Andrew Alexander Bonar (29 May 1810 in

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– 30 December 1892 in

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) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, a contemporary and acquaintance of

Robert Murray M'Cheyne Robert Murray M'Cheyne (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a minister in the Church of Scotland from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and wa ...

and youngest brother of

Horatius Bonar Horatius Bonar (19 December 180831 July 1889), a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M'cheyne was a Scottish churchman and poet. He is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bonar. Lice ...

Life

He was born at Paterson's Court in the Broughton district of

, the son of James Bonar (1758–1821), a solicitor with the Excise, and his wife Marjory Pyott Maitland (1753–1834). He was younger brother to James Bonar and

. Andrew Bonar studied divinity at the

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from 1831 and was ordained in 1835. His first position was as minister at

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in Perthshire, from 1838 to 1856 (both in the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland). With

Robert Murray McCheyne Robert Murray M'Cheyne (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a minister in the Church of Scotland from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and wa ...

he visited Palestine in 1839 to inquire into the condition of the Jews there. Bonar joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1843. He served as minister of Finnieston Free Church,

, 1856 till his death. In 1874, the University of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was the Moderator of the Free Church's General Assembly for 1878/79. Bonar was identified with evangelical and revival movements and adhered to the doctrine of

premillennialism Premillennialism, in Christian eschatology, is the belief that Jesus will physically return to the Earth (the Second Coming) before the Millennium, a literal thousand-year golden age of peace. Premillennialism is based upon a literal interpretat ...

. 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. He died at his home, 20 India Street in Glasgow, on 30 December 1892. He is buried in

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in north Glasgow. Paterson Court was demolished in 1938. His Glasgow house was demolished in the 1960s.

Family

He married on 4 April 1848, Isabella (died 14 October 1864), youngest daughter of James Dickson, stationer, Edinburgh, and had issue — *Isabella Renwick, born 19 October 1850 (married 26 September 1883, William M. Oatts, Secretary, Y.M.C.A., Glasgow) *James, born 27 September 1852 *Marjory, born 23 December 1854, died 16 January 1918 *Andrew Alexander, born 23 March 1858, died 1 April 1860 *Jane Christian, born 18 June 1861 (married 2 August 1893, David Martin Maclntyre, minister of Finnieston United Free Church) *Mary Elizabeth, born 24 September 1864, died 20 March 1897.

Works

* ''A Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839'' (Edinburgh, 1842) * ''Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne'' (1845) *
"The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne"
'' * ''Commentary on Leviticus'' (1846) * ''Redemption Drawing Nigh, a defence of the premillennial advent'' (1847) * ''The Gospel Pointing to the Person of Christ'' (1852) * ''The Development of the Antichrist'' (1853) online a

* ''The Life and Labours of

Asahel Nettleton Asahel Nettleton (April 21, 1783 – May 16, 1844) was an American theologian and Evangelist from Connecticut who was highly influential during the Second Great Awakening. The number of people converted to Christianity as a result of his minis ...

'', with Bennet Tyler (1854) * ''The Visitor's Book of Texts or The Word Brought Near the Sick'' (Edinburgh, 1856) * ''Christ and his Church in the Book of Psalms'' (1859) *Bonar also edited

Samuel Rutherford Samuel Rutherford (also Rutherfurd or Rutherfoord; – 29 March 1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian who wrote widely read letters, sermons, devotional and scholastic works. As a political theorist, he is known for " ...

'
''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'' () (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: * while the ''Reminiscences'' are available separately as: *

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