Edward McKendree Bounds Quotes


Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God's saints have been held.


Citations

Bounds, Edward M. The Possibilities of Prayer. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1923, p. 88.

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Edward McKendree Bounds
Edward McKendree Bounds
  • Born: August 15, 1835
  • Died: August 24, 1913
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergy, Attorney, Author

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, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer. Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921, Homer W. Hodge completed additional editorial work.