The Enduring Legacy of Madame Guyon
My pastor grew up in the Russian Orthodox church in New Jersey and came to California in the early 1970s to attend Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He became a hippie Christian of the kind depicted in the movie Jesus Revolution (released in 2023.) Around the time he was attending Westmont College, Madame Guyon's book, A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer , originally published in 1685 in France, was updated into modern English by Gene Edwards who started a publishing company in nearby Isla Vista. Gene Edwards was one of the most listened to pastors during the Jesus Revolution period of the 1970s. By chance, he had come across a flimsy, mimeographed copy of A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer (mimeograph was the primitive precursor to Xerox.) On the opening page of this copy was an inscription: "That this little book has fallen into your hands is an indication that God desires to do a special work in your heart." I am grateful that part of God's special work ...
