The Great Revival of 1800 Chapters 1 - 4

It was by the permission of such general gloom , apostasy and profligacy that the Holy Spirit was showing to the sincere followers of God the evil and deadly nature of sin, their own utter helplessness and their dependence upon God alone for salvation , and was compelling them to cry before him with abasement and importunity for the gifts of his grace. And were prayers ever lifted before him in
such abasement, sense of need , confidence in his mercy and reliance on the all-sufficient atonement and intercession of Jesus Christ , to which abundant answers were not given?
It is " when the enemy comes in like a flood," and threatens to overrun and sweep away all that is precious, that the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard ," causes the trumpet to be sounded , rallies his followers, and bestows the most sudden , overwhelming and glorious triumphs. So Israel of old ever found; so we find it now.