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Why I no longer pray for the ‘good old days’ of revival

William P. Mackay, the Scottish doctor and Presbyterian minister, penned one of my favourite hymns.

Comment David Shepherd
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A meeting during the Welsh Revival of 1904/5

It begins: ‘We praise thee, O God, for the Son of thy love’. However, it is the chorus’ anthemic appeal to God that most evangelicals probably remember, which goes: