Louis Albert Banks

{{Short description|American author and pastor}}

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Louis Albert Banks (November 12, 1855 in Corvallis, Oregon[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/54/mode/2up BANKS, Louis Albert], in Who's Who in America (1902-1903 edition); via archive.org–1933) was an American author and pastor. He was the Progressive nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 1893.{{cite book |title= Oregon: Her history, her great men, her literature |first=John B. |last=Horner |chapter=Louis Albert Banks }}{{cite book |title=Collier's New Encyclopedia 1. |year=1921 |location=New York |publisher=P.F. Collier & Son Company |page=410 |chapter=Banks, Louis Albert }}[https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc01.html?term=Banks,%20Louis%20Albert The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge - Volume I]

Published Works: He wrote over 60 books, some of his published works include:

• A Year’s Prayer Meeting Talks (New York, 1899)
• Anecdotes and Morals (New York, 1894)
• Chats with Young Christians (Cleveland, 1900)
• Christ and his Friends (1896)
• Common Folks’ Religion (Boston,. 1894)
• David and his Friends (New York, 1900)
• Fresh Bait for Fishers of Men (Cleveland, 1900)
• Great Promises of the Bible (1905)
• Heavenly Trade Winds (1895)
• Hero Tales from Sacred Story (1897)
• Hidden Wells of Comfort (1901)
• Honeycomb of Life (New York, 1895)
• Immortal Hymns and Their Story (Cleveland, 1898)
• Immortal Songs of Camp and Field (Cleveland, 1899)
• Life of Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D.D. (1902)
• Paul and his Friends (1896)
• Poetry and Morals (New York, 1900)
• Sermon Stories for Boys and Girls (New York, 1898)
• Seven Times around Jericho (1897)
• Soul-Winning Stories (1903)
• The Christ Brotherhood: Heroic Personalities (1898)
• The Christ Dream (1896)
• The Fisherman and his Friends (1897)
• The Great Portraits of the Bible (1903)
• The Great Saints of the Bible (1901)
• The Great Sinners of the Bible (New York, 1899)
• The Healing of Souls (1902)
• The King’s Stewards (New York, 1902)
• The Lord’s Arrows (1900)
• The Motherhood of God (1901)
• The People’s Christ (Boston, 1891)
• The Religious Life of Famous Americans (1904)
• The Revival Quiver (1893)
• The Saloon-Keeper’s Ledger (1896)
• The Unexpected Christ (1898)
• The White Slaves (1892)
• Thirty-one Revival Sermons (1904)
• Unused Rainbows (Chicago, 1901)
• Windows for Sermons (1902)
• Youth of Famous Americans (1902)