The Practice of Prayer

by George Campbell Morgan

Publisher:

Fleming H. Revell

, 1906

Overview

As the disciples of Christ asked Him to teach them to pray, we ourselves should request the same. Striving, as always, to center his writings on Christ and the Scriptures, Morgan wrote The Practice of Prayer with the intention of providing an intensely practical resource on the topic.

Key Features

• Biblical insight from one of the greatest theologians from the turn of the 20th century
• Resource on the doctrine and application of prayer

Contents

Top Highlights

“All about us are indifferent masses. We still mourn the dearth of conversions, and are painfully conscious of the languishing missionary spirit. Where is the lack? That is a larger question than it is the purpose of this book to discuss. Nevertheless, I think it may broadly be stated that the supreme need of the Church is the realization experimentally of her relationship to God by the Holy Spirit. In the interaction of life and prayer will be found the secret of power, and the realization of fellowship with God will never be more than a theory save as prayer becomes a practice.” (Pages 12–13)

“We minimize its meaning by adding to its words. They did not say, Lord, teach us how to pray, but, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ A great many people know how to pray, but they do not pray. The request, Teach us how to pray, would refer simply to the theory. The petition ‘teach us to pray,’ is of much fuller import and includes theory and practice.” (Pages 13–14)

“‘If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.’” (Page 24)

“God has His intercessors everywhere. They are to be found often in unexpected places, in men and women who have learned the secret, and who by familiar intercourse with God are channels of blessing to men: but the majority of us are not praying. While I thank God for the prayers being offered I feel that it is of the utmost importance that the whole Church should know the secret of prevailing prayer, not only as a theory, but in practice.” (Page 13)

“The methods are multiplied, and yet one cannot help the conviction that many of our organizations are fungus growths, sapping the Church’s life and contributing nothing to her fruitfulness.” (Page 12)

Product Details

• Title: The Practice of Prayer
• Author: G. Campbell Morgan
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
• Publication Date: 1906
• Pages: 128

About George Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945) was a pastor and leading Bible scholar. He was a contemporary of Rodney “Gipsy” Smith and preached his first sermon at age 13. A few years after Morgan was ordained to the Congregational ministry, D. L. Moody invited him to teach at the Moody Bible Institute. Morgan became the director of Northfield Bible Conference after Moody.

He was the pastor of Westminster Chapel in London from 1904 to 1919 and then from 1933 to 1943, pausing for a brief period to work at Biola in Los Angeles. In 1939, Morgan began to mentor Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who would eventually become his successor at Westminster Chapel.

Morgan’s essay entitled The Purposes of the Incarnation is included in a collection called The Fundamentals, a set of 90 essays that is widely considered to be the foundation of the modern Fundamentalist movement. Several of Morgan’s writings are in G. Campbell Morgan Collection (30 vols.), including The Analyzed Bible, Discipleship, The True Estimate of Life and How to Live, and many more. He is also the author of God’s Perfect Will and The Crises of the Christ.