A Scottish Christian Heritage.

CONTENTS:

PART ONE : BIOGRAPHY.
1 : John Knox and 'the Battle'
— • The Early Years.
— • The Preparation of the Leader.
— • Success and Conflict, 1559-72.
— • Knox the Man.
— • What We May Learn from Knox.

2 : Robert Bruce : Standing Fast in Dark Days.
— • Nobleman Turned Preacher.
— • Short Favour, Long Anger.
— • The Fruitful Years of Banishment.
— • Persecution : 'The Lord Is a Wonderful Workman'
— • 'The Happiest Man That Ever Was Born'

3 : Thomas Chalmers and the Revival of the Church.
— • Why Remember Chalmers?
— • The Early Years.
— • Preparing the Next Generation.
— • A Vision Fulfilled : The Power of the Spirit of God.
— • Three Main Lessons.
— • Chalmers at the Close of Life.

4 : John MacDonald and the Awakening in the North.
— • A Corner of the North East, An Oasis in the Desert.
— • Lochcarron : The Gospel Enters the West.
— • The New Minister at Ferintosh.
— • Itinerancy and the Wider Awakening.
— • St. Kilda.
— • Changed Lives.
— • John MacDonald, Jr. of India.
— • A Calling Completed.
— • Some Lessons from MacDonald's Ministry.

5 : Horatius Bonar and the Love of God in Evangelism.
— • Ministry at Leith and Settlement at Kelso.
— • From the Borders to the World.
— • Removal to Edinburgh.
— • Controversies.

PART TWO : MISSIONARY.
6 : The Missionary Spirit and the New Hebrides.
— • The Origin of the Missionary Spirit.
— • Faith in Divine Revelation.
— • The New Hebrides, an Illustration of the Missionary Spirit.
— • Aneityum - 'The Antioch of the Pacific'
— • Observations.

7 : Robert Moffat 'Africanus'
— • A Country 'Like an Ocean in a Storm'
— • The Message Preached.
— • The Matabele Journals.
— • Family and Latter Years.
— • Conclusions.

PART THREE : CHURCH ISSUES.
8 : The Churches and Christian Unity in Scottish Church History.
— • A National Protestant Church - A New Situation.
— • Only One Visible Church.
— • Why the Argument Failed : 1. Upholding the Wrong Priority.
— • Why the Argument Failed : 2. An Impossible Deduction.

9 : Scottish Preaching.
— • The Form of the Sermon.
— • Expository and/or Textual.
— • Pastoral.
— • Sermon Content.

10 : The Problem of the 'Elders'
— • The Problem Debated.
— • Church Government and the Rule of Scripture.
— • The Issue Surfaces Again.
— • Some Observations.

11 : The Tragedy of the Free Church of Scotland.
— • An Encyclopedia Explodes in the Church.
— • The Speed of Change.
— • A Landslide at Hand.
— • The Motives of the Higher Critics.
— • Consequences.
— • Conclusions.

Index of Persons and Authors

Illustrations.
Endpapers : Holyrood Palace from Calton Hill, by John Fulleylove.
p. xii : Outline Map of Scotland.
p. 3 : Castle Hill, Edinburgh.
p. 36 : St. Andrews.
p. 37 : Borthwick Castle (akin to Airth)
p. 73 : Anstruther, Fife.
p. 122 : A View of the Scottish Highlands.
p. 123 : John MacDonald Preaching at Ferintosh.
p. 157 : Remains of Old Broughton Village, 1852.
p. 214 : South-East Africa, 1880.
p. 215 : Dundee, from Broughty Ferry.
p. 217 : Jessie Inglis.
p. 229 : The New Hebrides, 1881.
p. 241 : Robert Moffat Preaching in Mosheu's Village.
p. 277 : The Westminster Assembly (an artist's impression)
p. 311 : Thomas Chalmers Preaching.
p. 338 : Edinburgh from the Pentland Hills.
p. 339 : Ordination of Elders, by Robert Lorimer.
p. 367 : Free Church College Library, Edinburgh.