Life and Character of Edward or Praying Payson
A biography of the Rev. Edward Payson, the renowned Congregational minister known as 'Praying Payson' for his extraordinary devotion to prayer. Set against the backdrop of fifty years of eminent New England divines in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
36 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
02. Preliminary Remarks
2
03. Paysons Parentage.
3
04. Paysons Early Developments.
4
05. Paysons Early Literary Training.
5
06. Payson Awakened by the Death of a beloved Brother.
6
07. An Experiment.
7
08. Worldly Amusements � Rules of Action.
8
09. Payson Makes a Public Profession of Religion.
9
10. His Appreciation of his Conversion.
10
11. An Important Step
11
12. Payson as a Bible Student.
12
13. Earnest Praying and Excessive Fasting.
13
14. Apportionment of Time.
14
15. Impaired Health � Conflicting Emotions.
15
16. Horrible Temptations.
16
17. Paysons only Pastoral Charge,
17
18. Payson Protests Against an Increase of Salary.
18
19. A Successful Reencounter.
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20. Paysons Intense Earnestness,
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21. Paysons Zeal and Fidelity Rewarded by Success.
21
22. Pay sons Rule in Preparing for the Pulpit.
22
23. His Influence Through the Press.
23
24. Paysons Conflict with a Lingering Pride of Heart.
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25. Paysons Humility.
25
26. His Domestic Character.
26
27. Paysons Humor - A Specimen
27
28. His Intense Sufferings.
28
29. Remarkably Sustained by Views of the Divine Perfections.
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30. Paysons Demeanor under Bodily Sufferings
30
31. Last Scenes of his Life and Labors.
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32. Payson Dying Words to the Young Men of his Congregation.
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33. Paysons Unparalleled Sufferings and Unbounded joy.
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34. Paysons Last Agony.
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35. Extract from Paysons Funeral Sermon, preached by Rev, Charles Jenkins.
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36. Concluding Remarks.
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37. Payson � Bramwell � Fletcher - Hedding