18 December 1808 A.D. Horatius
Bonar Born—Presbyterian Founder of Free Church of Scotland
Horatius Bonar (1808 to 1889)
Presbyterian
He Was Active in Founding the Free Church.
Horatius Bonar was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
From a long line of Scottish clergy, Bonar was ordained in 1837 in Kelso at age
28, and became pastor of North Presbyterian Church of Kelso. He and his church
at Kelso were vigorously active in the movement which led to the founding of
the Free Church of Scotland in 1843. Bonar was one of the editors of The Border
Watch, the official paper of the Free Church, and for many years, because of
his keen interest in the second coming of Christ, he was editor of The Journal
of Prophecy. In 1866 he became pastor of Chalmers Memorial Free Church,
Edinburgh, named for Thomas Chalmers, the leader and first moderator of the
Free Church of Scotland. Bonar was a prolific writer and poet. He authored
several missionary biographies and penned over 600 hymns, one of which has
maintained its popularity to this day, "I heard the Voice of Jesus
Say." He also published Songs For the Wilderness (1843), The Bible
Hymnbook (1845),Hymns, Original and Selected (1846), Hymns of Faith and Hope
(1857; second series, 1861); The Song of the New Creation (1872), and Hymns of
the Nativity (1879).
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