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1836 SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN HERALD. M'Cheyne, Covenanters, Horatius Bonar, Revivals, &c.
1836 SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN HERALD. M'Cheyne, Covenanters, Horatius Bonar, Revivals, &c.
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A superb and lovely volume of the finest Scottish Evangelical periodical of the period; superb original content by the Bonars, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Revival, Scottish Theology, and Premillennialism related, etc., etc.
The Scottish Christian Herald, Conducted under the Supintendence of Ministers and Members of the Established Church. March 5, - December 31, 1836.
Contents include:
Religion – A Matter of Supreme Importance by Robert S. Candlish; Biography of Felix Neff (Revivalist of the Alps); First Dispensation of the Lord’s Supper I Scotland at the Time of the Reformation; Missions by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); Biographical Sketch of Bernard Gilpin; Remarks on Psalm CXVIII by Robert S. Candlish; On the Parables of Our Saviour by William Cunningham; The Influence of Religion Exhibited in a Prison; A Picture of China in its Religious and Moral Aspect by Andrew Bonar; Death-Bed Scenes by Alexander Moody; Prayer to the Dead by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); The Solemn League and Covenant; A Jewish Marriage by Mr. Pliny Fisk, Missionary to the Jews; Biographical Sketch of Thomas Boston; The First Fruits by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); Angusina, a Greenland Convert; Biographical Sketch of Philip Doddridge; Some Striking Passages in the Life of John Craig, Colleague of John Knox; The Christian’s Obligation to Live Separate from the World by John Lewis of Leith; Hints on Spiritual Depression by William Muir; The First Establishment of a Missionary Society in the South Sea Islands (Polynesia); Biographical Sketch of Henry Martyn; Flemish Martyrs in 1556; Notice of Mrs. Welch, Daughter of John Knox; Thoughts on Family Worship by Charles Watson; Biographical Sketch of Rowland Hill; Sudden Conversions by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); On the Character of Herod, Tetrarch of Galilee by Robert S. Candlish; Biographical Sketch of Lady Huntington (George Whitefield, John Wesley, etc.); The Importance of Religious Instruction in Lunatic Asylums; On the Advantages to be Derived by the Christian from the Study of Natural Science by James Brodie; The Early Days of Martin Luther; A Missionary Scene in Caffraria; On the Wisdom of God as Displayed in the Works of Creation by David William Gordon; Account of a Worshipping Assembly at Hido, in the Island of Hawaii (good length); Biographical Sketch of Samuel Walker of Truro (Great Awakening, George Whitefield, John Wesley); Stray Leaves from a Journal in South America, 1830/31 by David Waddell: Religion of Monte Video; The Kingswood Colliers; or, the Power of the Gospel when Faithfully Preached; Singing Praises, by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); A Revival of Religion on the Island of Lewis; Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Ann H. Judson (Adoniram Judson); Notes of a Farewell Sermon Preached at Etterick, by John Boston, Jun (descendant of Thomas Boston); The Traditions of the Deluge Existing among Different Modern Nations; Biographical Sketch of Philip Melancthon; Biographical Sketch of John Eliot, Apostle to the American Indians; Hugh M’Kail, A Scottish Martyr; Biographical Sketch of John Calvin; Narrative of the Revival of Religion in the Isle of Arran; Biographical Sketch of Samuel Rutherford; Very interesting: Letter from the Rev. Mr. Davidson, Minister of Galashiels, to Mrs. Boston on the Death of Her Husband, the Rev. Thomas Boston, author of the Four-Fold State, etc. (lengthy, and I’m not aware that it is published elsewhere); The Early Protestant Church of France by John G. Lorimer; A Moravian Settlement in South Africa; Biographical Sketch of Oliver Heywood
A large 4to, near folio, in very attractive half leather; solid and clean. An exceptional example of an excellent item.
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