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Revival History: Miracles, Signs and Wonders Instructor: Dr. Gene Bailey Week Seven © 2019

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Francis Asbury August 1745 – March 31, 1816 • Francis Asbury embodies theme of

Francis Asbury August 1745 – March 31, 1816 • Francis Asbury embodies theme of The Asbury Triptych Series, “Following God’s call on your life may not be easy, but it is rewarding. ” Reading Bible by age 6, preaching by age 16. • Known for his motto, ‘I must Ride or Die, ’ he soon becomes the most recognized individual in the colonies, journeying to the colonies’ largest mansions and many of the humble dwellings on the frontier. His efforts uniquely cross denominational and ethnic boundaries

Francis Asbury • Iron Working apprentice, by 26, he is abandoning his family, his

Francis Asbury • Iron Working apprentice, by 26, he is abandoning his family, his friends, his girlfriend and his homeland for the wilds of the American Colonies. • Numerous cities, towns, streets, universities, churches, schools and children claim the namesake of Francis Asbury. The Methodist names of the streets of Asbury Park, New Jersey give honor to the man. Stained glass works of Asbury adorn churches. There is also a large equestrian monument of him in Washington D. C. • Once on the American shores, he labors in the saddle, (never owning a home), until his death 45 years later.

Francis Asbury • Asbury is a leader of men; his faithful followers are a

Francis Asbury • Asbury is a leader of men; his faithful followers are a Biblical cavalry. • They preach in houses, barns, taverns, courthouses, orchards, playhouses, poorhouses, forts, marketplaces, African churches, Indian settlements, on banks of rivers, in woods, among the pines, at the gallows, outside universities, from carriages, from jailhouse windows. During the Revolutionary War, occasionally found themselves at the front line, dodging volleys of gunfire.

Cain Ridge Back Story • On a trip to Tennessee in 1794, Methodist bishop

Cain Ridge Back Story • On a trip to Tennessee in 1794, Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote anxiously about frontier settlers, “When I reflect that not one in a hundred came here to get religion, but rather to get plenty of good land, I think it will be well if many do not eventually lose their souls. ” • Rampant alcoholism and avaricious land-grabbing were matched by the increasing popularity of both universalism (the doctrine that all will be saved) and deism (the belief that God is uninvolved in the world). • The “minutes” of the frontier Transylvania Presbytery reveal deep concern about the “prevalence of vice & infidelity, the great apparent declension of true vital religion in too many places. ”

Cain Ridge Back Story • In 1798 the Presbyterian General Assembly asked that a

Cain Ridge Back Story • In 1798 the Presbyterian General Assembly asked that a day be set aside for fasting, humiliation, and prayer to redeem the frontier from “Egyptian darkness. ” • One traveler wrote a Baltimore friend that he was on his way to the “greatest meeting of its kind ever known” and that “religion has got to such a height here that people attend from a great distance; on this occasion I doubt not but there will be 10, 000 people. ” • He underestimated, but his miscalculation is understandable. Communions (annual three-to-five-day meetings climaxed with the Lord’s Supper) gathered people in the dozens, maybe the hundreds. At this Cane Ridge Communion, though, sometimes 20, 000 people swirled about the grounds—watching, praying, preaching, weeping, groaning, falling. Though some stood at the edges and mocked, most left marveling at the wondrous hand of God.

Cain Ridge Revival • ”The Cane Ridge Revival was a large camp meeting that

Cain Ridge Revival • ”The Cane Ridge Revival was a large camp meeting that was held in Cane Ridge, Kentucky from August 6 to August 12 or 13, 1801. It has been described as the “largest and most famous camp meeting of the Second Great Awakening. “ • The Cane Ridge Communion quickly became one of the best-reported events in American history

Cain Ridge Revival • According to Vanderbilt historian Paul Conkin, “arguably. . . the

Cain Ridge Revival • According to Vanderbilt historian Paul Conkin, “arguably. . . the most important religious gathering in all of American history. ” It ignited the explosion of evangelical religion, which soon reached into nearly every corner of American life. For decades the prayer of camp meetings and revivals across the land was “Lord, make it like Cane Ridge. ” • The “glory of scriptural religion” began to “shine forth” in Kentucky when James Mc. Gready arrived in Logan County in 1798 to pastor three small congregations: the Red River, Gaspar River, and Muddy River churches.

Cain Ridge Revival • James Mc. Gready brought with him from North Carolina a

Cain Ridge Revival • James Mc. Gready brought with him from North Carolina a welldeserved reputation for fiery preaching. • He was a large, imposing man with piercing eyes and a voice coarse and tremulous. • Barton Stone, pastor of the Cane Ridge Church, said of Mc. Gready after hearing him preach, “My mind was chained by him, and followed him closely in his rounds of heaven, earth, and hell with feelings indescribable. ” • Their meetings out grew their churches. This was probably the first real “camp meeting” even though it would be another 2 years before the phrase was coined.

Cain Ridge Revival • On Saturday night, just after the last sermon was finished,

Cain Ridge Revival • On Saturday night, just after the last sermon was finished, two women began talking excitedly about how God had entered them, and soon, wrote Mc. Gready, “Sinners [were] lying powerless in every part of the house, praying and crying for mercy. ” All night long, ministers attended to distressed and desperate penitents. • Sunday morning’s sermon also evoked groans and cries, and at night, with the pulpit illumined by flaming torches, William Mc. Gee exhorted with all the energy and oratory he could muster. • “Towards the close of the sermon, the cries of the distressed arose almost as loud as his voice, ” Mc. Gready wrote. “After the congregation was dismissed the solemnity increased. . No person seemed to wish to go home—hunger and sleep seemed to

Cain Ridge and Beyond • In the succeeding months, camp meeting revivals spread through

Cain Ridge and Beyond • In the succeeding months, camp meeting revivals spread through Kentucky and Tennessee: at Muddy River, Mr. Craighead’s church, Clay-lick, Little Muddy Creek, Montgomery’s Meetinghouse, and Hopewell. Each seemed more dramatic than the last. • As 1800 drew to a close, John Mc. Gee reported that at Desha’s Creek, “Many thousands of people attended. The mighty power and mercy of God was manifested. The people fell before the Word, like corn before a storm of wind, and many rose from the dust with divine glory shining in their countenances. ”

People react to the Presence of God • Tumultuous bodily “exercises”: Shouting and crying

People react to the Presence of God • Tumultuous bodily “exercises”: Shouting and crying and some began falling. Some experienced weakened knees or a light head (including Governor James Garrard) while others fell remaining conscious or talkative; a few fell into temporary coma. • “The jerks”: One witness described those afflicted: “Their heads would jerk back suddenly, frequently causing them to yelp, or make some other involuntary noise. . Sometimes the head would fly every way so quickly that their features could not be recognized. I have seen their heads fly back and forward so quickly that the hair of females would be made to crack like a carriage whip, but not very loud. ”

Cain Ridge Revival • As dark descended, camp fires cast large shadows against the

Cain Ridge Revival • As dark descended, camp fires cast large shadows against the trees; candles, lamps, and torches illumined the camp as hundreds moved to and fro, “like Gideon’s army" • preachers shouted sermons from the tent as people exhorted from the ground • some chanted hymns, others ecstatic hosannas—and always the mournful wailing for sin. • “The noise was like the roar of Niagara, ” wrote a participant. “The vast sea of human beings seemed to be agitated as if by a storm. ” • “The excitement created by these reports, ” recalled Methodist James B. Finley, “was of the most intense and astonishing character. ” “The nearest approximation to it. . . was the revival on the day of Pentecost. ”

Cain Ridge Statistics • Few could comprehend, let alone describe, what had happened. Barton

Cain Ridge Statistics • Few could comprehend, let alone describe, what had happened. Barton Stone said, “A particular description of this meeting would fill a large volume, and then the half would not be told. ” • Nor could anyone get a handle on the numbers. Estimates of attendance ran between 10, 000 and 25, 000; estimates of the slain from 1, 000 to 3, 000; estimates of those who took Communion from 800 to 3, 000; estimates of conversions, from 1, 000 to 3, 000.

Lorenzo Dow, 1777 -1834 • No rules for how to do missionary work •

Lorenzo Dow, 1777 -1834 • No rules for how to do missionary work • Lorenzo Dow was converted in a dream, he was carried off to hell by a demon, and cried to God that he deserved it – but begged for mercy. He knew amazing peace and joy and woke up loving God. • Methodist circuit rider age 21, grooming or appearances didn’t matter to him. • After his death, one obituary said: Who will forget his orangutan features, his outlandish clothes, the beard that swept his aged breast, or the piping treble voice in which he preached the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Lorenzo Dow • Lorenzo Dow shouted, screamed, wept, begged, insulted, and challenged people’s complacent

Lorenzo Dow • Lorenzo Dow shouted, screamed, wept, begged, insulted, and challenged people’s complacent beliefs. He told stories and jokes. • It is recorded that he could hold an audience of 10, 000 spellbound. He gained the nickname “Crazy Dow” and happily accepted it. • Lorenzo wrote 2 nd best seller (after the Bible) on his many experiences, The Dealings of God, Man, and the Devil

His wife Peggy • His marriage was unusual • He said, “if you should

His wife Peggy • His marriage was unusual • He said, “if you should stand in my way in the service of the gospel, I will pray to God to remove you!” • Stout-hearted Peggy said yes to marrying him and they married in 1804. • She accompanied him on his long arduous travels in woods with no tent. Hearing wolves --trusting God. • Ministry all for the love of 100 s of settlers, who needed Jesus and had never seen a preacher.

Lorenzo Dow

Lorenzo Dow

Lorenzo Dow • Dow was a source of entertainment as well as awe. Many

Lorenzo Dow • Dow was a source of entertainment as well as awe. Many a child was christened Lorenzo in his honor. • In southern states, where he opposed slavery, he was sometimes pelted with stones, eggs, and rotten vegetables. • That never stopped him; he simply walked to the next town and gave the same sermon again! • At Jacksonborough, Georgia, he was abused and attacked so badly that, on leaving, he “shook off the dust from his feet” [Matthew 10: 14] and cursed the place. Within a few years, all that was left of Jacksonborough was the home of his hosts – the rest had been abandoned and fallen into ruin.

Charles Finney 1792 – 1875 • October 10, 1821, he headed out into the

Charles Finney 1792 – 1875 • October 10, 1821, he headed out into the woods near his Adams, New York, home to find God. • "I will give my heart to God, or I never will come down from there, " he said. After several hours, he returned to his office, where he experienced such forceful emotion that he questioned those who could not testify to a similar encounter. • "The Holy Spirit … seemed to go through me, body and soul, " he later wrote. "I could feel the impression, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves of liquid love, for I could not express it in any other way. " • The next morning, Finney returned to his law office to meet with a client whose case he was about to argue. "I have a retainer from the Lord Jesus Christ to plead his cause, " he told the man, "and cannot plead yours. "

Charles Finney August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875 • Dr. Gene, Greg Stephens,

Charles Finney August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875 • Dr. Gene, Greg Stephens, Doug Bonner and Linda Schulz Lane explore what gets the men in Charles Finney’s church saved? Gene Bailey and Greg Stephens recreate a Charles Finney waslk to Revival • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=O_Hp. ZCDr. Hco

Charles Finney August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=c.

Charles Finney August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=c. Va 8 WDvc. TTY

Charles Finney August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875 • Charles Finney on revival:

Charles Finney August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875 • Charles Finney on revival: "nothing more or less than a new beginning of obedience to the Word of God. ” • Revival is not arbitrary nor mystical - but a heartfelt return to love and faith in the living written Word • 1856: Finney saw 100, 000 saved in Rochester, New York. Yet, after his Praying Team of Father Nash and Abel Clary passed on, it took 18 months and Finney’s health was hit hard. • Charles Finney was preaching Park Street Church in Boston for ten months through April 1856. His written works trained pastors and lay people from all over and his weekly sessions in Park Street Church where hundreds of church leaders or would be leaders came to him. Titus Coan sitting in his meetings sailed to Hawaii and saw an Awakening in Hawaii 1835 -1840.

Charles Finney • He is called the Father of modern Revivalism. • The zenith

Charles Finney • He is called the Father of modern Revivalism. • The zenith of Finney's evangelistic career was reached at Rochester, New York. Shopkeepers closed their businesses, posting notices urging people to attend Finney's meetings. Reportedly, the population of the town increased by twothirds during the revival, but crime dropped by two-thirds over the same period. • Continuous revival in New York City then Friday nights in Boston teaching on Revival. He left to pastor Oberlin Congregation Church and teach theology at Oberlin College. In 1851, he was appointed president, which gave him a new forum to advocate social reforms he championed, especially abolition of slavery.

Chalkboard Haystack Revival with Dr. Gene, Doug Bonner, Linda Schulz Lane and Greg Stephens

Chalkboard Haystack Revival with Dr. Gene, Doug Bonner, Linda Schulz Lane and Greg Stephens • https: //youtu. be/7 Gu. CU 7 b 6 v. O 4

Haystack Revival August 1806 • Williams College 5 students ages 20 -25 read William

Haystack Revival August 1806 • Williams College 5 students ages 20 -25 read William Carey’s “Inquiry” and decided to Be the One • While each student went into ministry and have a “story”, Samuel J Mills, is noted for having founded our home grown American Foreign Missions

Haystack Revival continued • Samuel J Mills started as frontier circuit rider --and found

Haystack Revival continued • Samuel J Mills started as frontier circuit rider --and found no one had Bibles • His suggestion to unite Bible societies created the American National Bible Society • 100 s signed up to become missionaries—fully expecting a one way trip • Children earned the money that funded and fully built and kept missionaries ships in repair. Some of those children grew up to then be the missionaries going out on those ships.

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 Jeremiah Lanphier attended this summer Revival before

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 Jeremiah Lanphier attended this summer Revival before creating “noon day” prayer meetings: • 1857 Summer– Charleston, South Carolina: Pastor John L. Girardeau: Anson Street Presbyterian Church had forty-eight black members and twelve white members. Summer 1857, they began a prayer meeting, petitioning God to send "a spiritual awakening, " and waiting for the outpouring of the Spirit. “ • One evening while leading in prayer, Girardeau felt as if a surge of electricity struck his head and gone through his entire body. He then stated: "The Holy Spirit has come. We will begin preaching tomorrow evening. “ No one left. By the time he was able to re-dismiss the congregation, it was midnight. • 8 weeks Revival followed with 1500 -2000 blacks and whites in attendance.

. John L. Girardeau preached on "sin and repentance, faith and justification, and regeneration"

. John L. Girardeau preached on "sin and repentance, faith and justification, and regeneration"

ST. LOUIS, NASHVILLE, MOBILE, NEW ORLEANS, CHARLESTON • Sept 20 th 1857: The Charleston

ST. LOUIS, NASHVILLE, MOBILE, NEW ORLEANS, CHARLESTON • Sept 20 th 1857: The Charleston Daily Courier insisted that the South and West had been experiencing an "unusual awakening" during the summer. • "The appearance and decided development of the revival in New York first. . . received the notice of the secular press, and many readers are therefore disposed to overlook other and previous demonstrations. “ • By April even the Louisville Courier noted that "large daily union meetings are now held in St. Louis, Nashville, Mobile, New Orleans and Charleston. " Source: The prayer revival of 1857 - interpreting an American religious Awakening

The Disaster of 1857 Begins --Backstory preceding Prayer Revival of 1857 • Bank Failure

The Disaster of 1857 Begins --Backstory preceding Prayer Revival of 1857 • Bank Failure and Embezzlement- August 24, 1857 New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company. Tuesday, a mob of 30, 000 New Yorkers “thronged the sidewalks and choked the entrances to the banks. Bank closed. Edwin Ludlow embezzled huge sums of money. • Evangelicals were dismayed to learn that Frederick W. Porter, long -time corresponding secretary of the American Sunday School Union, had engaged in similar activities, supposedly bilking the union of more than $88, 000. 50 • Pastors preached on "Dishonesty in Business" --urban areas and time-honored calls to repentance and conversion

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 • Sept 12, 1857: Steamer with its

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 • Sept 12, 1857: Steamer with its $1. 6 million in gold and 400 passengers, was lost at sea in a hurricane. No money coming for the banks • September 23, 1857 –Noon Day Prayer Revival. 6 attended 1 st week, then 14 -20, then 23 -40 • Sept 25 th Over a 1000 Banks failed • October 8 th NOON DAY FULTON STREET PRAYER MEETINGS GO DAILY, 100 s now attending • October 9 th Phoebe holds a church service, Hamilton Ontario • October 10 th Stock Markets crash. 1415 BANKS FAIL

Disaster of 1857 goes worldwide— Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 • United

Disaster of 1857 goes worldwide— Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 • United States crisis created first World-Wide financial crisis • It went through every market and every conceivable direction (David Morier Evans, 1859) • “Never did wickedness and commerce seem so intimately allied as during the great panic of 1857, England New York appeared to be “vying with each other in bare-faced fraud”. • On November 28 th, the French Ambassador to his government: “It would indeed be difficult to use words too strong condemnatory of the loose and reckless credit system which has prevailed in the American trade. 1614 banks have now failed. It will come to us. PREPARE. If we can.

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 • Late October: Unemployment in the Northeast

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 • Late October: Unemployment in the Northeast and Midwest skyrocketed, with estimated numbers almost as high as the 1930 s Depression unemployment • Oct 15 -25 th Phoebe Palmer, in Hamilton Ontario has meetings that go from 7 am to 10 pm. 3 Denominations unite to pray • PANIC rippled outward as banks suspended gold payments, stocks plummeted, and thousands of businesses, including half of New York City’s brokerages, went bankrupt.

What turned a world-wide disaster into what history describes as only “Panic of 1857”?

What turned a world-wide disaster into what history describes as only “Panic of 1857”?

Prayer Revival of 1857 timeline • Nov 5 th "Revival Extraordinary; The Laity for

Prayer Revival of 1857 timeline • Nov 5 th "Revival Extraordinary; The Laity for the Times Exemplified, " letter describing Canada's Phoebe Palmer's Hamilton Canada described in the Christian Advocate and Journal. • Nov 20 th 6, 000 people --prayer meetings in Pittsburgh. ST LOUIS MI, THOUSANDS PACK FULL THREE DOWNTOWN CHURCHES 3 X A DAY • Dec 1 st --NYC Daily prayer. Of 800, 000 people, by May 50, 000 are saved and in prayer meetings all over NYC. Church bells ring to signal when meetings began and ended. • A newspaper reported that New England was profoundly changed by the revival and in several towns no unconverted adults could be found! • Dec 17 th –Washington DC daily prayer meetings 5 x a day, 1000 attending meetings. LEADERS PRAYING-

 • January 1, 1858 --TWO THOUSAND MILE LONG PRAYER MEETING FROM OMAHA TO

• January 1, 1858 --TWO THOUSAND MILE LONG PRAYER MEETING FROM OMAHA TO BOSTON--In one of Mr. Finney's Friday night meetings on “how to keep revival going” (Boston) a man arose and said: I am from Omaha, in Nebraska. On my journey East I have found a continuous prayer meeting about two thousand miles in extent. " • January 21, 1858 REVIVAL AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN George Beck, a Michigan student, noted in his diary "strong revivals of religion are taking place around us and in our midst. “ Spiritual concern in the Ann Arbor community paralleled that university campus: Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Baptist churches report substantial membership growth • January 26 th- MORE THAN 1000 TOWNS ARE PRAYING (List follows)

 • January 26, 1858 Charles Finney now president of Oberlin College has 8

• January 26, 1858 Charles Finney now president of Oberlin College has 8 -9 meetings a day that laymen run and many churches in his area have followed his example. • “You can send a card to your local church where your unsaved family is and they will get visited by that local church! More than one, if that’s needed!” Business owners brought all their employees in and they would leave, saved. • MASSIVE REVIVAL HITS YALE COLLEGE! AT Yale College nearly all the students are saved. Among the converts were very bitter scoffers and what would be described as "infidels". • Feb 15 th A sea captain confessed as he came to port he knew he (and his ship) was under conviction then he met five ships who were all having conviction as well and had begun doing daily prayer meetings.

 • San Francisco sees Revival. Outgrowing YMCAs meeting rooms and had to transfer

• San Francisco sees Revival. Outgrowing YMCAs meeting rooms and had to transfer to a church • Feb 27 th READ ALL ABOUT IT: New York Herald-- headlines: Great Revival of Religion in New York. Progress of the Movement. Remarkable Conversions Among the Unrighteous. Sinners Brought to the Way of Grace. One of the 'Forty Thieves' Repentant. Wonderful Manifestations of Penitence and Piety. • Spring 1858: C. H Spurgeon said: "In the City of New York at this present moment, there is not, I believe one single hour of the day where Christians are not gathered together for prayer. • Amhurst: only 3 or 4 of graduating seniors are NOT converted. • New York State legislature –prayer meetings are held. 5 th day 2 rooms filled and interest growing.

 • Hell-Corner, New Hampshire -- one man's outrageous profanity led to a joking

• Hell-Corner, New Hampshire -- one man's outrageous profanity led to a joking call for prayer. A notorious backslider tried to lead but broke down crying while praying! Meetings continued and many in Hell-corner became praying people. • Spring 1858 ST. LOUIS, CHURCH MEETINGS OVERFLOW INTO TENTS, Telegraphed greetings exchanged between John Street prayer meeting in New York City and Jayne's Hall in Philadelphia. Fulton Street meetings (total capacity about 600) and John Street meetings (capacity about 2, 000) attracted overflow crowds. • 3000 SAVED IN NEWARK NEW JERSEY. In many smaller towns scarcely any unconverted people remained. • CHICAGO Metropolitan Hall, Chicago, opened for daily noon prayer; during subsequent weeks John V. Farwell and Dwight L. Moody participated

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 In every place people prayed –with purpose.

Backstory to the Prayer Revival of 1857 In every place people prayed –with purpose. • Even the Journal of Commerce, a financial paper, urged its readers to "steal awhile away from Wall Street and every worldly care, and spend an hour about mid-day in humble, hopeful prayer. “ Christians proactively stepped up to BE THE ONE –and unified--in every village, town, and city

SUMUP American Prayer Revival of 1857 • Around 1, 000 accepted Christ, and about

SUMUP American Prayer Revival of 1857 • Around 1, 000 accepted Christ, and about that many rededicated their lives. (total population: around 30, 000) • Every town, village and city apparently prayed. • Christians proactively supported godly businesses, godly policies. They prayed ungodly leadership into accepting Christ or replaced them with believers. Issues like slavery and education were no longer something to tolerate • History describes the Economic Disaster as the “Panic of 1857”. French Ambassador (among other leaders) wrote -- I do not know how (America saved itself) but the anticipated wave will not come. We should do better economically with how recovery has taken place, too.

Was Revival only happening in America? 1. America- Prayer Revival of 1857 Around 1,

Was Revival only happening in America? 1. America- Prayer Revival of 1857 Around 1, 000 would be eventually saved and around another million who rededicated their lives. 2. South Africa Hulus move from pagan to Christian 3. Transylvania/Hungary/Soviet Union /Romania--Several men hot off German Revivals, baptized in Hamburg, Germany came to Transylvania. Their work laid the groundwork for the first Baptist church in Budapest. 1000 s were baptized in Revival primarily led by uneducated laymen, the so-called "peasant prophets". One of the first missionaries was sent out from William Wilberforce and Thomas Charles later would be part of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Independent Revivals taking place at the same time 4. Tasmania—Revival in process: Starting with

Independent Revivals taking place at the same time 4. Tasmania—Revival in process: Starting with 14 chapels, by 1860 they would have 157 churches and 70 circuit meeting places. 5. Australia-The Methodist Church grew by a staggering 72% between 1857 and 1864, while the Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians and other evangelicals also benefited. 6. Canada- Phoebe Palmer: For ten days, October 15 th-25 th meetings which were largely testimonies went from 7 am to 10 pm. . . Local ministers had united three denominational prayer meetings and asked the Palmers to speak to the group. Would end up birthing a new church

Worldwide independent Revivals taking place at the same time 7. France --Paris has 1857

Worldwide independent Revivals taking place at the same time 7. France --Paris has 1857 Revival! One Louvre historian said meetings were held in the chapel located at the heart of the Louvre. The meetings moved to the Oratory chapel outside the Louvre when they needed more seating. Revival expands to Lyon, France. Revival in still more towns took place after Henri Monad returned after seeing America’s Prayer Revival. Even his own son was saved! Then another sweeping Revival took place in 1860. 8. Isle of Lewis --Revival happened in some parishes. When news of America’s Prayer Revival came back to Hebrides and Ireland then Revival took a full sweep of towns 1858 Ulster Revival (Ireland) and 1860 Hebrides also Scotland, Wales and England's Revivals.

God wants this great land of ours, and the only way He’s going to

God wants this great land of ours, and the only way He’s going to get it is through His ambassadors—you and me. Pray for your nation. Every day. And never underestimate the world-changing power of those prayers. Kenneth Copeland Faith to Faith Devotional

2 Chronicles 7: 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall

2 Chronicles 7: 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.