A Welsh minister, beginning his sermon, leaned over the pulpit and said with a solemn air, "Friends,
I have a question to ask. I cannot answer it. You cannot answer it. If an angel from heaven were here, he
could not answer it. If a devil from hell were here, he could not answer it."
Every eye was fixed on the speaker, who proceeded: "The question is this,
'How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation?'" (Hebrews 2:3)
During the Welsh revival (1904-1906) many didn't want to escape - - thousands upon thousands of people found salvation in Jesus Christ.
Evan Roberts had been praying for revival for eleven years, and then it broke out in 1904.
He and his brother, Dan, a friend, Sidney Evans, and Annie Davies had a burning zeal for souls,
and preached the good news of the Gospel, which had enormous results. Here are a few of them:
The crime rate dropped.
Drunkards were reformed.
Pubs reported losses in trade.
Bad language disappeared, and never returned to the lips of many.
Football and rugby became uninteresting in the light of new joy and direction received by the converts.
One elderly revival convert said, "It's still burning within my heart - it's never been extinguished - it has
burned for over 70 years."
The world needs a Holy Ghost wave of revival like has never been seen since the beginning of creation.
May the Lord inspired His followers to have a burning zeal for souls before it is too late.
