On one gloomy morning in New York City in 1857, there was a man by the name of Jeremiah Lanther.

He was scanning through the newspaper as he was writing to his office in downtown in New York City.

And at that moment, he became distressed when he read about how the depression of 1857 was

gripping the nation and causing fear and panic among all people.

He read about how factories was stopping production and thousands of people being laid off and

unemployed. Although Lanza himself was not a man of means, he was not a famous industrialist,

he was not a prominent businessman, he was only a clerk. But he was a man who believed that

little plus God equal much.

With unwavering faith, he sent out letters to his business acquaintances,

and he told him that at noontime he will have a prayer meeting in his office.

Will you please join him?

And with that unwavering faith, he went ahead and put 20 chairs in a form of a circle, but no one showed up. He found himself alone with 19 empty chairs, crying to God, saying, Lord, change me

and change America. Second day, nobody turned up.

But a few days later, he began to get encouraged.

A handful of friends came.

Within a short period of time, all the 20 chairs were occupied.

A very short period later, a similar meeting began to take place on Wall Street. Then a few weeks later,

another prayer meeting began to take place in Williams Street. And then on Broadway. And before long,

there was a genuine Holy Spirit revival, awakening that was sweeping across the land.

In fact, some historians, including secular historians, have said that this movement of faith was an integral part of the economic recovery from the Depression of 1857.

And I want to tell you at the outset, the reason I told you this story is because I don't want a single person who's sitting here today to say, man, he's speaking about Elijah.

He's talking about some big prophet.

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