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 ...revival in 1904, moved through the whole nation by the end of the year, and eventually affected a large portion of the world.
Some of the nations influenced were India, Korea, China, Japan, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Burma, Ceylon, Brazil, Manchuria, France, Korea, Indonesia, Argentina, Chile, and Canada.
In America, there were also reports of significant revivals. The ministers in Atlantic City, New Jersey, reported that out of a population of 60,000, they knew of only 50 adults who were not converted. Great revivals also shook a number of universities including, Taylor, Yale, and Asbury.
Much of the revival in Wales took place among the coal miners who had, prior to their conversion, trained their working mules to respond to profanity. When the miners became Christians they no longer used profanity – and the confused mules were unable to work until they were taught new commands!
Over 100,000 people were converted during the two-year revival. Drunkenness was cut in half and many taverns went bankrupt. The police were “unemployed” in many districts and thousands of newly converted people paid outstanding debts.
After two years of rigorous ministry, Evan Roberts buckled under the pressure and suffered a physical and emotional collapse. He left the active preaching ministry and spent the next 45 years writing and corresponding with other ministers. His obituary read:
“In his youth, he had seemed to hold the nation in the palms of his hands. He endured strains and underwent great changes of opinion and outlook, but his religious convictions remained firm to the end.”
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