Substance abuse is epidemic. The streets are not considered to be safe after dark. A poll taken at Harvard discovered not one believer in the whole student body. At Princeton they discovered only two believers. A mock communion was held at Williams College, and anti-Christian plays were performed at Dartmouth. A Bible was taken out of a local Presbyterian church and burned in a public bonfire. Christians were so scarce on campuses that they met in secret and kept the minutes of their meetings in code so that no one would know.
These comments are adapted from J. Edwin Orr's message on "Prayer and Revival". They describe America in the 90s...the 1790s!
It is hard to believe, but its true. America was turning away from God. But then something happened. It started in Great Britain through William Carey as he and others founded the Union of Prayer. Then it jumped across the ocean and landed in America. People began to pray and soon the Second Great Awakening occurred. As the Spirit moved across America, missionary societies were formed, slavery was abolished, Sunday School was invented, and Bible Societies distributed the Bible far and wide.
Could it happen again? The first thing God does when he sends revival is he burdens his people to pray. Not surface, selfish prayers, but sobbing, soul-rending prayer that grabs a hold of the throne of God and won't let go.
Let us pray.
And pray some more.
Until revival comes.
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