Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) was a minister in the Free Church of Scotland. A friend of Robert Murray McCheyne, he witnessed a real revival and move of God and was instrumental in quickening the spiritual life of churches in Scotland and throughout the world. He was a prolific author and hymn-writer, penning hundreds of poems and hymns, including some for Moody and Sankey who he helped with their evangelistic campaigns. He also wrote numerous books to promote revival, encourage spiritual growth and to tackle theological issue of his day.
This collection includes his hymns, biographies, writings on revival, his famous "Light and Truth" commentaries, the Keslo tracts, as well as some rare writings such as "Brief Thoughts on the Gospel."
== SHORTER WORKS by DR. BONAR ==
Arranged by date
1. KEYS TO REVIVAL (AKA "True Revival and the Men God Uses") - 1845
2. PREFACE TO THE LIFE OF DAVID BRAINERD - 1858
3. MODERN HOSTILITY TO REVIVALS - 1860
4. INTRODUCTION TO THE SONG OF SONGS - 1881
5. INTRODUCTION TO "A CRY FROM THE LAND OF CALVIN" - 1887
== BOOKS by DR. BONAR ==
Arranged Alphabetically
6. A STRANGER HERE
7. BRIEF THOUGHTS ON THE GOSPEL [rare]
8. CAN WE REMAIN IN THE CHURCH?
9. DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE EAST
10. DOES GOD CARE FOR OUR GREAT CITIES? (1880)
11. EARTHS MORNING
12. FAMILY SERMONS (1863)
13. FOLLOW THE LAMB
14. GOD'S WAY OF HOLINESS
15. GOD'S WAY OF PEACE
16. HOW SHALL I GO TO GOD? AND OTHER READINGS
17. THE KELSO TRACTS
18. LIFE OF JOHN MILNE
19. THE LIFE AND WORK OF G. THEOPHILUS DODDS
20. LIGHT AND TRUTH (I) - THE OLD TESTAMENT
21. LIGHT AND TRUTH (II) – THE GOSPELS
22. LIGHT AND TRUTH (III) – ACTS AND LARGER EPISTLES
23. LIGHT AND TRUTH (IV) – LESSER EPISTLES
24. LIGHT AND TRUTH (V) – REVELATION
25. MAN HIS RELIGION AND HIS WORLD (1851)
26. PROPHETICAL LANDMARKS
27. REDEEM THE TIME [rare]
28. THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS
29. THE CHRIST OF GOD
30. THE ETERNAL DAY
31. THE EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS;
32. THE GRACE, THE SERVICE, AND THE KINGDOM.
33. THE NIGHT OF WEEPING
34. THE MORNING OF JOY
35. THE RENT VEIL (1875)
36. THE STORY OF GRACE
37. THE WHITE FIELDS OF FRANCE
38. THE WORD OF PROMISE – HANDBOOK OF SCRIPTURE
39. TRUTH AND ERROR
40. WORDS TO WINNERS OF SOULS (1877)
41. WORDS OF PEACE AND WELCOME
42. WORDS OLD AND NEW
== HYMNS AND POEMS ==
43. HYMNS OF FAITH AND HOPE, VOL. 1
44. HYMNS OF FAITH AND HOPE, VOL. 2
45. HYMNS OF FAITH AND HOPE, VOL. 3
46. MY OLD LETTERS
47. HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH [rare]
== BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ABOUT DR. BONAR ==
48. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
49. REFLECTIONS BY HIS CHILDREN [rare]
50. HORATIUS BONAR, D.D: A MEMORIAL
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The son of James Bonar, Solicitor of Excise for Scotland, he was born and educated in Edinburgh. He comes from a long line of ministers who have served a total of 364 years in the Church of Scotland. One of eleven children, his brothers John James and Andrew Alexander were also ministers of the Free Church of Scotland. He had married Jane Catherine Lundie in 1843 and five of their young children died in succession. Towards the end of their lives, one of their surviving daughters was left a widow with five small children and she returned to live with her parents. Bonar's wife, Jane, died in 1876. He is buried in the Canongate Kirkyard.
In 1853 Bonar earned the Doctor of Divinity degree at the University of Aberdeen.
He entered the Ministry of the Church of Scotland. At first he was put in charge of mission work at St. John's parish in Leith and settled at Kelso. He joined the Free Church at the time of the Disruption of 1843, and in 1867 was moved to Edinburgh to take over the Chalmers Memorial Church (named after his teacher at college, Dr. Thomas Chalmers). In 1883, he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland.... Show more