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- 1865-1912
- John Hyde, better known as "The Praying Hyde," was born in
- Carrollton, Illinois. His father was a Presbyterian minister
- who faithfully proclaimed the Gospel message and called for
- the Lord to thrust out laborers into His harvest. He prayed
- this prayer not only in the pulpit but also in the home,
- around the family altar. This made an indelible impression on
- the life of young John, as he grew up in that atmosphere.
- John was graduated from Cathage College with such high honors
- that he was elected to a position on the faculty. However, he
- had heard the divine call to the regions beyond, and was not
- disobedient to the heavenly vision. So he resigned his posi-
- tion and entered the Presbyterian seminary. In Chicago, he
- was graduated in the spring of 1892 and sailed for India the
- following October.
- His ministry of prayer in India during the next 20
- years was such that the natives referred to him as "the man
- who never sleeps." Some termed him "the apostle of prayer."
- But more familiarly he was known as "the praying Hyde." He
- was all these and more, for deep in India's Punjab, he envi-
- sioned his Master, and face to face with the eternal, he
- learned lessons of prayer which were amazing.
- Often he spent 30 days and nights in prayer, and many
- times was on his knees in deep intercession for 36 hours at a
- time.
- His work among the villages was very successful, in
- that for many years he won four to ten people a day to the
- Lord Jesus Christ. Hyde was instrumental in establishing the
- annual Sialkote Conferences, from which thousands of mission-
- aries and native workers returned to the stations, empowered
- anew and afresh for the work of reaching India with the
- Gospel.
- Hyde's life of sacrifice, humility, love for souls
- and deep spirituality, as well as his example in the ministry
- of intercession, inspired many others to effect these graces
- in their own lives and ministries. He died February 17, 1912.
- His last words were, "Shout the victory of Jesus Christ!"
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