Evan roberts welsh revival biography of michael

Evan Roberts was a young man from a humble background with a servant, praying heart.He left the life of a coalminer and blacksmith to devote himself to serving God, believing he had been called to take part in the Lord’s plan to bring revival to Wales.

Kevin Adams has brought together biographical details, letters, eyewitness accounts and newspaper cuttings to paint a powerful picture of the outbreak of revival in Wales exactly 100 years ago in a new book A Diary of Revival.

Evan was and remains a controversial figure.

Some early writers were too starry-eyed to write objectively, others have let some of his faults colour the whole picture. In order that modern readers may make up their own minds, Kevin Adams sought to let Evan himself do much of the talking.Taking autobiographical material from the letters that he wrote during the several weeks just previous to and during the outbreak of revival, it is possible, after 100 years, to hear Evan Roberts speak again about his hopes, his