this is a video that has tremendously blessed me and reminded me of what true revival is. with so much talk about “revival this” and “revival that”, especially coming from “charismatic” preachers, who have no idea what they are even talking about because they have no clue about HISTORICAL REVIVAL, i find it so easy to lose sight of what a TRUE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT looks like; not about empty signs and wonders and manifestations that leave you with no lasting fruit, but a TRUE MOVE OF THE SPIRIT that causes you to fear the Lord and surrender your life to Him and to love His Word…

the speaker’s name is mary peckham. in the video, she gives her personal account of the revival that happened on the island of lewis in 1949, of which one of the primary leaders of the movement was duncan campbell.

his account of the revival below:

part 1: http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=1836&commentView=itemComments

part 2: http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=1837&commentView=itemComments

but back to the topic of mary peckham, she begins by singing a hymn which i find to be a much needed reminder of the “old fashioned grace” that we so need today. lyrics below:

Verse 1
O how well I remember in the old-fashioned days,
When some old fashioned people had some old-fashioned ways;
In the old-fashioned meetings, as they tarried there
In the old-fashioned manner, how God answered their prayer.

Refrain
Twas an old-fashioned meeting in an old-fashioned place,
Where some old-fashioned people had some old-fashioned grace;
As an old-fashioned sinner I began to pray,
And God heard me and saved me in the old-fashioned way.

Verse 2
There was singing, such singing of those old-fashioned airs!
There was power, such power in those old-fashioned prayers,
An old-fashioned conviction made the sinner pray,
And the Lord heard and saved him in the old-fashioned way.

Verse 3 
O they say it is better, things have changed, don’t you know?
And the people in general seem to think it is so.
And they call me old-fashioned when I dare to say
That I liked it far better in the old-fashioned way.

Verse 4
If the Lord never changes, as the fashions of men,
If He’s always the same, why, He is old-fashioned then!
As an old-fashioned sinner saved thru old-time grace,
I am sure He will take me to an old-fashioned place.

…Lord…send revival…look upon this generation with mercy and bring back your “old fashioned” preaching, conviction, fear of the Lord, and grace…