Daniel Rowland and the Great Evangelical Awakening in Wales (Evans)

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Evans, Eifion

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J. C. Ryle described Daniel Rowland (1711–1790) as ‘one of the spiritual giants of the eighteenth century.’ Lady Huntingdon considered him to be ‘second only to Whitefield.’ Howel Harris wrote of him, ‘In his pulpit he is second to St Paul,’ while others acclaimed him as ‘the greatest preacher in Europe.’ Yet he has been one of the least known leaders of that age.

The loss of manuscripts shortly after his death, the Welsh language barrier, and the fact that all his closest friends were also preachers rather than authors, all contributed to leave only a shadowy impression of his greatness. However, after many years of work, Dr Eifion Evans succeeded in breaking through a multitude of difficulties to present for the first time a full-scale biography of Daniel Rowland.

J. C. Ryle writes of Daniel Rowland, ‘Never, perhaps, did any preacher exalt Christ more. . . . No British preacher of the eighteenth century kept together in one district such enormous congregations of souls for fifty years as Rowland did.’ And Dr D. M. Lloyd-Jones asks, ‘Has there been preaching which has had anything like the effect of his preaching since those days?’

At death, when reminded that he had been instrumental in the conversion of thousands to Christ, Rowland protested, ‘It is nothing. I die as a poor sinner depending fully and entirely on the merits of a crucified Saviour.’

This volume is a record of revivals, friendships with other leaders, persecutions and divisions, and the birth of a new age for Wales. Amidst it all, Dr Evans excels in showing what made Rowland the preacher and the humble Christian that he was. Dr Evans’ volume not only fills a major gap in church history, it is an inspiring testimony to New Testament Christianity.

Table of Contents


	Preface	xi
	Sources	xv
	Abbreviations	xvii
1	‘God is There’	1
2	‘Silver Trumpets Unheeded’	11
3	‘Lame in Both Feet’	23
4	‘Begotten to the New Gospel’	33
5	‘The Needle of the Law’	45
6	‘Glory in the Pulpit’	57
7	‘Reforming Days’	69
8	‘A Great Revival’	81
9	‘Such Near Union’	93
10	‘Simple, Broken, Burning Souls’	107
11	‘About Uniting in All Good’	121
12	‘Fire From Heaven’	135
13	‘The Glory of Free Grace’	155
14	‘A Father in Israel’	167
15	Persecution: ‘No Gold without Fire’	181
16	Rowland’s Preaching	197
17	Society Rules in 1742	211
18	Tensions and Triumphs	225
19	Letters to London	239
20	1743: ‘A Critical Time in Wales’	251
21	Associations and Unity	269
22	Methodist Priorities	283
23	Writing, Singing, and Praying	297
24	‘A Strong Pillar in the Church of God’	321
25	The Disruption	331
26	Testimonies from the 1750s	345
27	‘To Make Up a Breach in God’s House’	361
28	1762: ‘Blessed Summer’s Day’	373
29	‘Herald of the King of Glory’	391
30	‘Theomemphus, Seeker after God’	405
31	‘The Old Grey-Headed Elijah’	421
32	‘The Power of Heaven in the Word of Life’	9443
	Index	463