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The Life of John Milne of Perth

by Horatius Bonar


ItemNo/ISBN-13:		978-0-85151-961-6
Publisher:		Banner of Truth
Details:		Hardcover, 464 pages

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John Milne (1807-68) became a minister of St. Leonard`s, Perth, in 1839, and was almost immediately identified with an awakening in which an outstanding circle of preachers shared. Among them were his close friends, William Burns, Robert M`Cheyne, and Horatius Bonar. Bonar, author and hymn writer, was at his best in his Life of John Milne (1869). From first-hand knowledge of the revival period, and from original documents, he has preserved an account of Milne and the evangelicals who, in the words of Alexander Whyte, `had an immense influence on the religious life of Scotland`.

These men shared the conviction of M`Cheyne, `It is not great gifts God uses so much as great likeness to Christ.` The Milne biography wonderfully illustrates that truth. It shows us why, at a later date, C.H. Waller (Chaplain to Bishop Ryle and Principal of the London School of Divinity), could speak of the 1840s in Scotland as `the nearest approach he knew to apostolic conditions of faith and living`.

Apart from a short period of missionary service in India, Milne spent his whole ministry in Perth as a pastor and evangelist. Bonar`s account of one who lived close to Christ remains a guide to what the churches need in every age.

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