Extract from the Foreword of Holy Harvests: Annual Revivals at Whitsuntide through Pentecost Feasts especially in Andrew Murray’s South Africa from 1860 to 1990 – To read the full text, click “Download” below.
It is very strange that perhaps the chief means of reviving Christ’s Church has often escaped the notice of her friends. We easily lose sight of the involvement of the Holy Ghost with seasonal growth and the annual climate.
However, God’s Holy Word declares: “All wait upon You, so that You may give them their food at the right season. That which You give them, they gather…. You open Your hand; they are filled with good…. You take away their breath — they die…. You send forth Your Spirit — they are created! And You renew the face of the earth!”1