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‘O Lord, do it again’

A little known fact: Did you know there has been a prayer meeting for Christian leaders in South Wales, focused specifically on revival, on a regular basis for the last forty-four years? That’s quite a long [...]

Christianity in Machynlleth

It is back to the age of the saints that we must travel for the establishing of a church in Machynlleth. St Cybi, a native of Cornwall, and grandson of Geraint, Prince of Devon, is believed [...]

1859

1859 is the year when revival, which began in America in 1857, spread to the British Isles. That, however, was more climax than ‘turning point’. (A brief account may be found in The church that Christ [...]

The youth of yesterday

Children and young people in revival It is not uncommon for adults to have low expectations of the spiritual understanding of children and therefore disregard their spiritual experiences. Some developmental theories have had a guiding influence [...]

Turning points in church history: 13. Pre ’59 revival – Part 2: Scotland

Henry Cooke (see pages 14-15 in the May/June issue) had strong links with the evangelical church in Scotland, which had to go through similar travails to Ireland’s and to these we now turn. Moderatism in Scotland [...]

A prayer for today

The following article was written while the writer was on holiday in New England. Spiritually the place is far different from the 1740-50s when Edwards and others knew such remarkable evidences of the mercy of God [...]

The great harvest

If you visit Bala this summer, give some time to seeing the places associated with the preaching of Thomas Charles. He was the minister in the town from whom Mary Jones obtained her Bible. And he [...]

How Christians come to believe in revival

This article is about revival, so I ought to explain how I am using the word. By ‘revival’ I mean a sovereign act of God in which He pours out His Holy Spirit with the result [...]

The 1859 revival in Wales

‘That You would come down’ (Is. 64:1) describes an event that could only be traced to God’s initiative, grace, and power. What was sluggish and deadening among God’s people becomes vigorous and productive. The blessing [...]