The following is not an attempt at writing the full story of what is commonly called “The Welsh Revival”. That story—not yet written, perhaps, never to be written—must, if written at all, be left to a more qualified pen. The present writer, although, in the grace of God, intimately connected with that work, must, by reason both of capacity and opportunity (or rather, lack of both) content himself with something more modest. To quote the late Mrs. Penn-Lewis, “The very most that has been (or can be) said and written can only be glimpses after all, and glimpses too of that which has come within the ken of a finite human being. God alone can unfold what He has done in this day of His power.”

The pages that follow are written in realisation of a long-cherished desire, and also at the present urging of friends who believe that they may help in deepening the longing for another great visitation of God, and also encourage and guide prayer therefor. They are written also because there are facts regarding the origin of the Revival which hitherto have not been published, facts known to but a few. It ought also to be said that the writer has not had his own people in view so much as those outside the Principality to whom the Revival was a matter not of experience but of repute.

The present time seems opportune for recalling the mighty days of a quarter of a century ago, for, thank God, there are not lacking some slight signs of preparation for another visitation of a similar nature, and, let us trust, of universal scope. The writer prays that his little effort may indicate more especially the conditions leading to Revival and also some of its lasting results.

Christmas,1930.