The Essentials of Prayer
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The Essentials of Prayer
By
_Author of “Purpose in Prayer,” “The Possibilities of Prayer,” “Heaven,” “Satan,” etc._
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Fleming H. Revell Company
Copyright, 1925, by
_Printed in the United States of America_
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Foreword
The work of editing the Bounds Spiritual Life Books (of which the present volume is the sixth) has been a labour of love which has brought great profit and blessing to my own soul. After years of close study of the literary remains of this great Christian, together with the work of other mystics, I am fully persuaded that to but few of the sons of men has there been given such spiritual power as was vouchsafed to Edward McKendree Bounds. Truly he was a burning and a shining light, and as _The Sunday School Times_ says, “he was a specialist in prayer and his books are for the quiet hour, for careful meditation and for all who wish to seek and find the treasures of God.”
It was my great privilege to know the author well, and also to know that his intention, in everything he wrote, was for the salvation of his readers. _The Essentials of Prayer_ is sent forth in this spirit. May God bless it to many hearts and use it for the upbuilding and strengthening of Christian character through the length and breadth of the land.