I am glad that a new edition is being issued of Mr. Jones’ valuable book, in which an event is described which illustrates in a wonderful way the power of God, exerted in answer to prayer, and producing moral and spiritual changes such as we long to see to-day.

Having been in Wales at the time of the Revival, I appreciate the unstrained and life-like account which the author gives of those remarkable scenes.

I was in Loughor, the home-village of Evan Roberts, in the last week of 1904. There in the midst of his own people was the young student whom God had called to be the standard-bearer of the Revival movement. The chapel was thronged, the atmosphere tense. Evan Roberts spoke only a few words, but they were wise and gracious words and clothed with power. It did not seem as though the meeting depended on the human leader. There was guidance, but it was from the Unseen, as prayer followed prayer, and bursts of song expressed the joy of souls in fellowship with God.

At a later meeting that week the scene was a large chapel in Clydach. The night was rainy and the roads muddy, but the place was packed; the only vacant place being in the pulpit. That night there was no visible leader. Yet the service went on for hours, with hymn, prayer, Scripture reading, testimony, following one another without a break. There was intense pleading with God for souls, and now and then a burst of praise as one and another yielded to the Gospel appeal.

The impression during that week was of the unique importance of the spiritual world. The things of earth seemed petty in comparison with the things of Heaven. There was war in the East then, but it appeared small beside the spiritual war in which we were witnessing the victories of God. Christ, we felt, was in the midst, and His people, radiant and joyous, were transfigured with celestial light. This made an impression upon the people outside, and they flocked to the gatherings, neglecting politics and the football field and finding in innumerable cases, the secret of a new life.

The picture of the Revival given by Mr. Jones will surely quicken the desire for such a blessing in our own day and will point the way of prayer by which preparation for such an event is made.