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1. "A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God."
2. "It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants...From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street." [Philadelphia, 1730's, on the effects of George Whitefield's preaching]
3. "You never have to advertise a fire."
4. "The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the days when Robert Morrison landed in China to the martyrdom of John and Betty Stam, prayer has been the source of power and the secret of spiritual triumph."
5. "Revival comes from heaven when heroic souls enter the conflict determined to win or die-or if need be, to win and die! "The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."
6. "There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience."
7. "Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry?Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die?Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand?Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you DAMNED?"
8. "A revival of religion presupposes a declension."
9. "Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk."
