The Great Welsh RevivalBridge Logos Publ, 2014 - 270 pagini The Prophet Joel wrote, "I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shad prophesy" (Joel 2:28). In 1904 and 1905, the largest Christian revival in twentieth-century Wales took place. This spiritual phenomenon had a positive and dramatic effect on the population, and it spread to other countries as well. S.B. Shaw collected accounts that give a vivid portrayal of the events and history as it happened. Sample quotes include: "I have just returned from a two days' visit to the storm center of the great Welsh revival which is sweeping over Wales like a cyclone.… Already over 34,000 converts have been made (Note: Later accounts reported over 100,000 converts as the revival continued), and the great awakening shows no signs of waning" (George T.B. Davis in the New York Weekly Witness). "In Cardiff… police reports show that drunkenness has diminished 60 per cent.… The same thing happened at the Swansea County Court … and the magistrate said, 'All the years I've been sitting here I've never seen anything like it; and I attribute this happy state of things entirely to the reviva'l" (As reported in the London Methodist Times). "Reliable information from experienced Christian businessmen… shows that the influence of the Welsh revival has been by no means overstated. …" (Reported in the Belfast Witness). This book also contains information concerning the Welsh Revival of 1857-1858 and the Great Revival in Ireland of 1859. Book jacket. |