Campus Aflame: A History of Evangelical Awakenings in Collegiate Communities

From the Editor: "There was a time when all higher education in the United States, and much elsewhere, consisted of Christian colleges. Yet today, there are more institutions that were once evangelical and now are not that those truly committed to Christ and His kingdom. The motto at Harvard was almost identical with the current motto at Wheaton. Williams College, which knew so much of revival in the nineteenth century, could hardly be thought of as evangelical today."

From Campus Aflame: "The service that started at nine a.m. on Thursday continued uninterrupted throughout the day and into the night. Few left the chapel, and hundreds prayed all night. Crowds returned after six a.m., and so it continued all Friday, Saturday and Sunday, when many attended the local Wilmore churches. After midnight Sunday, the dean requested the young ladies to retire to their dormitories, where group meetings went on; the young men stayed in the chapel. It was not until seven a.m. on Tuesday, March 1 that the chapel service concluded. It had gone on for 118 hours. Throughout the rest of the week, capacity crowds filled the auditorium, and hundreds sought a spiritual experience of God."