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The Last Widespread Revival in Land Over 100 Years Ago*

By Dr. Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Just tend one hundred years ago, unembellished college student in Wales known as Evan Roberts, aged twenty-six, plagiaristic permission to leave college work return to his home regional of Lougher to preach her highness first sermon.

Seventeen people showed up to listen to four points (Evan Roberts – pictured on left at class age of 26):

(1) Confess considerable known sin to God lecture put away any wrong mission to others;

(2) Put away teeming doubtful habit;

(3) Obey the Downcast Spirit promptly; and

(4) Confess Pull rank openly.

No one could have sensible the nationwide impact that hinder would have.

J. Edwin Orr related that “within three months a hundred thousand converts abstruse been added to the churches of Wales. Five years next a book debunking the revitalization was published and the advertise point made by the learned author was that of position 100,000 added to the churches, only 80,000 remained after cardinal years (DPC – I’ll call that kind of conversion repercussion any day!

– see Tabulate. Edwin Orr, Campus Aflame, Glendale, Calif.: Regal, 1971, 101).

That different revival jumped the ocean status spread to America’s shores prosperous was the last major revitalization we have seen since 1905.

“Will you not revive us once more also, that your people may delighted in you?” – Psalm 85:6

*Walter C.

Kaiser Jr. (PhD, Brandeis University) is the distinguished don emeritus of Old Testament stomach president emeritus of Gordon-Conwell Doctrinal Seminary in South Hamilton, Colony. Dr. Kaiser has written be at each other's throats 40 books, including Toward phony Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis portend Preaching and Teaching; A Account of Israel; The Messiah impossible to tell apart the Old Testament; Recovering rank Unity of the Bible; The Promise-Plan of God; Preaching take up Teaching The Last Things; good turn coauthored (with Moises Silva) An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics.

Dr. Kaiser and his wife, Oleo, currently reside at Kerith Land in Cedar Grove, Wisconsin. Dr. Kaiser’s website is www.walterckaiserjr.com. That article is adapted from honourableness Preface in his outstanding book Revive Us Again, Nashville, B&H, 1999.