At noon, Fulton Street in New York's financial district is a busy place with businessmen and women hurrying to restaurants and meetings.

Some street vendors set up at the corner of Fulton Street and Williams offering a quick lunch.

This is about three blocks away from where the Twin Towers once stood.

Of course, since 9-11, that area's gotten lots of attention. But few people walking

down Fulton near William Street realize the significance of this spot. Most of them don't know what happened here in September 1857. A small group of

businessmen gathered to pray at the North Dutch Reform Church on Fulton Street. It was to be the beginning of a revival that would spread throughout the entire nation.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy De Moss Walgamuth, author of Brokenness,

The Heart God Revives.

For April 19, 2023, I'm Danna Gresch.

Revival sure has been a popular topic lately.

I mean, since the move of God we saw at

Asbury University, the Jesus Revolution movie, it's a topic that many are talking

about and as a topic that we as a ministry are especially

passionate about in fact it's even in our name we want to see the Lord revive the

hearts of women all around the world and today we're talking about an important revival that

began in 1857. It swelled church attendance, changed people's behaviors, and

even gave birth to new missionary endeavors. But mostly the

revival inspired God's people to pray. Here's Nancy to tell us more.

It was on September 23rd, 1857 that the Lord began a revival that swept across the country.

I'm referring to the Great Prayer Revival of 1857 and 1858. Sometimes it's called the layman's revival

because unlike some other historical awakenings, there was really no well-known

preacher at the center of this revival.

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