T HIS list of works on revival is far from exhaustive, but it is hoped it may prove comprehensive. The larger historical section shows the narratives covering various revivals according to their century. The smaller doctrinal section contains those works unfolding the principles of revival. The rarer volumes may be found in the Evangelical Library, 78A Chiltern Street, London.
The works of the L ORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. . . . He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered. (Ps. 111:2, 4)
I. H ISTORICAL S ECTION
E IGHTEENTH C ENTURY
Britain and America
Howell Harris and the Welsh Revivalists by H. Elvet Lewis. Covering the years 171193.
Memoirs of Howell Harris by John Bulmer. The life and religious labors of the first itinerant preacher in Wales (171473).
The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God by Jonathan Edwards, 1741. An account of the work of God at Northampton, Massachusetts in 1734. Also Thoughts on the Revival in New England .
The Great Awakening by Joseph Tracy, 1842. A history of the revival of religion in America under Edwards and Whitefield between 1734 and 1770.
Narrative of the Revival of Religion by James Robe. Revivals in 1742 at Kilsyth, Cambuslang and elsewhere.
Revivals of the Eighteenth Century in Scotland , Particularly at Cambuslang by D. Macfarlan, 1847.
Christian History by Thomas Prince, 174344. Accounts of eighteenth-century revivals in Great Britain and America.
The Journal of David Brainerd . American Indian revival in 1745. The rise and progress of a remarkable work of grace among a number of Indians in the provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The Journals and sundry biographies of Wesley and Whitefield.
Showers of Blessing by Robert Young, 1844. An account of revivals among the Methodists from the time of Wesley to 1834.
Christian Leaders of the Last Century by J.C. Ryle, 1869. Including
Whitefield, Wesley, Grimshaw, Romaine, Rowlands, Berridge, Venn, Walker, Hervey, Toplady, Fletcher.
The Revival of Religion in England in the Eighteenth Century by John S. Simon, 1907. Describes the social, moral and religious conditions which preceded the revival as well as the influence of the religious societies.
Moravian Revival
The Moravians by E.R. Hass, 1911. Showing the relationship between the Moravian revival and the eighteenth-century revivals in England.
Life of Nicolas Lewis, Count Zinzendorf by A.G. Spangenberg, 1838. Translated from the German.
Revival under Zinzendorf (Book Two of A History of the Moravian Church ) by J.E. Hutton, 1909.
Power from On High by John Greenfield, 1950. The Moravian revival as illustrating the need and effect of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
N INETEENTH C ENTURY
The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney , covering the years from 182168. Perhaps the most remarkable account of one mans labors in revival since apostolic times.
The Revival of Religion by Andrew Reed, 1843. An account of a revival that broke out in 1839 in Wycliffe Chapel, East London.
Memoir of the Rev. William C. Burns, M.A . by Islay Burns, 1869. Containing accounts of the revivals in Kilsyth, Dundee, St. Andrews, Perth, etc. in the years 183940.
The Revival in Ulster or The Life Story of a Worker by R.M. Sibbett, 1909 . The life of William Montgomery Speers.
A Visit to the Scenes of Revival in Ireland by J.W. Massie, 1859. In four parts.
The Year of Grace by William Gibson, 1860. An account of the Ulster revival. The author was that year moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland.
The Great Revival in Ireland by Samuel Moore, 1859.
The Revival in its Physical, Psychical, and Religious Aspects by W.M. Wilkinson, 1861. An inquiry into the physical and psychical phenomena manifested in the Ulster and other revivals.
The 59 Revival in Wales by J.J. Morgan, 1909. Some incidents in the life and work of David Morgan, the revivalist.
The Welsh Revival: Origin and Development by Thomas Phillips, 1860. An account by one who witnessed the 1859 movement.
The Second Evangelical Awakening in Britain by J. Edwin Orr, 1949. A fully documented account of the 1859 movement in Ulster, Scotland, Wales and England. With complete bibliography.
The History and Diaries of an Indian Christian by G.H. Lang. Containing an account of the 1860 revival in the Tinnevelly district of South India.
T WENTIETH C ENTURY
The Awakening in Wales by Mrs. Penn-Lewis, 1905. Glimpses into some of the hidden springs of the revival in 19045.
Rent Heavens: The Revival of 1904 by R.B. Jones.
Living Echoes of the Welsh Revival by Robert Ellis, 1951. An account centering in the work of seven leaders in the movement of 19045.
I Saw the Welsh Revival by David Matthews. An eyewitness account of the 19045 revival.