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At School And In The Mine.
His was an uneventful life. School and play, play and school; that was his daily programme. Have you been mitching from school to-day, Evan? said his mother one day, when the boy returned home earlier than usual. Oh, no, he replied quietly; I h ... read more
Early Efforts For Others
In order to provide for the spiritual wants of the miners children, a Sunday-school was opened in the colliery offices, and Evan became the secretary of what was called the ragged school, owing to the children who attended it being for the most part i ... read more
Early Preaching Efforts.
But to preach was always somewhat of an ordeal, He was passionately fond of it, but the mental anxiety and soul-worry must surely have told upon him.
Because he was never over-strong, Mrs. Roberts informed me. After preaching he would come home very ... read more
He Leaves The Mine
Even Roberts was what is called in Wales a union man, and a strike of unionists in the colliery wherein he worked threw him out of employment. Nor was he altogether sorry. He had grown tired of the wearisome work in the mine, and now thought hard about ... read more
Long Nights Of Prayer
I could sit up all night to read or talk about revivals, He says. It was the Spirit that thus moved me.
Even while studying, his mind would oftentimes be elsewhere than on the subject under consideration. He could see the raging angry billows wher ... read more
Pleading For The Fire.
In great anguish of soul, he left the service and spent the night in great mental distress. The chief joy of his life seemed to be vanishing, notwithstanding his sincere attempts at its retention. Something was wrong. On the following day he was on his wa ... read more
The Revivalists College Days.
The first few months of Robertss college days were uneventful, and his fellow-students, who were passionately fond of the future revivalist, could detect nothing very extraordinary about the young man. He never outshone his fellows, was never a recluse o ... read more
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