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This book is a collection of biographical sketches of people we meet in churches everyday. While a true sketch is done with a pencil, these are done with a wide brush to catchthe caricatures of ourselves. It really is a unique look into the lives of church-goers, and while humorous at times, it is...

Peter Cartwright (1785-1872) was an American Methodist revivalist in the Midwest, as well as twice an elected legislator in Illinois. Cartwright, a Methodist missionary, helped start the Second Great Awakening, personally baptizing twelve thousand converts.

Author's Preface: We send forth these pages with the prayer that all that meets the approval of Christ may be blest to the upbuilding of His Zion, and that all mistakes may be overruled and may not make any lasting impression upon the reader’s mind. If any one is disposed to seek for mistakes,...

Edward McKendree Bounds, doubtless best known for his classics on prayer, has been a treasured author by many for generations. A read of this classic on the resurrection of the dead will help you understand why. Originally published as "The Resurrection," "The Ineffable Glory"...

This book discusses exactly what you would expect: feeding your soul. This is not something that comes naturally for us, as we are truly carnal creatures, but when the inward man is fed, the inward man grows. This is truly what we need to accomplish the overcoming Christian life.  ...

Author's preface: “I never like a lengthy preface to a book. The only way to find out the contents of a volume is to read it. The chapters herein contained have thrust themselves into my mind as I have read and traveled and thought on existing world conditions. There is a kind of optimism...

This is a unique bit of Methodist history. It was compiled from what was a "lost book" of history. It covers the time from 1768 to 1797, and is an interesting look into the past. It is a must have for anyone who is perusing the histories as penned by Abel Stevens or Nathan Bangs....

From the preface: This book grew out of a burning desire in the author’s soul to tell to others what he himself so longed to know a quarter of a century ago. When the truth dawned upon him in all its preciousness, it seemed to him that he could point out the way to receive the desired blessing of...

Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927) was a Welsh evangelist who was involved in the Welsh Revival during the turn of the 20th century.      Following that revival, she travelled all over the globe, continuing her evangelistic work all over Europe, India, Canada, and the United States.  ...

This book is a collection of over 400 true stories about the Wesley family. Without question, the greater majority of these stories concern John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church. However, there are many others about Samuel Wesley, Susanna Wesley, and Charles Wesley. This is a great...

First published in 1920, this book is a collection of sermon transcripts from the late evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. While hearing them in person would have been incredible, the anointing and unction are plainly readable, and the truths come through loud and clear.  From the preface:Unto...

This is a great memoir detailing some missionary travels of James Blaine Chapman. The Table of Contents are as follows: Chapter 1: WHY THIS BOOK? Chapter 2: MY FIRST NIGHT IN GUATEMALA Chapter 3: THREE DAYS IN LIVINGSTON Chapter 4: TEN DAYS WITH THE QUAKERS Chapter 5: IN ALTA VERA PAZ Chapter...

From the Introduction:  Permit me beloved one, to ask, Are you ready? Have you on the white robe? No longer think of holiness as a doctrine peculiar to a sect, but rather as a doctrine peculiar to the Bible, as the only fitness for admission to the society of the bloodwashed in Heaven....

This is volume one of four from Nathan Bangs' history of the Methodist Church. Bangs is considered by many to be one of the foremost historians in modern times, and his portrayal of church history is among the best ever written. From the author's preface: The following history has...