Sermons & Devotionals by Andrew Bonar
Andrew Bonar
Indwelling sin.
And I John saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of... Read More
Andrew Bonar
Jethro.
Exodus 18 I. Jethro's name. - His personal name was Reuel or Raguel, 'God's Shepherd.' His father must have been a good man, not an idolater. Jethro is his official title, meaning his highness, or 'his excellency.' So this man was at once a priest of God and a man of high standing. He was a godly Ge... Read More
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Jonathan and his Armour-bearer.
1 Samuel 14 I would like to have known the name of the Armour-bearer, but we are not told his name. There are a great many cases of useful persons whose names are hid. Sometimes God puts honour upon them before the church; sometimes He says, 'never mind, you are remembered before the Lord.' We shall... Read More
Andrew Bonar
Kept by the power of God.
1 Peter 1: 5 ARE there any believers here who are afraid that they will some day bring disgrace on their profession ? Let them study these words. 'Kept' is the whole history of a believer's life. It tells us we are very weak, for we need to be kept; but, at the same time, it is a most comforting wor... Read More
Andrew Bonar
Leaning on the Beloved.
'Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved ?' Song 8: 5 Leaning on the Beloved is faith - faith which looks out to Christ, as distinguished from feeling, which looks in to self. Faith has regard to what the Lord has done and spoken, both in respect of justification and... Read More
Andrew Bonar
Letter: CRAIGNURE, ISLE OF MULL, 18th August 1882.
GLASGOW, 9th April 1883. MY DEAR MISS MARY, — Amidst our Communion services yesterday, we did not fail to remember 'a former member of the congregation now lingering in the valley of the shadow of death.' Nor did we forget yourself, watching by the sick while we were in the Sanctuary and at the Tabl... Read More
Andrew Bonar
Letters: A friend in Blairgowrie (2)
GLASGOW, 2nd Sept. 1859. DEAR FOLLOWER OF THE LAMB, — He that believeth shall not make haste. Go on quietly resting in the grace of Jesus, for His grace is like a full well which you may draw from and yet no way exhaust. Sit beside this well, and when your soul is sad because of sin in you, drink of... Read More
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Letters: A friend in the country (1)
MY DEAR SIR, —I have been too long in replying to your welcome letter. Do you think letters ever passed between the families of Moses and Jethro? Would not Moses or his son Gershom write occasionally to their friends in Midian, and tell of the wilderness journey? Suppose the following letter from Ge... Read More
Andrew Bonar
Letters: A schoolboy in London (1)
GLASGOW, 20 INDIA STREET, 21st October 1873. MY DEAR WALTER, —I wonder how your soul prospers? You know we can go on busily with work, and all the more busily, when enjoying the sunshine round us—it makes all so cheerful. It is even thus with us in our souls when realising the presence of God in Chr... Read More
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Letters: A servant in his congregation (1)
CRAIGNURE, ISLE OF MULL, 6th August 1884. DEAR MARGARET, — I was greatly surprised on receiving your letter. But I suppose you were yourself taken altogether unawares. This comfort, however, you have, sure and full, viz., that E. has only gone to 'the mountain of myrrh and hill of frankincense' for ... Read More
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Letters: His niece in school at Kelso (1)
GLASGOW, 14th December 1874. MY DEAR NIECE EMILY, —It was very good in you to write me so nice a letter. It was well written every way, and makes me think you are already greatly the better of being away from home, breathing your native air. Your great-grandfather never saw Kelso, but I am sure he w... Read More
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Letters: His son James (2)
GLASGOW, 14th Feby. 1873. MY DEAR JAMES, —I have this week been lighting upon some passages in the poets that seemed to me to illustrate, or, rather, to put in a good setting, some truths that are usually stated in Bible language. Reading a little of Carey's 'Dante' (which is not always free from ob... Read More
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Letters: Isabella, his daughter (1)
Tuesday, 2nd April 1867. MY DEAR ISABELLA,—. . . This is a week of many interruptions of course, people calling about the Communion, etc. . . . No news here. The stream of life glides on, and we are on its banks. It will take many turns and windings, and then, some day, what a view bursts upon us! E... Read More
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Letters: Miss Anne Whittit (2)
GLASGOW, 19th March 1873. DEAR MISS ANNE, —Many thanks for your narrative of the Lord's doings. I was so interested that I just told all over at my prayer-meeting, with a few remarks as I went along. You see the Master has not cast you aside. You are not treated as even Jonathan (holy, humble Jonath... Read More
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Letters: Miss Clarke, Edinburgh (1)
CRAIGNURE, ISLE OF MULL, 18th August 1882. DEAR MISS C., —It was very kind in you to let me know of your sister's illness. She is safe in any case in 'the everlasting arms'. During all her time of trial and pain, the same Holy Spirit who upheld and comforted Christ our Head, even on the Cross and it... Read More
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Letters: Miss Macphun, Zenana Mission, Benares, India (1)
GLASGOW, Sept 1st, 1888. MY DEAR MISS MACPHUN,—We are to 'rejoice with those that do rejoice,' as well as to sympathise with those that weep, and so I wish to-day to join with you in praises and thanks. You have been getting much to gladden you, even in that one case you so kindly send me the detail... Read More
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Letters: Mr. and Mrs. James Bonar, Hampstead (1)
GLASGOW, 29th May 1889. Very many thanks to my son and daughter for their congratulations to me on my birthday! And let me say specially to Mary that the sweet fragrance of both words and flowers is filling my study to-day, and from time to time sending my thoughts away to Hampstead. My prayers also... Read More
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Letters: Mr. D. Maclagan (Gives some interesting details about his time as a missionary with R.S. Candlish)(1)
5th March, 1874 "It was November 1836 that I came from Jedburgh (where I had been for eighteen months partly as a friend and partly as a missionary with Mr. Purves) to be missionary in St. George's parish. So far as I can remember I was the first missionary. Rose Street and William Street (the schoo... Read More
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Letters: Mr. David Dickson, his brother-in-law (1)
ABERNYTE, Saturday, 3rd August 1867. MY DEAR DAVID,—Your note was another cloud in our sky. I thought you had got better accounts of your dear boy. But if the Lord is indeed threatening to let him continue with you only for a short time, be assured that all the while 'He doth not willingly afflict.'... Read More
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Letters: Mr. Lewis Grant, his nephew, Kirkcaldy (1)
GLASGOW, 16th January 1880. MY DEAR LEWIS, —Your note has just come with its burden of heavy tidings. I had written an hour ago to Uncle William, whose letter expressed anxious alarm, but we were not prepared for your announcement, for Willie's note of yesterday was rather encouraging and hopeful. Y... Read More
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Andrew Bonar (1810 - 1892)
He was a well-known pastor in Scotland with the Free Church. His brother Horatius was another well-known minister who was contemporary with Robert Murray Mchyene and others in those days. They saw a move of revival in their churches where the Spirit brought many immediate conversations in a short period of time.He is best known for his work on compiling the life of the prophet of Dundee: Robert Murray Mchyene: "Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne." One cannot read this volume and feel the sobriety of eternity and the fear of the Lord. He also wrote a wonderful volume on Leviticus.
Andrew Alexander Bonar was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and the youngest brother of Horatius Bonar.
He 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 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.
Andrew Bonar preached from the whole Bible, the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation. When one of his friends remarked on his originality in finding subjects for preaching, and wondered where he got all his texts, he just lifted up his Bible. He did not ignore any part of it, but explained it all. He did not shy away from any passages that might be seen as unpopular or unpleasant. Even the first chapters of Chronicles became 'God calling the roll of mankind.' He made it come alive as a history of men and women, living in their time, as we live in ours, accountable to God.
Christ and Him crucified was at the centre of all his preaching, in all parts of the Bible. He declared 'the whole counsel of God', and was deeply aware of his responsibility as a man of God. He spent hours every day in prayer and meditation of the Scriptures, and asking for the Holy Spirit to show the truth to him, so that he might pass it on to his flock. He wrote in a letter: "Persevering prayerfulness is harder for the flesh than preaching."
Above all, he was aware that his personal holiness would be of crucial importance to his preaching, as his remark shows: "Sins of teachers are teachers of sins."