“The invitation is never given at a revival but there are those who will
respond to it and for a time will live as Christians should. Then, when
the revival is over and the routine of everyday life begins, they slip
gradually back into their former ways. They are like the groundhog. When
spring comes the groundhog awakes from his winter’s sleep and emerges into
the sunlight and lives an active life until the storms of winter come
again. Then he crawls into his hole of hibernation and falls into a sleep
of months. Oh, it is easy to think of things divine when the revival is on
and there is inspiration on every side and the bands are playing and the
crowds are marching. These groundhog people have family prayer then, and
they attend to their religious duties faithfully, but when the revival is
over they begin to relapse into their old ways.”