Pray, Pray and Pray some more! God loves is and the Devil hates it. In Prayer and Praying Men Edward M. Bounds identifies men throughout the Bible who knew the importance of praying to God. From Abraham and Moses, Samuel and Elijah, Daniel and David the significance that prayer made in the lives is unquestionable. Prayer is the difference between victory and defeat in life. It means the different between a life of unease and uncertainty and calm peace. Communication God an essential element in MEN. Edward McKendree Bounds was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer. Bounds was a practicing lawyer at age nineteen and after three years, began preaching for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. At the time of his pastorate in Brunswick, Missouri, war was declared. Bounds became a prisoner of war after refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. Upon release he served as chaplain of the Fifth Missouri regiment until the close of the war.