“The history of religious revival proves that all real, spiritual awakenings of the national mind have been those in which God and not man has been the prime mover.” Octavius Winslow
“Those who had already grown-up at the time of the work of the Spirit in 1735, and who had witnessed that revival without coming to the obedience of faith, ’seemed now to be almost wholly passed over and let alone.” Iain Murray
“All great religious awakenings begin in the dawning of the august and terrible aspects of the Deity upon the popular mind, and they reach their height and happy consummation in that love and faith for which the antecedent fear has been the preparation.” W G T Shedd
“When winter has stripped the trees of their verdure it is hard to distinguish those that have life from those that have not; but when the spring approaches, then they are easily known by their spreading leaves, while those that are dead still continue the same; thus when religion is in decay, the saint can scarcely be distinguished from the sinner; but when a time of refreshing comes, then they will blossom and bring forth fruit abundantly.” Thomas Boston
