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The Pursuit of God

Following Hard After God

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The Pursuit of God — Following Hard After God

The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer — the original 1948 public-domain edition, an English Christian classic on knowing God intimately, from the UECF.NET library, published as a searchable web book with chapter navigation and dark mode.

Author: A. W. Tozer · First published 1948, Christian Publications, Inc.

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    pp. 1–1 · ≈3 min    Preface
    pp. 2–4 · ≈6 min    Following Hard After God
    pp. 5–14 · ≈19 min    The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing
    pp. 15–25 · ≈21 min    Removing the Veil
    pp. 26–40 · ≈30 min    Apprehending God
    pp. 41–51 · ≈20 min    The Universal Presence
    pp. 52–62 · ≈21 min    The Speaking Voice
    pp. 63–72 · ≈20 min    The Gaze of the Soul
    pp. 73–86 · ≈26 min    Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation
    pp. 87–96 · ≈19 min    Meekness and Rest
    pp. 97–104 · ≈16 min    The Sacrament of Living
    pp. 105–116 · ≈22 min    Endnotes
    pp. 117–117 · ≈1 min

    About the author

    Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963) was a self-taught American pastor, editor and author who led Southside Alliance Church in Chicago for over thirty years and edited the Christian and Missionary Alliance's Alliance Weekly. Among the more than forty books he wrote, The Pursuit of God (1948) and The Knowledge of the Holy remain enduring Christian classics of the devotional life.

    About this edition

    This web edition reproduces the original 1948 first-edition text of The Pursuit of God, which is in the public domain in the United States. The text was sourced from Project Gutenberg (ebook #25141) and cross-checked against the Standard Ebooks edition (CC0 public domain dedication). It is distinct from, and predates, any later copyrighted "updated" or "annotated" editions.

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    • 2026 — Rebuilt from the public-domain 1948 first edition: all 13 sections, full-text search, dark mode and mobile reading.

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