| Cloth $1.25 | | | +――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――+ The Essentials of Prayer By EDWARD M. BOUNDS, D.D. _Author of “Purpose in Prayer,” “The Possibilities of Prayer,” “Heaven,” “Satan,” etc._ EDITED BY HOMER W. HODGE [Illustration: colophon] NEW YORK CHICAGO Fleming H. Revell Company LONDON AND EDINBURGH Copyright, 1925, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY _Printed in the United States of America_ New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street 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. HOMER W. HODGE. _Flushing, N. Y._ Contents I. PRAYER TAKES IN THE WHOLE MAN 9 II. PRAYER AND HUMILITY 19 III. PRAYER AND DEVOTION 28 IV. PRAYER, PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING 37 V. PRAYER AND TROUBLE 47 VI. PRAYER AND TROUBLE (_Continued_) 61 VII. PRAYER AND GOD’S WORK 69 VIII. PRAYER AND CONSECRATION 81 IX. PRAYER AND A DEFINITE RELIGIOUS STANDARD 93