让我们来继续思考这个题目：「复兴祷告」的特点是坚持与持续。在复兴以前，哪怕是天生不是那么有毅力的人，他们的祷告也有这些特点。很明显的，这是超自然的力量正在工作。

当有关美国1857年大复兴的消息传到英国时，很多教会（特别是在北爱尔兰和威尔斯的教会）都渴望看到同样的事情在英国发生。詹金斯（William Jenkins）是威尔斯山谷一间教会的牧者，他在1858年曾说：「自从圣灵向美国教会倾注的消息传到我们的国家以后，我渴望和祈求主以祂无限的怜悯、降临在可怜的威尔斯。我当时把这个课题带到教会去，诚恳的劝告人们『寻求主』，我讲述了所知道的每一个事实以及每一件发生过的事件……目的是让会众的心能产生同样的渴求。有些会友祷告，并以我从未听过的方式持续祷告，他们心里似乎领受了一种新的负担，变得坚持，几近沉溺。在复兴来临前，教会在大约六个月内增加了超过85个会友。」

有关神的百姓在复兴以前，被圣灵紧抓著作持续不断祷告的例子实在多不胜数，他们在历史中已经留下抹不去的印记，以致那些见证者可以充满信心地说：「复兴将要来临了。」

We continue looking at the quality of tenacity or persistence as a component of "revival praying". Prior to a revival this characteristic is seen even in those who were not naturally persistent or tenacious people, and this is fairly clear evidence (so I believe) that something supernatural is at work.

When the news of the American 1857 revival reached the shores of Great Britain many churches (especially those in Northern Ireland and Wales) became gripped with a desire to see the same thing happen here. William Jenkins, the minister of a church in one of the Welsh valleys, said in 1858: "Ever since the news of the outpouring of the Spirit upon the American churches reached our country I longed and prayed that the Lord would, in His infinite mercy, visit poor Wales. I immediately brought the subject before the church and earnestly exhorted them to 'seek the Lord'. I related every fact and incident I could glean...in order to produce in the minds of my people the desire for a similar visitation. Some of our members prayed and continued to pray as I have never heard them pray before. A new burden seemed to press upon their hearts. They became persistent almost to the point of being obsessed. Even before revival came there were no less than eighty-five added to the church in about six months" (italics mine).

Examples of persistent and tenacious praying gripping the people of God prior to a revival can be multiplied. They have made such an indelible mark in history that those who observe their occurrence are able to say with confidence: "A revival is on the way."