1859 Ulster revival

April 2022 The 1859 Ulster revival was a Christian revival in Ulster which spread to the rest of the United Kingdom. It has been reported that the revival produced 100,000 converts. The revival began in Kells and Connor in County Antrim. In late 1857, through the encouragement of the minister of Connor Presbyterian Church, John Hamilton Moore, four recent converts began meeting in the Kells National Schoolhouse for prayer and Bible study.1859 Revival https://connorpresbyterianchurch.org/1859-revival/ Connor Presbyterian Church 24 April 2017 1 January 1858 saw the first person converted as a direct result of the prayer meeting, and by the end of 1858 the attendance was around fifty. By Spring 1859 there were 16 prayer meetings in the parish.Kells and Connor to mark 1859 revival http://www.ballymenatimes.com/news/kells-and-connor-to-mark-1859-revival-1-1911535 24 April 2017 Ballymena Times 16 January 2009 24 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170424180051/http://www.ballymenatimes.com/news/kells-and-connor-to-mark-1859-revival-1-1911535 dead The revival spread to Ahoghill in March 1859 and then to Ballymena.Burke Gareth The Beginning of the 1859 Revival in Ulster https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2009/the-beginning-of-the-1859-revival-in-ulster/ Banner of Truth 24 April 2017 27 January 2009 Although the revival started with laymen, revival preachers such as Henry Grattan Guinness and Brownlow North soon got involved.Hampton David Hull Myrtle Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740–1890 2004 147 https://books.google.com/books?id=hJmJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 24 April 2017 On one occasion North preached to 12,000 people at Newtonlimavady.Brooks Richard Revival Snapshots – 1859 in Ulster http://www.evangelical-times.org/archive/item/1456/Historical/Revival-Snapshots---1859-in-Ulster/ Evangelical Times 23 April 2017 23 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170423151939/http://www.evangelical-times.org/archive/item/1456/Historical/Revival-Snapshots---1859-in-Ulster/ dead James Bain, pastor of the Congregational church at Straid, described a typical Sunday during the revival in the following terms: Our Sabbath services are continuous, from nine in the morning until ten at night. We are engaged from nine to twelve in prayer meetings for the young, from twelve to two in public service, from two to four in prayer meetings, from five to eight in the evening service, and finally in our evening prayer meeting.Shaw Tom The 1859 Revival in Northern Ireland http://articles.ochristian.com/article2563.shtml oChristian.com 24 April 2017 The revival was a largely Presbyterian phenomenon, but not all Presbyterians supported it. William Gibson, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland in 1859, wrote a book about the revival called Year of Grace: A History of the Ulster Revival of 1859. However, another Presbyterian minister wrote a response called The Year of Delusion.Crawley William The 1859 Revival https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2009/06/the_1859_revival.html 24 April 2017 BBC 28 June 2009 J. Edwin Orr suggested that the 1859 revival "made a greater impact spiritually on Ireland, than anything else known since the days of St. Patrick."The Ulster Revival of 1859 http://reformationsa.org/index.php/history/123-the-ulster-revival-of-1859 The Reformation Society 22 April 2017 According to Ian Paisley, the revival is the reason that Northern Ireland is much more religiously conservative than the rest of the UK or Europe. See also 1859 Welsh revival References Further reading Janice Holmes, Religious Revivals in Britain and Ireland, 1859-1905 (2001) Ian R. K. Paisley, The "Fifty-Nine" Revival: An Authentic History of the Great Ulster Awakening of 1859 (1958) Rev. John Weir, The Ulster Awakening: Its Origin, Progress, and Fruit. With Notes of a Tour of Personal Observation and Inquiry (1860) Rev. Wiliam Gibson, "The Year of Grace: A History of the Ulster Revival of 1859" (1860) Ulster Revival Ulster Revival Category:Christian revivals Category:History of Christianity in Ireland Category:History of County Antrim