PREPARATORY WORK.--SANCTIFIED AFFLICTIONS.--NAME FOR REVIVAL.--
SCENES IN IHE SEMINARIES IN JANUARY.--DEACON JOHN, SANUM, AND
SARAH.--MR. STODDARD.--YAKOB.--YONAN.--MEETING IN THE BETHEL.--
PRIEST ESHOO.--DEACON TAMO.--PHYSICAL EXCITEMENT AND ITS CURE.--
ARTLESS SIMPLICITY OF CONVERTS.--MISSIONARY BOX.--MEETINGS BEFORE
VACATION.--MR. STODDARD'S LABORS.--FEMALE PRAYER MEETING.--REVIVAL
IN THE AUTUMN.
The first revival in Oroomiah seemed to burst forth like a fountain
in the desert. Yet, as such a fountain, though springing full grown
from the earth, is connected with unseen arrangements working out
that visible result, so was this revival connected with an extended
process of preparation. For years there had been a laborious
inculcation of divine truth, especially in the Seminary. True, there
had been few conversions; but those few were an essential part of
the preparatory work. The roots of this revival extended back as far
as the conversion of Deacon John, in 1844. Even in those still
unconverted, there had been a wonderful preparation of the way of
the Lord. No one could compare the condition of the places yet
unblessed by missionary labor, with those so favored, and not feel
this.
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