{"product_id":"1846-mary-lundie-duncan","title":"1846 MARY LUNDIE DUNCAN. Horatius Bonar's Sister-in-Law and Female Counterpart of M'Cheyne's Young Death \u0026 Piety.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\" id=\"p-rc_fe8ae322e41a33b6-63\"\u003eA rather rare first American edition of the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"4\"\u003eMemoir of Mrs. \u003cspan class=\"citation-348\"\u003eMary Lundie Duncan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-348\"\u003eInexplicably rare today, it is truly a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-348 citation-end-348\"\u003eprimary text of 19th-century Scottish evangelical pietism and revivalism.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-347 citation-end-347\"\u003eMary Lundie Duncan (1814–1840) was a devout pastor’s wife, poet, and hymn writer, best known for authoring the enduring child’s prayer hymn \"Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me.\" She died prematurely at age twenty-five.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Her life and immediate family were intricately connected to the inner circle of the 1830s and 1840s evangelical awakening in Scotland. \u003cspan class=\"citation-346 citation-end-346\"\u003eHer younger sister, Jane Catherine Lundie, married the famous hymn writer and theologian Horatius Bonar, making Mary the sister-in-law to one of the central leaders of the Free Church of Scotland and the nineteenth-century revival movement.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Furthermore, the Lundie family maintained close spiritual and ministerial ties with Robert Murray M'Cheyne, whose legendary ministry in Dundee exemplified the passionate, experiential pietism, intense personal prayer life, and evangelistic fervor that defined Scottish Presbyterian revivalism during this period. \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Horatius Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Scottish Free Church] Memoir of Mrs. Mary Lundie Duncan, being Recollections of a Daughter by Her Mother. New York. Robert Carter. 1846. First American Edition. 310pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood - in original cloth, cocked, foxed and handled, though generally sound. Cloth chipped and worn, rubbed through at extremities. Rear lower corner of board with deterioration and losses. Textually very solid. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67654087376932,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/10-13-2026SpecsFineBooks-11.jpg?v=1791927507","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1846-mary-lundie-duncan","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}