John Hyde's prayer life ranks in a league with the prayer lives of men like Andrew Murray, George Mueller, and Rees Howells. Draw near to brother Hyde’s prayer closet and you will see the tears coursing down his face—and hear the groaning and sobs as he pleads, “O God, give me souls or I die!” And indeed the Lord did—thousands of them. If you want to pray effectively, you can do with no better example than to read the life of John Hyde.