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I don't know about you, friend, but sometimes I grow weary in well doing. My husband has been studying the Welsh revivals, and has been moved to pray. This song was sung during those revivals. It was recently introduced to us, and has been such a blessing! I hope that it lifts your heart as it has lifted mine. The following is the first verse and chorus. We are never, never weary of the grand old song;Glory to God, hallelujah!We can sing it loud as ever, with our faith more strong;Glory to God, hallelujah! Refrain O, the children of the Lord have a right to shout and sing,For the way is growing bright, and our souls are on the wing;We are going by and by to the palace of a King!Glory to God, hallelujah! Follow this link to hear the song and read the lyrics http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/l/glorytog.htmhtm/g/l/glorytog.htm Below is a brief exert on the revivals: A hundred years ago coal was making Abertillery a booming commercial centre as families flocked in to find work in the pits. Churches were already thriving, but revival hit the place like a hurricane, and in less than ten weeks no fewer than three thousand people had made professions of faith - that's more than ten per cent of the population... a staggering response by any reckoning. Week by week Abertillery's local paper the South Wales Gazette recorded events with the enthusiastic eloquence of the day. "The Revival"... has been the absorbing theme of thought and discussion. Before it, the War, the state of trade, ordinary and extraordinary political topics, and even football, have been thrown into the shade as topics of general conversation. Drunkards have been soberised, publicans have lost much business, conduct on public streets has been elevated, and the police and magistrates have had quieter times... The bottom of the pits have been utilised as centres for prayer and praise meetings, and there has been a general raising of the standard of public life. The "Revival" still continues to monopolise general attention, almost everybody is talking about it, thinking about it, or working in its interests, and the movement does not seem to flag at all... Converts are being made nightly, and the enthusiasm is intensifying and spreading. ...the chapel was packed in the afternoon... and there was a warmer feeling in the assembly from the start. Probably this was chiefly due to the spirit which a company of colliery workmen - black faces, working clothes, and boxes and jacks - imparted when they dropped into the meeting on their way home... and started in a spirited manner the songs of the revival, creating a fervour which did not flag during the remainder of the meeting. "How we need revival like this! Will you join us at Hinton Baptist Church as we pray for God to do His work? " "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14 " "Posted by Kristy"
