The Man Who Never Preached Again
Poem★★★★The Liverpool meetings left Roberts exhausted, needing weeks to recover. On his next preaching tour, a whirlwind of revival again swirled around him; but yet again, the young man returned home drained and exhausted. Roberts spoke four times more, then he retired to a friend’s home for a week’s recovery. He stayed seventeen years, and he never preached again. He spent his remaining forty-five years in secluded ministry and prayer, here and there, with friends. He died in 1951. His public ministry had lasted only months, but it had shaken Wales and England to the foundations.
The point
Evan Roberts experienced revival success but was exhausted; after a week's recovery, he withdrew from public ministry for 45 years, spending his life in prayer and private service.