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"Men of God, before anything else, are indispensable to the furtherance of the kingdom of God on earth."
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Edward McKendree Bounds
Edward McKendree Bounds prominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy. He is known for writing 11 books, eight of which focused on the subject of prayer. Only two of Bounds's books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer
"Men of God, before anything else, are indispensable to the furtherance of the kingdom of God on earth."
"Apostolic preaching cannot be carried on unless there be apostolic prayer."
"God shapes the world by prayer."
"In prayerful sympathy and love. Hold to the old truth -- double distilled."
"Preachers are not sermon makers, but men makers and saint makers, and he only is well-trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint. It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God - men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God."