Billy Bray (1794-1868) was a lively and passionate Cornish preacher known for his dramatic conversion and joyful ministry. Born in Cornwall, England, into a poor mining family, Bray followed in his father's footsteps as a miner. In his early years, he lived a rough and worldly life, heavily influenced by drinking and carousing. However, in 1823, after reading John Bunyan's Visions of Heaven and Hell, he experienced a profound Christian conversion. This transformation led him to leave behin...

When Oswald J. Smith wrote this book almost a hundred years ago he felt the most pressing need of the worldwide church was true revival—the kind birthed in desperate prayer and accompanied by deep conviction for sin, godly sorrow, and deep repentance, resulting in a living, victorious faith. If he were alive today he would surely conclude that the need has only become more acute with the passing years. The author relates how there came a time in his own ministry when he became painfully aw...

Charles H. Spurgeon was an extremely popular 19th century Baptist preacher from Britain. Spurgeon still remains one of the most influential religious figures today. This version of Spurgeons The Soul Winner: How to Lead Sinners to the Saviour includes a table of contents.

Prayer, although an essential ingredient of the Christian experience, remains mysterious and foreign to many Christians. Realizing this, a well-known (but anonymous) Christian wrote this volume to teach Christians about the power available to them through prayer. According to The Kneeling Christian, all real growth in the spiritual life—all victory over temptation, all confidence and peace in the presence of difficulties and dangers, all repose of spirit in times of great disappoi...

In this work, Bounds explores the reason behind our own personal prayers. Too often when we pray, we think of the importance of prayer but not of the reasons behind it. Why should we pray? What does it accomplish? By exploring these questions, Bounds opens up the reality of prayer in our lives.

Discover the wonders of effective prayer from one of the greatest prayer warriors ever! George Mueller (1805-1898) dared to take God at his word, and on the basis of prayer alone was able to establish orphanages and schools that saved over 10,000 children from the horrors of poverty in Victorian England.

In "The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne," Andrew A. Bonar provides a deeply reverent and intricately detailed account of the life and spiritual journey of the Scottish minister Robert Murray M'Cheyne. Written in a narrative style that blends biographical detail with theological reflection, Bonar utilizes a wealth of M'Cheyne's personal letters and sermons to illuminate the profound impact he had on 19th-century Scottish Presbyterianism. This biography not only captures M'Cheyne's ferve...

Profiles of Protestant preachers by a 19th century English Baptist, known as "the Prince of Preachers". Chapters include: 1. What is Eccentricity? 2. Who have been called Eccentric? 3. Causes of Eccentricity 4. Hugh Latimer 5. Hugh Peters 6. Daniel Burgess 7. John Berridge 8. Rowland Hill 9. Matthew Wilks 10. William Dawson 11. Jacob Gruber 12. Edward Taylor 13. Edward Brooke 14. Billy Bray. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, ( 1834 – 1892) was a Brit...

This Christian classic, written by an unknown Christian sometime before 1930, is a passionate call to a life of prayer. Knowing that the subject of prayer is a mysterious and foreign concept to many Christians, the author addresses many of the perplexities of this practice, such as…What is prayer?How does one pray?Must we “agonize in prayer”?How does God answer prayer?What hinders our prayer?Who may pray?With ma...

Alexander Whytes concluding volume of character sketches are drawn from the men and women in the parables found in the Gospels of Luke, Matthew, and Mark. Subtitling this volume Our Lords Characters, Whytes examination of these personalities offers a unique perspective of the parables of Jesus. Whyte also explores the angels contained in the letters to the seven churches of Asia from the book of Revelation.

Answers to Prayer gathers George Müller's testimonies of divine provision into a lucid, devotional narrative that functions both as spiritual autobiography and practical theology. Written in plain, earnest Victorian prose, the book records specific petitions and their reported fulfillment, presenting prayer not as abstraction but as disciplined dependence upon God. Its literary context lies within nineteenth-century evangelical memoir and faith-mission literature, where lived experience se...

Christian and happy? Do these two words fit comfortably together? Is our Christian life a burden or a pleasure? Is our quiet time with the Lord a duty or a delight? The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life was first written by Hannah Whitall Smith as monthly instalments for an American magazine. Hannah was brought up as a Quaker, and became the feisty wife of a preacher. By the time she wrote The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life she had already lost three children. Her life was not easy, w...