Life of John Milne of Perth (Bonar)

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Bonar, Horatius

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455

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Hardcover

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John Milne became minister of St. Leonard’s, Perth, in 1839, and was almost immediately associated with an awakening in which an outstanding circle of preachers shared. Among them were his close friends, William Burns, Robert M’Cheyne, and Horatius Bonar. Bonar, author and hymn writer, was at his best in his Life of John Milne. From first-hand knowledge of the revival period, and from original documents, he has preserved an account of Milne and the evangelicals who, in the words of Alexander Whyte, ‘had an immense influence on the religious life of Scotland’.

These men shared the conviction of M’Cheyne, ‘It is not great gifts God uses so much as great likeness to Christ’. The Milne biography wonderfully illustrates that truth. It shows us why, at a later date, C.H. Waller, could speak of the 1840s in Scotland as ‘the nearest approach he knew to apostolic conditions of faith and living’.

Apart from a short period of missionary service in India, Milne spent his whole ministry in Perth as a pastor and evangelist. Bonar’s account of one who lived close to Christ remains a guide to what the churches need in every age.

Table of Contents:

Birth — Studies — Removal to Perth, 1807-39
Settlement in Perth, 1839-40
First Years in Perth, 1840-42
Letters and Reminiscences, 1840-42
Times of Refreshing, 1840-41
Church Movements and Letters, 1841-43
Times of Waiting upon God — Various Years
Evangelistic Tours — Various Years
Marriage and Family Sorrows, 1847-53
Thoughts of India, and Correspondence about It, 1853
Decision as to India, 1853
Farewells — Voyage, 1853
In India, 1853-54
In India, 1854-57
Resettlement in Perth, and Work There, 1858-66
Illnesses and Labours, 1866-67
His Last Months, 1868
Miscellaneous Gatherings — Various Years

Author

Horatius Bonar (1808-89) was a well-known nineteenth-century minister called “the prince of Scottish hymn-writers,” and also a prolific writer of scriptural, practical, and experiential Christian literature.