150 years ago this October, Methodist firebrand Rev Phoebe Palmer from New 
York led a group of 21 Methodists in a series of fervent prayer meetings in 
Hamilton Ontario named the Layman's Prayer Revival. Within a few days the 
numbers were up to 400, and the local Methodist churches quickly grew by 
over 1,000 percent in size. The New York papers quickly took up the story 
and within months Revival Movements sprang up all over the world.

Women's rights, the YMCA, the Salvation Army and much of the anti-slavery 
movement  came from these humble beginnings.

The 4  main churches involved still exist. Centenary & First(Pilgrim) + Zion 
and Wesley (now Church/community centres).


A forgotten bit of history.

Nelson

P. S. I see no mention of drums or tambourines in the services. But pipe 
organs existed in those churches. LOL! 

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