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A spiritual revival that began in 1875, the Keswick Convention began in a tent on the lawn of St. John’s vicarage with the theme “All One in Christ Jesus.” The conference grew by the year, attracting such notable speakers as D. L. Moody, and later, Billy Graham. Today, the annual conference attracts over 6,000 attendees each year. A. T. Pierson’s The Keswick Movement is an account of its humble...

prayer was some new revelation and experience of Holy Ghost power in two directions: first, enlargement of soul in sanctity, and, second, enduement for power in service. In one sense, perhaps, it was true, as in all great gatherings, that “the greater part knew not wherefore they were come together,” save that there was in all hearts a longing for and an expectation of a fresh and full bestowal of power from on high. Worldliness had invaded even the courts of the Lord. Formalism had corrupted worship,
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