Goforth notes a fellow missionary's initial observations of the Manchurian Revival in his book, By My Spirit: Hitherto I have had a horror of hysterics and emotionalism in religion, and the first outbursts of grief from some men who prayed displeased me exceedingly.
Goforth arrived in Manchuria in February, 1908, but according to Goforth's account, he .. had no method.