Beloved, the word revival stems for the word ‘revive’, which only occurs in the Bible 8 times. One of those places is Psalm 85:6 “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” A revival occurs wen something which was once alive, is brought back to life… There has many revivals throughout our great land and even in our specific locale… The Lord did this before and I am convinced He will do so again… We, his people, must be willing to see a revival again.. to seek His face, his will, His way through His word so glory God may pour throughout our valley once more… so those who were once on fire for Christ, would set ablaze again the Holy Spirit in their life… so those who know not Jesus, will come to saving knowledge of the grace of God!

'... People abandoned theatres, taverns and Music Halls in order to be a part of the revivalist congregations. ... The call for temperance and social purity would see great momentum, but in the manner of simple social reform, but rather through the coveted testimonies of the newly saved. Social and religious life of the Cynon Valley and elsewhere, was altogether lifted onto a higher plane.’

In the early months of 1859 Saron Chapel would see fifty new souls saved and become members of the church each month for four consecutive months. The huge increase in Saron’s membership first presented few problems as this chapel had been enlarged in 1856 to provide seating capacity for a little over 900, making it the largest chapel ever built in the Cynon Valley.  Revival meetings lasted anything up to five hours each, without a break… with the pews filled to the brim…

Oh that we would see that again…