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Rees (ibid.) documented that revivals later occurred in 1841, 1842, and 1843, which were followed by what he described as 'The Great Revival' of 1849. He attributed the first three revivals to the circulation of a translation of 'Mr. Finney's "Lectures" by Mr. Griffiths. of Swansea'. However, he later wrote the following qualification: |
Rees (ibid.) documented that revivals later occurred in 1841, 1842, and 1843, which were followed by what he described as 'The Great Revival' of 1849. He attributed the first three revivals to the circulation of a translation of 'Mr. Finney's "Lectures" by Mr. Griffiths. of Swansea'. However, he later wrote the following qualification: |
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:{{in5}}'It will be readily acknowledged that the terrible visitation of the ''Cholera'' was principally the means of arousing the attention of our hearers to consider seriously the important truths with which they were already theoretically acquainted ....' (Italics in the original) |
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Finally Davies (op. cit.: 56) documented that the 'most powerful' of the revivals occurred in 1849 which followed an outbreak of the disease in [[Merthyr Tydfil]] and which spread across north [[Monmouthshire]]. Lewis (op. cit.: 42) made the following informative observations: |
Finally Davies (op. cit.: 56) documented that the 'most powerful' of the revivals occurred in 1849 which followed an outbreak of the disease in [[Merthyr Tydfil]] and which spread across north [[Monmouthshire]]. Lewis (op. cit.: 42) made the following informative observations: |
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:{{in5}}'1849 – This year has been remarkable for cholera epidemic [''sic''] in England and Wales. Thousands have died from the disease, which caused a panic among the people – the mere hearers of the Word. Many hundreds fled to the churches for membership, especially on the hills and in the ironworks. It is feared that terror only has driven many, and not the constraining love of Christ.' |
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[https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-ROW-1832 Humphrey Jones], a [[Methodist]] minister [https://biography.wales/article/s-MORG-DAV-1814#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F4674796%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=141%2C353%2C1059%2C854 David Morgan], a [[Presbyterian]] minister, led the 1859 revival.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Eifion|author-link=Eifion Evans (church historian)|title=The 1859 Revival in Wales|url=http://articles.ochristian.com/article13611.shtml|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> It had its roots in the [[Third Great Awakening|1857–59 revival]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stead|first1=William T.|title=The Welsh Revival|publisher=Trumpet Press, 2015 Religion › Christian Church ›|author-link=W. T. Stead|date=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/MN41536ucmf_1/page/n32 7]|url=https://archive.org/details/MN41536ucmf_1|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>, which Jones had experienced in [[New York City|New York]]. On his return to [[Tre'r Ddôl]], he recruited Morgan to the cause. |
[https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-ROW-1832 Humphrey Jones], a [[Methodist]] minister [https://biography.wales/article/s-MORG-DAV-1814#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F4674796%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=141%2C353%2C1059%2C854 David Morgan], a [[Presbyterian]] minister, led the 1859 revival.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Eifion|author-link=Eifion Evans (church historian)|title=The 1859 Revival in Wales|url=http://articles.ochristian.com/article13611.shtml|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> It had its roots in the [[Third Great Awakening|1857–59 revival]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stead|first1=William T.|title=The Welsh Revival|publisher=Trumpet Press, 2015 Religion › Christian Church ›|author-link=W. T. Stead|date=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/MN41536ucmf_1/page/n32 7]|url=https://archive.org/details/MN41536ucmf_1|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>, which Jones had experienced in [[New York City|New York]]. On his return to [[Tre'r Ddôl]], he recruited Morgan to the cause. |
Revision as of 16:23, 19 June 2024
The 1859 Welsh revival, was the latest in a lengthy series of cholera revivals[1] which occurred in South Wales, all of which were documented by three Welsh religious historians:
- Thomas Rees,[2] the Congregational minister
- Thomas Lewis,[3] the Baptist minister, and
- E. T. Davies,[4] the Welsh schoolmaster and Anglican scholar-priest.
Davies (op. cit.: 55) documented that revivals occurred in Merthyr Tydfil in 1810, 1815 and 1829, and sporadically occurred in the Mynyddislwyn area over a period of thirty-five years.[5] and that three revivals occurred in 1831-32.
Rees (ibid.) documented that revivals later occurred in 1841, 1842, and 1843, which were followed by what he described as 'The Great Revival' of 1849. He attributed the first three revivals to the circulation of a translation of 'Mr. Finney's "Lectures" by Mr. Griffiths. of Swansea'. However, he later wrote the following qualification:
- 'It will be readily acknowledged that the terrible visitation of the Cholera was principally the means of arousing the attention of our hearers to consider seriously the important truths with which they were already theoretically acquainted ....' (Italics in the original)
Finally Davies (op. cit.: 56) documented that the 'most powerful' of the revivals occurred in 1849 which followed an outbreak of the disease in Merthyr Tydfil and which spread across north Monmouthshire. Lewis (op. cit.: 42) made the following informative observations:
- '1849 – This year has been remarkable for cholera epidemic [sic] in England and Wales. Thousands have died from the disease, which caused a panic among the people – the mere hearers of the Word. Many hundreds fled to the churches for membership, especially on the hills and in the ironworks. It is feared that terror only has driven many, and not the constraining love of Christ.'
Humphrey Jones, a Methodist minister David Morgan, a Presbyterian minister, led the 1859 revival.[6] It had its roots in the 1857–59 revival in the United States.[7], which Jones had experienced in New York. On his return to Tre'r Ddôl, he recruited Morgan to the cause.
Davies observed, citing Thomas Rees in Phillips (1860)[8], that the revival 'had less effect in Monmouthshire than in Glamorgan; and only rarely did the Baptists and the Established Church join with the Independents, Wesleyan Methodists and Calvinistic Methodists.'(op. cit.: 57)
Two claims have been made about the effect of the revival. Davies (ibid.) claimed that 'it added 80,000 to the membership of the chapels ....' In contrast, Jones (2015) estimated that it produced 100,000 converts.[9]
Martyn Lloyd-Jones viewed the revival as being connected to the revival in Ulster during the same year.[10] Rees was more informative. He initially documented, in a letter to H.O. Wills, an English colleague and one of four benefactors, that he and four colleagues travelled from Holyhead to Dublin and then to Belfast, where they attended two prayer-meetings and visited 'every part of the town' and gathered 'all the information we could from ministers [and] town missionaries ....' (op. cit.: 96-101). He subsequently documented, in two follow-up letters to Wills (op. cit.: 101-107), detailed enthusiastic accounts of the revival.
The next major revival after the 1859 one was the 1904-1905 Welsh revival.
References
- ^ Davies, E.T. (1965). Religion in the Industrial Revolution in South Wales (Pantyfedwen Lectures). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 57.
- ^ Rees, Thomas (1867). Miscellaneous papers on subjects relating to Wales. London: John Snow & Co. p. 93-96. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Thomas (1902). Edwards, Principal W. (ed.). My life's history. Newport: (Miss) C.E. Lewis. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Davies, E.T. (1965). Religion in the Industrial Revolution in South Wales (Pantyfedwen Lectures). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 55-57.
- ^ Davies cited Davies, Evan (1859). Revivals in Wales. London: John Snow. p. 50. in support of this latter set of occurrence
- ^ Evans, Eifion. "The 1859 Revival in Wales". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Stead, William T. (1905). The Welsh Revival. Trumpet Press, 2015 Religion › Christian Church ›. p. 7. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Phillips, Thomas (1860). The Welsh revival: Its origin and development. London: James Nisbet and Co. p. 46. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Jones, David Ceri (13 October 2015). "Welsh History Month: Wales, religious revival and the world". Wales Online.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn (1987). Revival. Crossway. p. 7. Retrieved 23 April 2017.