In view of the fact that the series of revival services just closed at the Alhambra fell short of results, not only of the reasonable expectations of the local Ministerial Association, but of church people generally, an analysis of the cause is interesting and perhaps not unprofitable.
The powerful esthetic religious movement which under the name of Christian Science has developed in North America and subsequently has spread to almost all the European countries, and England in particular, has now reached Sweden.
The
story of Noah and the ark of refuge always stands out in memory as a symbol of the tender, protecting love of God in that mental habitation which ever floats above the waters of mortal sense.
Many
persons shrink from a close or a frequent examination of themselves because of an instinctive reluctance to look upon their hidden mental deformities and moral inconsistencies, but the necessity of knowing what is enfolded in our sense of personality makes this an important factor in the working out of our salvation.
