The Moravians, a refugee colony from Bohemia on the estates of Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf at the village of Herrnhut in Germany, experienced a visitation of God in 1727 which launched revival with 100 years of continuous prayer and 100 missionaries sent out within 25 years. On May 12th, 1727, they entered into a covenant together 'to dedicate their lives to the service of the Lord Jesus.' ...A period of extraordinary prayer followed, which both preceded and followed the outpouring. It started in early July of that year, but already, for the best part of two years, there had been prayer and praise gatherings in the homes of the people. In July they started to meet together more frequently... Some spent whole nights in prayer. ... At about noon on Sunday August 10th, 1727, the preacher at the morning service felt himself overwhelmed by a wonderful and irresistible power of the Lord. He sank down in the dust before God, and the whole congregation joined him 'in an ecstasy of feeling'. They continued until midnight engaged in prayer, singing, weeping and supplication. On Wednesday August 13th the church came together for a specially called communion service. They were all dissatisfied with themselves. 'They had quit judging each other because they had become convinced, each one, of his lack of worth in the sight of God and each felt himself at this communion to be in view of the Saviour.' They left that communion at noon, hardly knowing whether they belonged to earth or had already gone to heaven. It was a day of outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 'We saw the hand of God and were all baptized with his Holy Spirit ... The Holy Ghost came upon us and in those days great signs and wonders took place in our midst. Scarcely a day passed from then on when they did not witness God's almighty workings among them. A great hunger for God's word took hold of them. They started meeting three times daily at 5 am, 7.30 am, and 9 pm. Selflove and selfwill and all disobedience disappeared, as everyone sought to let the Holy Spirit have full control. Two weeks later, they entered into the twentyfour-hour prayer* covenant which was to become such a feature of their life for over 100 years... 'The spirit of prayer and supplication at that time poured out upon the children was so powerful and efficacious that it is impossible to give an adequate description of it.' Supernatural knowledge and power was given to them. Previously timid people became flaming evangelists.* NOTE: This twentyfour-hour prayer was known as the "Hourly Intercession." This was done by relays of brothers and sisters, "prayer without ceasing was made to God for all the work and wants of His church."
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