Jonathan was born on 5 October 1703, the one son among the 11 children who made up the family of Timothy Edwards, minister of East Windsor in the New England state of Connecticut. Jonathan grew up in an atmosphere of religious awakening; in later life he would note that there were at least four outpourings…
Robert Murray M’Cheyne 1813-1843 “A man of Fervent Prayer” It is not how long you live, but how you live that counts.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne was a living example of this often-neglected truth. At twenty-three years old he was ordained and inducted into the church of St. Peters at Dundee. At thirty years old he…
John Hyde 1865-1912 “O God, give me souls or I die!” John Hyde’s prayer life ranks in a league with the prayer lives of men like Andrew Murray, George Mueller, Charles Finney, and Rees Howells. Draw near to brother Hyde’s prayer closet and you will see the tears coursing down his face and hear the…
