This is the remarkable story of the Holy Spirit's work in revival, from the ecperience of Jonathan Goforth in China.

The Goforth's had been in China from 1888 but left early in the twentieth century to escape the Boxers and returned to Canada. Returning to Honan in 1901, Jonathan felt increasingly restless. In 1904 and 1905 he was inspired by news of the great Welsh revival and read Finney's Lectures on Revivals. In 1907, circumstances brought him to witness firsthand the stirring Korean revival. As he returned to China through Manchuria, congregations were so fascinated by his accounts that they invited him back in early 1908. During this extended visit there occurred the unprecedented "Manchurian Revival," which transformed Goforth's life and ministry; from then on he became a widely-known evangelist and revivalist.

This book describes the life and ministry of one of Christendom's most colourful characters, Billy Sunday.

His success was due to a number of factors including advanced planning, superb organization, massive publicity, musical excellence, specialist ministries to businessmen, women, students and other sectional interests. Thousands of church members were recruited to assist a group of at least twenty specialists employed in the mechanics of city-wide crusade evangelism.

Sunday's sensational and flamboyant preaching style appealed to the masses who responded to his sometimes outrageous sermons on moral issues, especially the evils of alcohol.

Sunday can be described as a revivalist - a powerful and successful evangelist who used all the 'means' he could to see people converted - who occasionally saw signs of true revival.

This work on Jonathan Goforth, written by his wife, Rosalind, covers the entire life of this passionate evangelist who was privileged to experience authentic revival during his missionary work in China.

Sometime in 1904 Jonathan received a copy of Charles Finney's 'Lectures on Revivals.' He became convinced that there were laws which, if practiced, would bring spiritual awakening. Stories of the Welsh revival added fuel to his inner fire and spurred him on to study Biblical and historic revivals.
In 1907 the damn burst. After witnessing a genuine revival in Korea he took the message of revival to Manchurian mission stations. It was here that revival signs of deep conviction and repentance began to accompany his ministry.

This is a thrilling story of one of China's principal evangelists.

Days of Grace in Manchuria begins with a brief sketch of the life and ministry of William Chalmers Burns who, after experiencing powerful revivals in Scotland, went to China as the first missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England, in June, 1847 where he laboured until his death in 1868. Though his ministry was mainly seed-sowing many recognize his work as an essential forerunner of the revival that later occurred.

This book records that gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit which began in 1908 mainly through the ministry of Jonathan Goforth. He had visited Korea to observe the revival there and fuel was added to his passion for God to use him powerfully by reading the writings of Finney and Edwards.

At Mukden, where he was a speaker, an elder's confession ignited revival and eight hundred were convicted, confessed sin and subsequently made restitution. Thereafter the revival spread to other cites in Manchuria where the Presbyterians alone recorded 1,300 baptisms in five years.

Mary Crawford served with the North China Mission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Her book is a compilation of true miraculous stories, many authenticated by responsible and reliable missionaries, that occurred during the revival in the Shantung region of North China, during the years 1930-1933. This marvellous work had a profound effect on the Southern Baptists ministry there.