Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-29
THE REVIVAL in WALES.
A Great Religious Awakening In Europe IAN
Answer to Prayer Many Demonstrations.


to many readers. This revival is
certainly one of the most remarkable
religious movements of modern times.
The revival is an answer to prayer.
Many Welsh Christians, in widely
separated communities, without any
concert of action, felt it laid upon
their hearts to pray for an outpour-
ing of Gods Spirit, and it was evil
IDENTIFY in answer to these prayers
\hat the revival came. The first in
eation of the revival was seen in
village church in Cardaiganshire,
when poor Welsh girl stood up
and timidly said, eff no one else will,
then / must say that love the Lord
Jesus Christ with all my heart.p
This trembling utterance was like a
spark of fire IN a powder magazine
many rose to testify to their love for
4 Christ. And from this Cardigan viii
q lage the revival spread from church
to church, from valley to valley, and
from county to county, until the
whole of Wales is now feeling its eff
fleets. In FIVE weeks twenty thous-
'sssasnd people had joined the churches,
the number now having long passed
The thirty. five thousand mark.
throughout the whole country, in
etores, in banks, and on railroad
trains men are talking of God and
keligion.
\! The leader of this revival, so far as
sgfhere is a leader, is described as
beardless boy, without eloquence
and with no masterful control over
men. "God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the
wise and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the
4 things that are mighty"
E The meetings are characterized by
orderliness. 1t is said that when one
enters town where meeting is in
he finds strange quiet pre-
a. vailing. The streets are deserted.
He cannot tell in which chapel the
IA meeting is being held by the loafers
at the door. But when he enters the
chapel he learns where the people
are. From the floor to the ceiling he
bees mighty host, filing aisles, gal
and clinging to the pulpit steps.
Usually three services are held day,
Zach lasting from two to four hours.
1 The services are largely made up of
7zthanksgiving, prayers, hymns, per-
,sS&onal testimony, confessions, and re-
& Quests for prayers. If the leader is
present there will likely be short
aermon. The prayers are wonder
fnlly fervent and pointed. The
music is purely vocal. Pipe organs
care untouched Z; there is no need of
them. These instruments would
only mar the music made by hun
&dreds of voices raised in the grand
Bat hymns of the ages, the music
olling from the floor to the gallery
S&and from the gallery back to the
Hoor, ascending TO heaven mighty
cho4ns of praise. Requests for
y prayer are not vague. One does not
eay, 81 have very dear friend for
whom desire the prayers of Gods
people," but he says, "Pray for SO
and so," giving the name and address
of the person to be prayed for. Dur
qsiEg the meeting one man urges the
claims of the gospel upon one at his
bide, and Immediately rises, saying
that such and such a one, naming
him, has decided for Christ. Imme-
10y upon that announcement some
'l farts a hymn of praise. Any
pne can take part in the meetings.
according to the testimony of all
witnesses there is no disorder.
2N The revival is bearing fruit in the
lives of the people. Men are pay
g,Sing debts, when they cannot be made
: 10 do so by law. The unclean are
~ living chaste lives. An intelligent
SlI,W elchman, living in the very midst
|E6f the revival, has this to say of the
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