How long would you expect revival fervour to last? Historically revivals in Wales have been short-lived events, but how quickly should we expect the passion stirred up by the Spirit to last? The story of how the Welsh Revival so rapidly ran out of steam within the Welsh chapels has not been fully told, but today here’s a flavour from one part of the country.

‘The meeting was rather lifeless compared to last year,’ sa...

Who sparked off the Welsh Revival of 1904-05? And where did that spark first see the light of day? Let’s turn our attention today to a period much loved in Welsh history – the Revival of 1904-05. Yesterday – the 31^st October – was the date in 1904 when Evan Roberts gathered a small number of young people together in Moriah Chapel, Loughor, to pray. It was the meeting, we are told, that sparked the Welsh Revival.

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Introduction

Evan Roberts was a sham revivalist and Peter Price, his arch-critic at the time, was the true voice of God during 1904-05 Welsh revival. When did you ever read a Christian author making these points? The answer, of course, is never. All we’ve ever read says quite the reverse. And yet the truth, I would contend, lies somewhere in between these two polemical points. Our history, however, seems to have been inf...