Favorite Books seem to have been my bent for several Friday Favorites, so here's yet another one. This is my favorite Biography.
I have read many biographies and auto-biographies but the life story of Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) challenged me more than any other. I first became aware of Bounds when I came across one of his books about prayer. He has several and they are often grouped together and sold in one volume. They are also easily available to read on-line on several websites. One day I was going through some books that had been donated to the church and noticed his biography in the box, so I set out that afternoon to start reading it. What a story! This is a must read! Civil War Battles; a front-line, Confederate Chaplain; Union prison-of-war camps; war-time revival meetings & countless souls won to Christ. Through it all, Bounds demonstrated a deep sense of dependence upon God through unwaivering, effectual prayer.
There are few books that I have read that caused so much conviction in my life and provoked me to a deeper relationship with my Lord. I have never read a biography before that has touched me so much. E.M. Bounds "being dead yet speaketh" through his books and through his life-story still today.
Chuck
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