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The Necessity of Prayer

Edward M Bounds

Edward McKendree Bounds (1835-1913) was a Methodist minister and writer. He was born in Shelby County, Missouri, where he studied and practiced law, before attending Seminary and being ordained as a Methodist in 1859. During the Civil War, after being arrested by Union forces, he became an officer and Chaplain of the Confederate Army in 1863. He served in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, and was arrested again following the battle of Nashville. After the war, Bounds returned to Franklin and helped to build up a church in the war-torn area. He went on to hold pastorates at various churches in Missouri, Alabama, and Georgia. He also served as editor of a magazine (Christian Advocate), during which time his writing skills matured, an ability which he used in his later books. These were written during the last 17 years of his life, in Washington, Georgia, the result of a life's experience of ministry aimed at strengthening the Church in prayer.

One of Bounds' essential writings on Prayer

This is one of Bounds' essential writings on Prayer, writing as a series of short sermons – containing quotations, personal anecdotes, illustrative stories and scriptural teaching. Ten themes related to prayer are spread out over fourteen chapters, beginning with "Faith" and ending in the "House of God".

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