THE WELSH REVIVAL 1904-05
By J. Vyrnwy Morgan
Quinta Press. 230 pages
ISBN 1 897856 24 5
This book about the Welsh Revival of 100 years ago is from the pen of a theological liberal. It was first published in 1909.
I am not quite sure why it has been republished now by an evangelical publishing house. Although it pretends to being an unbiased account, it has many axes to grind and appearing just five years after the awakening, it was actually written too close to the events to give a truly objective view of what went on. The writer does acknowledge that there was a genuine move of God, and yet, quite rightly points out that there was much which accompanied the true revival which was theatrical and spurious. Isn't that always part of the devil's work? Nothing new there then.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …