I recently came across a selection of a poem, originally written anonymously. The poem, entitled Jonas Fisher, was thought to have been written by William Tasker, disciple of Thomas Chalmers and missionary to the slums of 19th century Edinburgh. But apparently, later scholarship regarded it as the product of James Carnegie.
Whatever the origin, it is [...]
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“Off with you, dirty Protestant!”
Posted in Vignettes from the Old Parish Way, Visitation Evangelism on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Alexander Somerville
Posted in Vignettes from the Old Parish Way, Visitation Evangelism on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an intriguing biography of a 19th century Scottish missionary, Alexander Somerville. The following passage is illustrative of the visitation evangelism promoted in the Church of Scotland and also performed by his colleagues, the Bonar brothers and Robert Murray M’Cheyne:
The Students’ Missionary Society, founded by John Wilson of Bombay, continued to meet every Saturday [...]
Reminiscences of a Highland Parish (1867)
Posted in The Manse, Vignettes from the Old Parish Way on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Below are some extracts from a delightful volume by the Rev. Norman Macleod, Reminiscences of a Highland Parish (1867), providing some very romantic glimpses of the ‘auld parish way’ in the Highlands of Scotland. One can find it on GoogleBooks – http://books.google.com/books?id=DCokAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Reminiscences+of+a+Highland+Parish. Two chapters in particular are of interest, from which these quotes come – [...]
