What God Hath Wrought: In the Life of Raymond T. Richey (Pentecostal Pioneers) by Eloise May Richey

Author:Eloise May Richey [Richey, Eloise May]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Revival Library
Published: 2014-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14. The Second Houston Revival

On March 19, 1922, we had announced that there would be a service of praise and testimony for those who had been healed in the great Revival held in Houston in the fall of 1921. For this afternoon service the City Auditorium, which had been used in the former meeting, was secured, and how the people crowded out to hear the ringing testimonials. Much of the time was used in this manner. Then just a short talk by the Evangelist, an altar call, and you would think that the Revival of eight months before had never closed, because from the main floor, from the boxes, from the balcony and from the gallery the people came in a steady stream to yield their hearts and lives to the Lord, until hundreds were kneeling.

At the close of the altar service one of the leading attorneys of the city came to the platform and, after making the announcement that he was speaking for the businessmen of Houston, asked that the Richey Evangelistic Party hold another Revival in the city of Houston in a tabernacle, which the business men of the city would erect. At the same time he asked that those in the audience in favor of this proposed meeting rise to their feet. The response was almost unanimous. Pledges for fifty and one hundred dollars and smaller amounts came rapidly.

It was in answer to this invitation that the second Houston Revival was launched in the big Tabernacle standing on the same spot that the tent stood in the previous autumn when the first meeting was held. This second Revival opened on Sunday afternoon, April 23, and continued for seven weeks, and thousands were saved and other thousands were prayed for for healing.

One of the most interesting features of this meeting, to those who had been rather curious as to whether “these healings really last or not,” was the hundreds of testimonials of those who had been healed in the first Houston Revival, and one of the happiest features of the meeting to the members of the party was the testimonies of the hundreds who had been healed of that most terrible of all ills—sin. How their happy faces shone as they testified to the mighty power of Christ to save and keep, and how their testimonies encouraged others to seek and to serve Him, who is NOT “a far-off God on a golden throne, but a loving Father who cares for His own.”

Wichita Falls

During the Houston campaigns one of the most ardent supporters in prayer, in presence and in speaking was the Rev. Bunse, pastor of the First Evangelical Church, and another was the Rev. L. Newman, presiding elder of the Texas district of this same church. Then in San Antonio no two ministers co-operated more faithfully than the Rev. Erne and the Rev. Brundage of the Evangelical churches. The Rev. L. Newman was also in some of the San Antonio meetings, and it was at his

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