John Hyde 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 Carthage 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 position 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
envisioned 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
missionaries 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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