The Burlington awakening began with the little girl and the elder's wife.

We ministers must never despise or neglect "the day of small things." Every pastor ought to be constantly on the watch, with open eye and ear, for the first signs of an especial manifestation of the Spirit's presence.

Elijah, on Carmel, did not only pray; he kept his eyes open to see the rising cloud.

The moment that there is a manifestation of the Spirit's presence, it must be followed up promptly.

For example, during my pastorate in the Market Street Church, New York, (from 1853 to 1860), I was out one afternoon making calls, and I discovered that in two or three families there were anxious seekers for salvation.