Aide

Library

How to Pray

R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) · Evangelical

A plain, practical guide to prayer from the evangelist and teacher R. A. Torrey, built on the Bible's own promises.

First published: 1900. About 110 minutes to read in 14 parts.

Start reading

Contents

  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I. The Importance of Prayer
  3. 3Chapter II. Praying Unto God
  4. 4Chapter III. Obeying and Praying
  5. 5Chapter IV. Praying in the Name of Christ and According to the Will of God
  6. 6Chapter V. Praying in the Spirit
  7. 7Chapter VI. Always Praying and Not Fainting
  8. 8Chapter VII. Abiding in Christ
  9. 9Chapter VIII. Praying With Thanksgiving
  10. 10Chapter IX. Hindrances to Prayer
  11. 11Chapter X. When To Pray
  12. 12Chapter XI. The Need of a General Revival
  13. 13Chatper XII. The Place of Prayer Before and During Revivals
  14. 14Postscript

Public domain. The author died more than seventy years ago and the work was published before 1931. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), lightly formatted for reading in Aide (Scripture references written in Roman numerals are shown in ordinary numerals so they can be tapped). Source: Christian Classics Ethereal Library. The text is as the author wrote it, in the language of his day; spelling and punctuation may differ from today’s. Reading it is not an endorsement of everything it says.