The Coal Miner Who Set a Nation Ablaze
In the autumn of 1904, Evan Roberts was a twenty-six-year-old coal miner in Loughor, Wales, known mostly for his quiet temperament and calloused hands. He...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 2:1-31.
In the autumn of 1904, Evan Roberts was a twenty-six-year-old coal miner in Loughor, Wales, known mostly for his quiet temperament and calloused hands. He had spent thirteen years underground, hauling coal in narrow shafts before dawn. No one would have picked him to change a nation. Then something shifted. After months of intense prayer, Roberts stood before seventeen people in a small chapel on October 31 and spoke with an urgency that startled even those who knew him.…
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