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| www.PrayerMeetings.org Supplying resource material for praying believers and their leaders on: Prayer and The Prayer Meeting Other Subjects: The Attributes of God, The Death of Christ. |
| John Bunyan on Prayer |
| John Bunyan November 28, 1628 - August 31,1688 Bedford, England A Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in England. He wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most famous published Christian allegory. In 1658 Bunyan was indicted for preaching without a licence. He continued, however, and did not suffer imprisonment till November 1660, when he was taken to the county gaol in Silver Street, Bedford. There he was confined at first for three months, but on his refusing to conform or to desist from preaching, his confinement was extended for a period of nearly 12 years (with the exception of a few weeks in 1666). It was during this time that he completed his allegorical novel: The Pilgrim's Progress. [It is more likely that he commenced this work during the second and shorter imprisonment of 1675 referred to below.] He was released in January 1672, when Charles II issued the Declaration of Religious Indulgence. Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress in two parts, the first of which was published in London in 1678 and the second in 1684. He had begun the work in his first period of imprisonment, and probably finished it during the second. The earliest edition in which the two parts combined in one volume came in 1728. A third part falsely attributed to Bunyan appeared in 1693, and was reprinted as late as 1852. Its full title is The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come. The Pilgrim's Progress is arguably one of the most widely known allegories ever written, and has been extensively translated. Protestant missionaries commonly translated it as the first thing after the Bible. Works Some Gospel Truths Opened, 1656 A Few Sighs from Hell, or the Groans of a Damned Soul, 1658 The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded, 1659 Praying with the Spirit and with Understanding too, 1663 The End of the World, The Resurrection of the Dead and Eternal Judgment, 1665 The Holy City or the New Jerusalem, 1665 Grace abounding to the Chief of Sinners, 1666 Saved by Grace, 1675 The Strait Gate, Great Difficulty of Going to Heaven, 1676 The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, 1678 Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ, 1678 The Fear of God - What it is, and what is it is not, 1679 The Life and Death of Mr Badman, 1680 The Doom and Downfall of the Fruitless Professor (Or The Barren Fig Tree), 1682 The Holy War - The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Man-soul (The Holy War Made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the World), 1682 The Greatness of the Soul and Unspeakableness of its Loss Thereof, 1683 Seasonal Counsel or Suffering Saints in the Furnace - Advice to Persecuted Christians in Their Trials & Tribulations, 1684 A Discourse Upon the Pharisee and the Publican, 1685 The Water of Life or The Richness and Glory of the Gospel, 1688 The Work of Jesus Christ as an Advocate, 1688 Christ a Complete Saviour (The Intercession of Christ And Who Are Privileged in It), 1692 Of Antichrist and His Ruin, 1692 The Saint's Knowledge of Christ's Love, or The Unsearchable Riches of Christ, 1692 The Heavenly Footman, 1698 |
A congregation without a prayer meeting is essentially defective in its organization, and so must be limited in its efficiency. The Prayer Meeting and Its History, J. B. Johnston |