Bonar, Andrew Alexander

D.D. (Edinburgh, 1874), Free Church of Scotland; b. in Edinburgh, May 29, 1810; graduated from the University of Edinburgh, 1838; and until 1856 labored in the parish of Collace, Perth shire, when he removed to his present charge, the Finniest on Church, Glasgow. He left the Established Church in 1843; was moderator of the General A embly of the Free Church in 1878. He has always sought to identify himself with evangelical and revival movements. He is the author of Mi ion of Inquiry to the Jews in Palestine and Other Countries, Edinburgh, 1842; Memoir of Rev. R. M. McCheyne, 1844, many editions, republished and translated; Commentary on Levitic us, 1846, 5th ed. 1875; Redemption Drawing Nigh, a Defence of Pre-millennialism, 1847; (edited) Nett let on's Life and Labours, 1850; The Gospel pointing to the Person of Christ, 1852; Christ and His Church, in the Book of Psalms, 1859; (edited) Letters of Samuel Rutherford, 1862; Gospel Truths, 1878; The Brook Besor, 1879; James Scott: A Labourer for God, 1885; many tracts. BONAR,' Horatius, D.D., Free Church of Scotland; b. in Edinburgh, Dec. 19, 1808; studied at the University of Edinburgh; was pastor at Kelso (1838-66); separated, along with his congregation, from the Kirk, in 1843; since 1866 has been pasLor of the Grange Free Church, Edinburgh. His fame mainly rests upon his poems and hymns. He is a diligent student of prophecy, and in 1849 founded the Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. His prose publications embrace Prophetical Landmarks, London, 1847, 4th ed. 1868; The Night of Weeping, or Words for the Suffering Family of God, 1850; The Morning of Joy, 1852; The Desert of Sinai, 1857, 2d ed. 1858; The Land of Promise, 1858; Light and Truth; or, Bible Thoughts and Themes, 1868-72, 6 vols.; The White Fields of France (a historv of the McAll Mi ion), 1879; The Life of G. f. Dodds, 1884. The best-known collections of his poems are Hymns of Faith and Hope, 1857-71, 43 vols.; The Song of the New Creation, and other Pieces, 1872; Hifmns of the Nativity, 1878.