2:155, #459 The Cane Ridge Revival

Back in 1801, Presbyterian worship services in Kentucky got drastically changed on this date when the Spirit of God moved on a series of meetings for the next 10 years to create The Cane Ridge Revival in an area that The One Year Book of Christian History considers "apathetic." It's of linguistic interest to me that "apathetic" is made up of "pathetic"...causing sympathy or sorrow...and the prefix "a" which normally means "not." Sooo...not causing sympathy or sorrow should be something which causes joy, I think, but apathetic means you basically don't give a hoot...go figger.

Similarly, we use "pathetic" frequently to indicate that an individual is to be looked down upon, so "not pathetic" would be someone to admire...maybe that's why the American Couch Potato has become an unsung icon in the panoply of personalities in our land. Maybe we can expect some sort of Revival to occur across the USofA in the not too distant future?