Beloved in the Lord, - Many of you are aware that several years since
a series of lectures on the subject of revivals was published through the
columns of the New York "Evangelist." These lectures were preached by
me to my own congregation in the city of New York, and reported by the
editor of that paper. Since the publication of those lectures, my
observation and experience on the subject have been continually
developing and ripening, until I am very desirous of saying many
additional things to my brethren on this subject.
When I first began to preach, I was without knowledge and without
experience on the subject of revivals. I had but a very limited Christian
experience. The Lord led me in a way that I knew not. I have recently
thought that it might be useful to the Churches,
