There was no opening of the meeting; the hearts were full, and burst with prayer and praise to God felt to be in our midst. One gentleman who had come from Oxford to see the work said, “These men are not praying to be heard of man; it doesn’t matter to them what others think”. At times a wave of power, without any human instrumentality, or anything external to cause it, would sweep over the mass of people, and spontaneously almost the whole company would pray aloud, no one heeding the other, and without the slightest confusion.
There was a prayer made for a man in the gallery: it was quiet—knowing nothing of the prayer, he got up and was saved. When God the Holy Spirit can find yielded, obedient hearts to occupy, and tongues through which to speak, sin will flee before the presence of God in His people. What is the secret to this movement? On man’s part, believing, persevering prayer; on God’s part, the promised answer.
S.B. Shaw