Power Through Prayer
E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) — his burning classic on prayer, first published in 1912 as Preacher and Prayer. Read the whole book here in the Library, or listen to it whole: the complete reading stands below as one complete file, in the book’s own order.
Listen to the Book
The complete reading — all twenty chapters, 2h 14m 42s in all. Press play and hear the whole book in one file, from beginning to end.
Read by Peter-John Parisis · brought by The School of Prayer · hosted here in one complete file · the reading is preserved at the Internet Archive · public domain. LibriVox has no recording of Power Through Prayer; this is the complete reading that exists, and it is not a LibriVox recording.
The Chapters — a guide to the one reading
The whole book plays above, in one file. This guide shows where each chapter begins, so the player can be moved to any chapter.
Chapter 1 — Men of Prayer Needed
11:28 · begins at 0:00 in the one file
Chapter 2 — Our Sufficiency Is of God
7:44 · begins at 11:28 in the one file
Chapter 3 — The Letter Killeth
8:11 · begins at 19:11 in the one file
Chapter 4 — Tendencies to Be Avoided
7:12 · begins at 27:22 in the one file
Chapter 5 — Prayer, the Great Essential
6:32 · begins at 34:34 in the one file
Chapter 6 — A Praying Ministry Successful
5:49 · begins at 41:05 in the one file
Chapter 7 — Much Time Should Be Given to Prayer
6:45 · begins at 46:55 in the one file
Chapter 8 — Examples of Praying Men
6:09 · begins at 53:40 in the one file
Chapter 9 — Begin the Day with Prayer
4:28 · begins at 59:49 in the one file
Chapter 10 — Prayer and Devotion United
7:19 · begins at 1:04:17 in the one file
Chapter 11 — An Example of Devotion
7:18 · begins at 1:11:36 in the one file
Chapter 12 — Heart Preparation Necessary
6:34 · begins at 1:18:54 in the one file
Chapter 13 — Grace from the Heart Rather than the Head
4:35 · begins at 1:25:28 in the one file
Chapter 14 — Unction a Necessity
4:47 · begins at 1:30:02 in the one file
Chapter 15 — Unction, the Mark of True Gospel Preaching
6:44 · begins at 1:34:50 in the one file
Chapter 16 — Much Prayer the Price of Unction
6:01 · begins at 1:41:33 in the one file
Chapter 17 — Prayer Marks Spiritual Leadership
6:48 · begins at 1:47:34 in the one file
Chapter 18 — Preachers Need the Prayers of the People
7:25 · begins at 1:54:22 in the one file
Chapter 19 — Deliberation Necessary to Largest Results from Prayer
7:55 · begins at 2:01:46 in the one file
Chapter 20 — A Praying Pulpit Begets a Praying Pew
4:58 · begins at 2:09:41 in the one file
Read the Book
21,705 words — the forewords, then the twenty chapters, whole and unabridged.
Part 1 — Forewords
1 reading section · about 3 minutes at a reader’s pace
Part 2 — Chapter I — Men of Prayer Needed
3 reading sections · about 8 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 11:28
Part 3 — Chapter II — Our Sufficiency Is of God
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 7:44
Part 4 — Chapter III — The Letter Killeth
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 8:11
Part 5 — Chapter IV — Tendencies to Be Avoided
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 7:12
Part 6 — Chapter V — Prayer, the Great Essential
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:32
Part 7 — Chapter VI — A Praying Ministry Successful
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 5:49
Part 8 — Chapter VII — Much Time Should Be Given to Prayer
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:45
Part 9 — Chapter VIII — Examples of Praying Men
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:09
Part 10 — Chapter IX — Begin the Day with Prayer
1 reading section · about 3 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 4:28
Part 11 — Chapter X — Prayer and Devotion United
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 7:19
Part 12 — Chapter XI — An Example of Devotion
2 reading sections · about 6 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 7:18
Part 13 — Chapter XII — Heart Preparation Necessary
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:34
Part 14 — Chapter XIII — Grace from the Heart Rather than the Head
1 reading section · about 4 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 4:35
Part 15 — Chapter XIV — Unction a Necessity
1 reading section · about 4 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 4:47
Part 16 — Chapter XV — Unction, the Mark of True Gospel Preaching
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:44
Part 17 — Chapter XVI — Much Prayer the Price of Unction
2 reading sections · about 5 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:01
Part 18 — Chapter XVII — Prayer Marks Spiritual Leadership
2 reading sections · about 6 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 6:48
Part 19 — Chapter XVIII — Preachers Need the Prayers of the People
3 reading sections · about 7 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 7:25
Part 20 — Chapter XIX — Deliberation Necessary to Largest Results from Prayer
2 reading sections · about 7 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 7:55
Part 21 — Chapter XX — A Praying Pulpit Begets a Praying Pew
2 reading sections · about 4 minutes at a reader’s pace · listen 4:58
Project Gutenberg #65115 — the Marshall Brothers twelfth edition, with forewords by Rev. A. C. Dixon, D.D., and Mr. Albert A. Head. Whitespace only was normalized for screen reading; no word altered. (Project Gutenberg’s own header, transcriber’s note, and licence tail are not part of the book and are not printed.)
Audio: the complete reading by Peter-John Parisis (The School of Prayer), served here as one complete file, from the Internet Archive item https://archive.org/details/PowerThroughPrayerByE.M.Bounds.
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