The Awakening in Wales

in church history." On October 31, 1904, twentysix-

year-old Evan Roberts, a former miner, returned home

from a ministry training program, having quit at the

urging of the Holy Spirit. That night, he joined sixteen

other young people at a village chapel, and from that

humble origin sprang a spiritual revival that roared across

the hills and valleys of Wales. Thousands of souls were

welcomed into God's kingdom. Even the press could not

ignore the changes occurring, and they eagerly reported

on Roberts' every move.

As suddenly as he had appeared, Roberts vanished from

the world stage, only to reemerge twenty years later. What

happened? How did God work so miraculously?

Jessie Penn-Lewis was well-acquainted with the revival

and its leader. Her clear and concise history of the events

of that time remains a treasure for all those who pray for

revival to return in our day.