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23 we have every record since the dark ages originated in a Baptist Association in Nottingham Eng - where it was determined that one hour in the first Monday evening of every month should be devoted to special intercession for the Redeemers kingdom throughout the earth." Shortly after, William Carey preached the first Missionary sermon - from the text "Enlarge the place of thy tent" - urging that we were to "Expect great things from God and attempt great things for God" And is it not a wonderful thing that all the first For-Missionaries, such as Hall, Newell, Mills, Judson, Nott, Rice, and others were converted in revivals - and then received their missionary impulses! It has also been ascertained that at least nine tenths of all the ministry of all ages were brought into the kingdom and into the pulpit through the agency of revivals. Institutions of learning have a similar origin - Princeton and Dart-