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and his mystical mentors experienced in their communion with God. Tozer wrote other things as well. Early on, he produced slim biographies of denominational founder A. B. Simpson and missionary pioneer Robert Jaffray before deciding that he was not called to be a biographer. A. W. Tozer. Wingspread: Albert B. Simpson, A Study in Spiritual Altitude . Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1943. A.W. Tozer. LetMy PeopleGo!: The Life of Robert A. Jaffray . Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1950. Yet, the qualities he celebrated in the lives of these two Christian leaders tell us something about what was important to Tozer himself. Most of Tozer’s writing consisted of brief, pungent editorials for the Alliance Witness , the magazine of his church denomination. During his lifetime, Tozer had three volumes of these reprinted: A. W. Tozer. The Root of the Righteous . Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1955. A. W. Tozer. Born after Midnight . Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1959. A. W. Tozer. Of God and Men . Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1960. This repackaging practice has been continued after Tozer’s death by a number of compilers, and extended to many of his sermons. Almost all of the many titles that circulate today