more Bibles now," and has more missionaries than any other nation. Our rulers, never since the world begau, studied religion in passing their laws, and if they can live so well without it I do not see why the lower orders are not able to do so. It is said what is good for tbe goose is good for the gander. It is to be hoped that the people in looking so keenly after their souls will not lose sight of the laws that are being passed to ruin their bodies.-rl am, &c, P.B.P. ■ ■February 19th.

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