At one time this book was publicly burned in France and yet it has also been received by seeking Christians as one of the most helpful and powerful Christian books ever written. Jeanne Guyon's has played a major part in the lives of more famous Christians than perhaps any other Christian book. Here is the very first edition written in modern English. Formerly entitled: Short and very easy method of prayer: Which all can practice with the greatest facility, and arrive in a short time, by its means, at a high degree of perfection.