{"product_id":"1849-1868-horatius-bonar-exceptional-run-of-the-quarterly-journal-of-prophecy-premillennialism","title":"1849-1868 HORATIUS BONAR. Exceptional Run of The Quarterly Journal of Prophecy - Premillennialism.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA superb run of Horatius Bonar’s \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e, a foundational  resource for early Premillennial eschatology. Its pages served as an intellectual hub for emerging eschatological ideas developing in the United Kingdom and those traveling back and forth across the Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhile Bonar is today widely celebrated today as a hymnist and devotional writer, his 25-year tenure editing this Journal remains his most significant contribution to the history of the church. Particularly during the latter half of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, its pages helped lay the groundwork for a sea-change in eschatological thought among protestant churches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePrior to the American Civil War, postmillennialism was the dominant viewpoint among mainstream American Protestants. Premillennialism was often marginalized or associated with radical fringe movements like the Millerites. Bonar’s journal helped change that perception in America. He was a stalwart of the Free Church of Scotland and a deeply respected Reformed theologian and devotionalist. His journal treated biblical prophecy with rigorous academic, linguistic, and historical analysis and provided a pathway for postmillennialists disappointed by ongoing slavery, corruption, poverty, war, and disease  to see themselves at home in a futurist, premillennial theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis was particularly true for conservative American Presbyterians, Baptists, and Congregationalists who were wary of new prophetic theories. For them, the Quarterly Journal demonstrated that one could be a staunch, traditional Calvinist and still hold an intense, expectant view of the literal Second Coming. It decoupled premillennialism from the stigma of date-setting and fanaticism and established it in the theological mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt is not a stretch to say that during its 25-year run, the journal tracked and helped facilitate an ideological shift from Historicism to Futurism. This transition became the cornerstone of modern American dispensational theology. As the Journal’s ideas began to take hold, new leaders emerged in the American movement who would go on to form the late 19th-century American Bible Conference movement. The theological vocabulary and literal interpretive frameworks refined in the pages of the Quarterly Journal directly informed the creation of the Niagara Bible Conference (1878–1897) and its famous 14-point creed, which solidified the fundamentalist-premillennial movement in the United States. Key American figures like James Inglis, James H. Brookes (the mentor to C. I. Scofield), and later Dwight L. Moody routinely read, quoted, and interacted with the material coming out of Bonar’s publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAside from the futurist perspective, one other significant, recurring theme in Bonar’s journal was the literal restoration of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland. In a notable July 1870 article simply titled \"The Jews,\" Bonar asserted: \"I accept as a future certainty that the Jewish people will be gathered to their ancient homeland.” When this literature crossed into America, it heavily fed into the emerging stream of what we think of as Christian Zionism. The journal provided a robust biblical framework that argued the geopolitical fate of the Middle East was intricately tied to the timeline of the Second Coming. This specific prophetic outlook eventually became an incredibly potent cultural and political force within the American evangelical mainstream, the legacy of which persists today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhile John Nelson Darby is often credited with providing the structure of modern American dispensationalism, it was Horatius Bonar’s \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e that provided the academic credibility and theological fuel that allowed premillennial ideas to take deep root within the American pastoral and theological mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 1. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1849. 606pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 2. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1850. 506pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 3. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1851. 432pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 4. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1852. 423pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 5. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1853. 414pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 6. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1854. 420pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 7. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1855. 407pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 8. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1856. 414pp, Including Textual Index. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Volume 20. London. James Nisbet and Co. 1868. 412pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolumes 1 through 8 in good + to very good condition, bound in matching half leather with raised bands, marbled boards, etc., And generally solid, tight, and clean. Leather a little soft and rubbed. The final volume is somewhat more worn with one board detached and the spine cover a bit lifted. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874857652260,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-16-2026SpecsFineBooks-3.jpg?v=1781653880","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1849-1868-horatius-bonar-exceptional-run-of-the-quarterly-journal-of-prophecy-premillennialism","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}