Personal experience comes under the authority of the Church, so to have a greater emphasis on the individual is a serious shift for Roman Catholics. But, the Spirit of God will work where it pleases. In fact, there was a little known revival in 1837 in Hilo, Hawaii. It was under the preaching of Mr. Coan that the Spirit of God worked for about five years. In this time 7557 conversions were documented.
Christians believe in revival.
While it is true that we have not seen revival for many years, in America and on a national scale, we still believe that the Spirit of God can and we hope will work in revival. Christians look for revival, pray and labor for them, and have derived much of their vitality and strength from them. Years ago, many of those involved in particular churches could attribute their coming to Christ through a revival. While this is generally not true today, it is still the case that many Christians long to see things return to the old ways of revivalism. Here and there some abuses and irregularities have appeared in the Christian faith.