The GOSPEL TRUTH

THE REVIVAL WE NEED

 

by

OSWALD J. SMITH

 

With a Foreword

BY REV. JONATHAN GOFORTH, D.D.

The Christian Alliance Publishing Company

260 West 44th Street, New York, N.Y.

1925

 

CONTENTS

 

Preface--see below

Foreword--see below

Chapter 1: The Outpouring of the Spirit

Chapter 2: The Responsibility for Revival

Chapter 3: Soul-Travail

Chapter 4: The Enduement of Power

Chapter 5: Conviction

Chapter 6: Obstacles

Chapter 7: Faith

Chapter 8: Heart Yearnings for Revival

Chapter 9: Manifestations of God's Power

Chapter 10: Spiritual Experiences of Priceless value

 

Preface

Five years ago there came into my life a spiritual experience that revolutionized my work, and resulted in a Ministry characterized by some of the manifestations that usually accompany Revivals.

It was in this atmosphere that these messages were born; and while the writing of them has occupied the five intervening years, they but breathe the spirit that then prevailed.

May God through them reveal to His servants the shallowness apparent in so much of our Modern Evangelism, and turn them to that deep and abiding work of the Holy Spirit which will alone stand the test of divine fire!

Oswald J. Smith

Toronto, 1922

 

Foreword by Jonathan Goforth

MR. SMITH'S book, "The Revival We Need," for its size is the most powerful plea for revival I have ever read. He has truly been led by the Spirit of God in preparing it. To his emphasis for the need of a Holy Spirit revival I can give the heartiest amen. What I saw of revival in Korea and in China is in fullest accord with the revival called for in this book.

It is most timely that Mr. Smith has called attention to man effort and man method in modern revival. If we all had faith to wait upon God in intense believing prayer there would be genuine Holy Ghost revival, and the living God would get all the glory. In Manchuria and China, when we did nothing else than give the address and let the people pray, and kept out of sight as far as possible, we saw the mightiest manifestations of Divine power.

Had I the wealth of a millionaire I would put "The Revival We Need" in every Christian home on this continent and confidently look for a revival which would sweep round the world.

JONATHAN GOFORTH.

Toronto, May 5, 1925

 

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