P. T. Forsyth (1848–1921)
Author of The Soul of Prayer
About the Author
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Series
Works by P. T. Forsyth
Religion in Recent Art: Being Expository Lectures on Rossetti, Burne Jones, Watts, Holman Hunt, & Wagner (2017) 3 copies
Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History: Notes from the Pulpit Ministry of P. T. Forsyth (2013) 3 copies
Socialism, the Church and the Poor 2 copies
P. T. Forsyth and the cure of souls: an appraisement and anthology of his practical writings, 2 copies
Christian aspects of evolution 2 copies
Associated Works
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present (2002) — Contributor — 182 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Forsyth, Peter Taylor
- Other names
- 富希士
- Birthdate
- 1848-05-12
- Date of death
- 1921-11-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Göttingen, Germany - Education
- University of Aberdeen
University of Göttingen - Occupations
- clergyman
theologian
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 41
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 819
- Popularity
- #31,142
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 115
- Languages
- 1
- Favorited
- 1
Then chapter 5 seemed to change tone, more practical and insightful, and by the time I got through the last two chapters (6 and 7), he had stated very meaningful and deep things about prayer in a way that I have never read about prayer in any other book. For example, in the last chaoter, the author states that insistent prayer is a form of resistence to God's will, "a resistance that God loves". He further suggests, "Prayer is an encounter of wills - till one or the other gives way."
The last chapter makes reading the whole book, which is really short, worth it. I'm glad I didn't put it down as I was tempted to do while reading the earlier chapters.… (more)