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Andrew A. Bonar.

Andrew Alexander Bonar (May 29, 1810 in Edinburgh – December 30, 1892 in Glasgow) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and youngest brother of Horatius Bonar.

Biography

Bonar studied at Edinburgh; was minister at Collace, Perthshire, 1838 – 1856 (both in the Church of Scotland and the Free Church); and of Finnieston Free Church, Glasgow, 1856 till his death. He joined the Free Church in 1843, and was its moderator in 1878. He was identified with evangelical and revival movements and adhered to the doctrine of premillennialism. With Robert Murray McCheyne he visited Palestine in 1839 to inquire into the condition of the Jews there. During the visit of Dwight L. Moody to Britain in 1874 and 1875, Moody was warmly welcomed by Bonar, despite the latter receiving considerable criticism from other Calvinist ministers in the Free Church.

Works

  • A Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839 (Edinburgh, 1842) ISBN 1-85792-258-1
  • Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne (1845) ISBN 0-85151-084-1
  • "The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne"
  • Commentary on Leviticus (1846) ISBN 0-85151-086-8
  • Redemption Drawing Nigh, a defence of the premillennial advent (1847)
  • The Development of the Antichrist (1853) online at [1]
  • The Life and Labours of Asahel Nettleton, with Bennet Tyler (1854) ISBN 0-85151-701-3
  • Christ and his Church in the Book of Psalms (1859) ISBN 1-899003-65-7
  • Bonar also edited Samuel Rutherford's Letters (1863); Letters of Samuel Rutherford, Religious Tract Society, London 1891 and wrote many tracts, pamphlets, and minor biographies.
  • His daughter Marjory edited his Diary and Letters, his Reminiscences, Heavenly Springs (ISBN 0-85151-479-0) (Portions selected from his diary, letters, and sermons), and Wayside Wells (Thoughts for Sabbath evenings, selected from his writings and sermons).
  • in-print publications include containing the Diary and Letters and the Reminiscences is:
  • Bonar, Andrew A; Bonar, Marjory (ed) (1984). Andrew A Bonar: Diary and Life. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust. ISBN 0-85151-432-4. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

while the Reminiscences are available separately as:

  • Bonar, Marjory (1999). Andrew A Bonar: The Good Pastor. Belfast: Ambassador Productions. ISBN 1-84030-045-0.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) The editors of the online edition at CCEL.org have given permission for material from articles to be used in Wikipedia.

Further reading

  • Ferguson, Fergus (c. 1893). The Life of the Rev Dr Andrew A Bonar. Glasgow: John J Rae.
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