Those Christians prepared to abandon self to God will find invaluable help from these pages. The early chapters are based on Spiritual Torrents by Madame Guyon and some material on union with God by Professor Thomas Upham. The remaining chapters are pure vintage Penn-Lewis—clarifying, in her unique way, many aspects of the subjective work of the Holy Spirit in the human soul. First-time Penn-Lewis readers and long-time fans alike will find much to savor in this small but powerful book. Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927) was a powerful speaker and writer who was used by God to guide multitudes of Christians into a deeper experience with...

“God wants intercessors. The greatest blessing God could give his church today would be a few souls who pray as Elijah prayed; a few intercessors who know his will, and seek and pray for nothing else. May God raise them up.”Most Christians would agree with this conviction of Jessie Penn-Lewis. A careful meditation on these pages will act as a powerful stimulus in turning this conviction into personal experience. Those who, at some stage in their Christian lives, have cried as the disciples of old, “Lord, teach us to pray,” will find valuable help from the lessons highlighted here.

"I am better acquainted with Jesus Christ than I am with any man in the world," said Robert Murray McCheyne. Andrew Bonar, his biographer and bosom friend, informs us that "during the last years of his short life, [he] walked calmly in almost unbroken fellow-ship with the Father and the Son." This no doubt explains why the spiritual impact of his life was so great, both during his short life on earth (he died in his twenty-ninth year), and in the years that followed his death—even up to the present time. The pastoral letters contained in this short volume were written by McCheyne during a forced absence from his congregation....