# Seth Joshua

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'''Seth Joshua''' (10 April 1858 – 21 May 1925), was a [Welsh](/source/Welsh_people) [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) minister and Evangelist who was noted for his influence before during and after the [1904-1905 Welsh Revival](/source/1904-1905_Welsh_Revival) as well as for being a direct influence on the ministry of [Evan Roberts](/source/Evan_Roberts_(minister)), one of the leading figures of that revival.<ref>[http://www.welshrevival.org/biographies/reestm/title.htm Welsh Revival]</ref>

== Personal life ==
Born in Tŷ Capel, [Pontypool](/source/Pontypool), [Wales](/source/Wales), Seth Joshua was son of George and Mary Joshua. He had a younger brother, Francis (Frank) James Joshua, who was also a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) Minister. He married Mary Rees from [Llantrisant](/source/Llantrisant), in 1883, and they had eight children. His son Peter, was a minister and a popular evangelist in United States; another son, Lyn, was credited with [Mai Jones](/source/Mai_Jones) and Jimmy Harper for the Welsh standard "[We'll Keep a Welcome](/source/We'll_Keep_a_Welcome)".<ref>[https://biography.wales/article/s3-JOSH-SET-1858 National Library of Wales:Dictionary]</ref>

==Ministry==
Joshua, along with his brother, Frank, founded Mission Hall cause in [Neath](/source/Neath). He was a noted evangelist, travelling around Britain and visiting the United States. In 1893 he was ordained as a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) minister and worked with the Forward Movement, a branch of the Connexion's Home Mission, establishing evangelising centres in [Glamorganshire](/source/Glamorganshire) and [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire).<ref>[https://biography.wales/article/s3-JOSH-SET-1858 National Library of Wales:Dictionary]</ref>

Seth Joshua was a forerunner of the [1904-1905 Welsh Revival](/source/1904-1905_Welsh_Revival) which began as a movement of prayer. Joshua had been praying for years that God would raise up a young man from the pits to revive the churches.<ref>[http://www.welshrevival.com/lang-en/1904history.htm Welsh Revival.com]</ref> In 1904, he preached at a meeting in [Newcastle Emlyn](/source/Newcastle_Emlyn) which students from the Methodist Academy attended including former mine worker, [Evan Roberts](/source/Evan_Roberts_(minister)). The students were so moved that they cancelled classes to go to Blaenannerch in [Cardiganshire](/source/Cardiganshire) where Joshua prayed publicly, ''O God, bend us.'' Evan Roberts went forward where he prayed with great agony, ''O God, bend me.''<ref>[http://theendtimesarehere.com/tag/seth-joshua/ The End Times are Here]</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000902060222/http://www.evanwiggs.com/revival/history/3-1900.html Revival History]}}</ref>
In October 1905, Joshua, was invited to hold a mission in [London](/source/London). Only three were "saved", [Donald Gee](/source/Donald_Gee), the English [Pentecostal](/source/Pentecostalism) Bible teacher, being one of them.

==Sources==
Phillips, D.M. Evan Roberts, ''The Great Welsh Revivalist And His Work''. London: Marshall Brothers, 1906.

==References==
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