The Hebrides Revival
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour out water on the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants...
Peggy and Christine Smith with Rev. Duncan Campbell, Free Church of Scotland
Duncan Campbell’s account
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NCXwl0UDg
“Revival in the Hebrides”
http://articles.ochristian.com/article13381.shtml
(The pastor, elders and deacons) were kneeling there in the barn, pleading this promise, "I will pour water on him that is thirsty, floods upon the dry ground" when one young man, a deacon in the church, got up and read Psalm 24. "Who shall ascend the hill of God? Who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands and a pure heart who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity or sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing (not a blessing, but the blessing) of the Lord." And then that young man closed his Bible. And looking down at the minister and the other office bearers, he said this-maybe crude words, but perhaps not so crude in our Gaelic language-he said, "It seems to me to be so much humbug to be praying as we are praying, to be waiting as we are waiting, if we ourselves are not rightly related to God." And then he lifted his two hands and prayed, "God, are my hands clean? Is my heart pure? " But he got no further. That young man fell to his knees and then fell into a trance and is now lying on the floor of the barn. And in the words of the minister, at that moment, he and his other office bearers were gripped by the conviction that a God-sent revival must ever be related to holiness, must ever be related to Godliness. Are my hands clean? Is my heart pure? Am I the man that God will trust with revival? That was the conviction.
(At Arnot I asked a man to pray)...he paused for a second or so and then looking up towards the heavens he cried, "God, do You know that Your honor is at stake? You promised to pour water on the thirsty and floods on the dry ground and, God, You are not doing it."
"But if I know anything at all about my own poor heart, I think I can say and I think that You know that I'm thirsty! I'm thirsty to see the devil defeated in this parish. I'm thirsty to see this community gripped as you gripped Barvas. I'm longing for revival and God, You are not doing it! I am thirsty and you promised to pour water on me." Then a pause and then he cried, "God, I now take upon myself to challenge you to fulfill Your covenant engagement!"
What happened? The house shook.
"The Nature of a God-Sent Revival”
http://articles.ochristian.com/article10398.shtml
More sermons from Duncan Campbell
http://articles.ochristian.com/preacher13-1.shtml
“Wind of the Spirit- The Story of the Lewis Revival” - A narrative by witnesses to the revival