England by Harry Champness

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 29, 1902

England

By Harry Champness

LONDON.—God is visiting his people, and is rolling away the reproach in different parts of the world. We thank God for what he is doing in England.

A wonderful revival has broken out in London, which is spreading to different parts of the country. Friday, March 28, was set apart as a day of prayer and humiliation before God. A large company of brethren and sisters gathered at Leytonstone, East London, and such scenes were witnessed that day as we have never seen before in the history of the work in this field. Sins were publicly confessed, wrongs were righted, brethren and sisters went noiselessly about the church during the day, seeking forgiveness from those they had wronged; those who had robbed God of his tithe openly acknowledged it, and then God began to visit us.

The call was made for restitution as far as lay in our power. One brother went home and told his wife how he had

robbed his employer many years ago before he came into this truth, but while he was a professed Christian, and it had never been found out. He wrote to his employer confessing his sin, and sent the full amount of the money, asking forgiveness. The employer wrote back freely forgiving him, and returning the money to be donated to the church that could produce such results as that. Another brother came to the front during one of the meetings, and with tears streaming down his face, emptied the contents of his purse on the table, declaring how he had robbed God of his tithe, and would make full restitution. I have received letters from outside people who have witnessed these scenes, acknowledging that God is with us of a truth, for such work could only be the direct result of the working of the Holy Spirit.

The revival has spread to our public meetings. Now that God has cleansed the camp, he is taking them in his own hands. At Forest Gate, East London, where we are conducting Sunday services in a large hall, men and women are humbly inquiring, “What must I do to be saved?” God is coming near to his people with the power of the Holy Spirit in these last days. The sick are being healed, and people are being prepared for the coming of the Lord.

The end of all things is at hand, and those things that we have long looked forward to are now beginning to take place. A week ago God visited our school in North London, where Brother Salisbury is doing excellent work. Confessions of sin were made, the students were blended together in the spirit of love and unity, and all the classes were suspended during the morning session as we bowed with the students in one of the most wonderful prayer meetings that has taken place there. God came near that morning, and hearts were melted as forgiveness was sought and found.

Our smaller companies in London are catching the spirit, and reports are coming in from the provinces of how God is working in a similar manner in their midst. Brother Ballenger reports churches renovated, and the Holy Spirit working with great power. God is in this movement, and it must go on until a people are made ready for the Lord.

‘I can hear the steady treading of ten thousand marching feet, True men and women marching on through highway, lane, and street; They will never pause nor falter till the triumph is complete— Since God is marching on.’

HARRY CHAMPNESS.