Neither the churches nor the authorities contacted were aware of any such drop. Two churches contacted were not aware of any such claims. R eal Revival is the sudden, sovereign and selective operation of the Spirit of God . Man cannot manufacture it through any programmes. In the Ulster revival of 1859 a meeting in a Belfast Presbyterian church filled the church and overflowed into the street where eventually the crowd mysteriously grew to 40,000.
True revivals reach the masses of perishing souls suddenly and sovereignly .
True revivals such as the New England, Welsh and Ulster affected the very fabric of society including dramatic decreases in crime rates . True revivals were characterised by a fear of God and f earsome and fearless preaching on the wrath of God, the law and sin . Revival is not the Church doing something, but rather something being done to the church . Today there are many man made efforts to produce revival but many are racked with false teaching, false prophets and claims that are exaggerations in the least and outright lies at the worst. They Never Knew ', P.43.