Prayers and Meditations by Samuel Johnson audiobook.

Genre: religion

Prayers and Meditations offers an intimate look into the private spiritual life of Samuel Johnson, the towering English writer and moralist best known for his essays, criticism, and dictionary. Drawn from his personal papers, these entries trace years of self-examination as Johnson faces recurring illness, grief, temptation, loneliness, and the relentless pressure of time. In plain yet powerful language, he records prayers for guidance and discipline, meditations on sin and mercy, and vows to reorder his days toward charity, study, and honest labor. The book is not a polished devotional manual so much as a candid diary of the soul: a brilliant, anxious mind wrestling with faith in the middle of ordinary obligations and extraordinary sorrow. As Johnson measures resolutions against failures, he returns again and again to themes of repentance, perseverance, and dependence on God, asking what it means to live well when strength and certainty falter. The result is a moving companion for listeners who value spiritual candor, moral seriousness, and the human struggle to align belief with daily life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:11:43) Chapter 01

(00:18:48) Chapter 02

(00:26:49) Chapter 03

(00:35:56) Chapter 04

(00:47:35) Chapter 05

(00:53:08) Chapter 06

(01:04:44) Chapter 07

(01:11:39) Chapter 08

(01:22:46) Chapter 09

(01:33:44) Chapter 10

(01:45:48) Chapter 11

(02:00:04) Chapter 12

(02:12:19) Chapter 13

(02:21:33) Chapter 14

(02:27:36) Chapter 15

(02:37:48) Chapter 16

(02:45:21) Chapter 17

(02:53:25) Chapter 18

(02:58:05) Chapter 19

(03:09:58) Chapter 20

(03:22:01) Chapter 21

(03:28:56) Chapter 22

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