19th October 2020: Dr Pastor Paul Enenche leads youths on a prayer walk in Abuja at the peak of the End SARS national protest.
19th October 1856: Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s Sunday evening service turns tragic when someone shouts “Fire!” in London’s enormous Surrey Hall. There was no fire, but the stampede left 7 people dead and 28 more hospitalized. Though the episode plunged Spurgeon into weeks of depression, it also catapulted him to overnight fame.
19th October 1779: English poet William Cowper and Curate John Newton publish Olney Hymns, a classic collection of Evangelical and Reformed hymns. The most famous of which is “Amazing Grace”.
19th October 1744: English revivalist George Whitefield arrives in Maine in Autumn for his third (of seven) evangelistic visit to America. Whitefield’s preaching sparked the Evangelical Revival, a significant spiritual awakening in Britain and America.
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