Dr. R. A. Torrey tells us in his account of Ireland's revival in 1860:
"At the appointed hour the ministers of the city went down to the market-place out of curiosity, to see what was done.
To their amazement they saw the people pouring into the market-place from every quarter, until there were no less than fifteen thousand people gathered together in the market-place.
The ministers looked at one another in bewilderment and dismay and said, 'We must preach, these young men can never deal with a vast crowd like this.'
So they put up four pulpits at the four corners of the market-place and a preacher ascended each pulpit.
They had not been preaching long when a very solemn awe fell upon the entire throng, and soon in one section of the market-place there was a loud cry, and a man fell to the ground under such overwhelming conviction of sin that he could not stand on his feet.
He was carried to the town Hall that was not yet completed.
Soon a cry arose from another part of the market-place and another man fell under the power of conviction of sin, and he too was taken to the Town Hall, then another, and then another, and then another fell in different parts of the market-place until conviction became so general that the meeting broke up and ministers adjourned to the Town Hall to deal individually with stricken souls.
The Presbyterian minister who tells the incident says, that he was in the Town Hall all night dealing with souls overwhelmed with deep conviction of sin.
When the morning dawned, this minister tells us, he started for his home, but as he went up the street he found people standing on their doorsteps waiting for him to pass, because there were people under conviction of sin in their homes, and they wanted to invite him in to deal with them.
He went into one home after another and there were so many to deal with that the sunset before he reached his own home.
The whole town of Coleraine was so transformed and so impressed that in completing the Town Hall they put in an inscribed table dedication the hall toe the memory of the revival."
Today's post: #11 15,000 In Open Air Meetings, in the series by what Prayer can do, by Dr. R. A. Torrey. Published by REVIVAL MOVEMENT ASSOCIATION, of Northern Ireland. www.revivalmovement.org
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Let’s pray: Father, it's for sure we are in need of such a moving of Your Holy Spirit in our town! Please help us to be willing and able to pray for Your will to be accomplished in our area. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Today’s Bible verse to live successfully with your fellow men: Rom.12
Today’s quote: Mary Southerland - Hudson Taylor once noted, "God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him." Paul writes in another letter to the church at Corinth, “My power works best in your weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:19) Today, right now, exchange your weak resources for His by giving up your rights, your plans and solutions. Lay them at His feet and choose His plan instead. Then you will find contentment.”
Our thought today: Our most exciting spiritual experiences are just a foretaste of heaven!
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