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Prayer and Simplicity

A. T. Pierson, the American Presbyterian evangelist, had the responsibility of preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle during the fall and winter of 1891-1892, while C. H. Spurgeon recovered from his illness. During those months, Pierson had a front-row seat to the ministry at the largest church in evangelicalism with a membership of over 5,300. As he preached and assisted the elders in day-to-day pastoral work, two things stood out to him about the Tabernacle's philosophy of ministry: prayer and simplicity.
Writing in his magazine in January 1892, The Missionary Review of the World, Pierson shared these observations:
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