Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Austin Phelps (January 7 1820 – October 13 1890) was an American Congregational minister and educator. In 1835 he rejoined his family in Philadelphia where he finally obtained a degree in 1837 from the University of Pennsylvania. His book The Still Hour (1859) a summary of a series of sermons on prayer is a devotional classic and remains in publication.

Austin Phelps (January 7 1820 – October 13 1890) was an American Congregational minister and educator.