Letters of Thomas Chalmers
Introduction by Iain H. Murray
Weight | 0.77 kg |
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Dimensions | 22.3 × 14.3 × 3.6 cm |
ISBN | 9780851519401 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
Format | Book |
Page Count | 576 |
Original Pub Date | 1853 |
Banner Pub Date | Jul 16, 2007 |
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‘Although many have written on Chalmers, the best knowledge of the man comes from reading his own words, and there is no better starting point than the volume of his correspondence…It has long been unobtainable, and numbers will surely be thankful to see it in print again. The times and the religious scene are greatly changed since Chalmers’ day, yet what lay at the centre of his influence remains the church’s constant need, and there is here much sound wisdom from which other generations can profit.’ — IAIN H. MURRAY
‘Chalmers’ Letters give us a fascinating insight into the turbulent decades preceding the 1843 Disruption and a no less fascinating insight into the mind and heart of a giant in Christ’s church. This selection of letters ‘breathes the warmth of Chalmers’ devotion to Christ and reveal his true soul’. He being dead yet speaks.’ — IAN HAMILTON
‘There is rich Scriptural precedent for observing that God has used letter-writing to edify his people and win the lost. These letters of the Presbyterian theologian Thomas Chalmers well illustrate the former. They also reveal, however, the spirituality of one of the greatest Scottish evangelicals of the nineteenth century, and document a period of rich revival through the eyes of one who played an extraordinary role in it.’– MICHAEL HAYKIN
‘This volume of letters reveal the priority of the pastoral and the need of vital Christianity. It is only too easy in the Reformed/Presbyterian world to be overwhelmed by theological correctness and to neglect the vitality of the spirit as it impinges on the Pastoral Ministry. This volume has given me an entirely new outlook on Thomas Chalmers. He was truly a spiritual giant.’– REFORMED THEOLOGICAL REVIEW
Book Description
It is not often that the world has seen men like Thomas Chalmers.’ The vast crowds who lined the streets of Edinburgh as Chalmers’ funeral procession made its way from Charlotte Square to the Grange cemetery, no doubt concurred with this statement of Thomas Carlyle. Thomas Chalmers was indeed a remarkable man- parish minister, popular preacher, social reformer, lecturer in moral philosophy, economics, and theology, the first Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland. His great natural gifts, combined with his fervent determination to serve the Lord who had so signally saved him by divine grace, thrust him to the forefront of the evangelical movement that was to bring such a transformation to Scotland.
This volume, first published in 1853, contains a selection of his correspondence, edited by his son-in-law and biographer, William Hanna. These letters breathe the warmth of Chalmer’s devotion to Christ and reveal his true soul. Here we see the man behind the powerful sermons and impressive lectures, the ecclesiastical debates and the extensive literary volumes- a humble servant of Christ who in spite of his outstanding natural gifts longed to be a true man of God. Writing to a friend he says, ‘I long to realize the joys and exercises and the habits of experimental religion, to love Christ as fervently as good Samuel Rutherford… There is nothing of which I am more thoroughly aware than the utter difference which there is between a speculative and an experimental conviction of the same truth…I long for more of the life and freshness of an actual contact with these things-for the kingdom of God as abundantly in power as it is in word’.
Again he writes: ‘Let us all address ourselves to Him as the alone refuge and propitiation of sinners. We cannot surely trust Him too much; nor is there temerity or presumption in venturing our all upon to sure a foundation. Let us not fear that if our dependence be strong enough, we shall fail in our preparations for eternity; as the simpler and stronger our faith, the more fervent will be our love, the more abundant as well as affectionate will be our obedience.’
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Dr. Chalmers to Mr. James Anderson | 3 | |
Mr. James Anderson to Dr. Chalmers | 3 | |
Mr. James Anderson to Dr. Chalmers | 6 | |
Mr. James Anderson to Dr. Chalmers | 9 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 11 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 12 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 15 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 16 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 18 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 19 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 21 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 22 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 23 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 24 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 26 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 27 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 29 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 30 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 32 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 33 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 35 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 37 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 39 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 41 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 43 | |
Mr. Thomas Smith to Dr. Chalmers | 44 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Smith | 46 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Kedie | 49 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Misses Kedie | 50 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Kedie | 53 | |
31-36. | Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Kedie | 54-58 |
37-41. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Jones of Edinburgh | 59-65 |
42-55. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Coutts | 65-85 |
56-60. | Dr. Chalmers to Miss Collier | 86-92 |
61-70. | Dr. Chalmers to William Wilberforce, Esq., M.P. | 93-107 |
71-88. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Glasgow of Mountgreenan | 108-130 |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Dunlop | 131 | |
90-121. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Parker | 133-156 |
122-129. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Darroch | 157-165 |
Dr. Chalmers to General Darroch | 166 | |
Dr. Chalmers to General Darroch | 168 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Rainy of Glasgow | 170 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Rainy of Glasgow | 171 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Brown | 172 | |
135-140. | Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Robert Brown | 175-181 |
141-144. | Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Patrick Chalmers | 182-187 |
145-208. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Morton | 188-249 |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Mr. Watson | 250 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Mr. Watson | 251 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Fortune | 253 | |
212-216. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Watson | 253-260 |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. William Fortune | 261 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Mr. Honey | 264 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Secretaries of the Fife and Kinross Bible Society | 267 | |
220-222. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Charters of Wilton | 273-276 |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Roger, Esq. of Glasgow | 277 | |
224-227. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. J. W. Cunningham of Harrow, London | 279-286 |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Wright of Stirling | 287 | |
229-231. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Smyth of Glasgow | 288-289 |
232-236. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Macfarlan of Greenock | 290-294 |
Dr. Chalmers in reply to a Letter requesting some Directions on the subject of Practical Charity | 296 | |
Dr. Chalmers to a Friend | 298 | |
Dr. Chalmers on Man’s Responsibility for his Belief | 299 | |
Dr. Chalmers’s Directions to an Anxious Inquirer | 300 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Countess of D-. A Letter of Christian Encouragement | 302 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Lady Osborne | 304 | |
Dr. Chalmers to his eldest Daughter, on partaking for the first time of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper | 306 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Master J. Morton | 308 | |
Dr. Chalmers’s Advice to a Young Clergyman | 310 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Grant of Laggan | 312 | |
247-249. | Dr. Chalmers to T. Erskine, Esq. of Linlathan | 313-317 |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. John Foster | 318 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Ryland | 320 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. J. E. Ryland | 321 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. J. E. Ryland | 322 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Paul | 323 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. C. Bridges | 323 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. C. Bridges | 325 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Horace Bonar | 326 | |
258-260. | Dr. Chalmers to Dr. James Brown | 327-330 |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Brown | 331 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Mr. Harvey | 332 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. John Sheppard | 333 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. John Sheppard | 334 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Symington | 335 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Thomas Bartlett | 336 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller | 339 | |
268-271. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Thomas Grinfield, Clifton | 340-342 |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Henry Bell | 342 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Henry Bell | 343 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Timothy East, Birmingham | 344 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Ebenezer Brown of Inverkeithing, Fife | 345 | |
276-278. | Dr. Chalmers to the Countess of Elgin | 346-348 |
Dr. Chalmers to Lady Matilda Maxwell | 349 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Lady Carnegie | 350 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Lady O’Brien | 352 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Lady O’Brien | 354 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. | 355 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Thomas Walker, Flesher, Galashiels | 359 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Strachan, Bishop of Toronto | 360 | |
286-289. | Dr. Chalmers to Professor Duncan | 362-364 |
Dr. Easton to Dr. Chalmers | 366 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Easton | 367 | |
Dr. Easton to Dr. Chalmers | 369 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Easton | 370 | |
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE CHURCH QUESTION. | ||
Dr. Chalmers to John Hamilton, Esq. | 372 | |
Dr. Chalmers to John Hamilton, Esq. | 374 | |
296-299. | Dr. Chalmers to Sir George Sinclair | 375-379 |
Dr. Chalmers to the Bishop of Llandaff | 380 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Bishop of Llandaff | 381 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Honourable and Rev. Dr. Wellesley | 381 | |
303-305. | Dr. Chalmers to Lord Lorne | 382-396 |
Dr. Chalmers to William Lamont, jun., Esq., Glasgow | 397 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Alexander Campbell, Esq., M.P. | 399 | |
Dr. Chalmers to John C. Colquhoun, Esq. | 400 | |
309-312. | Dr. Chalmers to Alexander Gordon, Esq., London | 401-409 |
Dr. Chalmers to Rev. -. | 410 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Same | 412 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Andrew Johnston, Esq. | 413 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Andrew Johnston, Esq. | 414 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. William Findlater | 416 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Professor Sedgwick of Cambridge | 417 | |
Dr. Chalmers to D. Maitland Makgill Crichton, Esq. | 421 | |
Dr. Chalmers to D. Maitland Makgill Crichton, Esq. | 422 | |
Dr. Chalmers to George Yule, Esq. | 423 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Captain Burnett of Monboddo | 424 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Captain Burnett of Monboddo | 426 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. P. Henderson, Pollockshaws | 426 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Sir George Sinclair | 428 | |
326-338. | Dr. Chalmers to Mr. Lenox of New York | 429-442 |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. D. Stebbins, Northampton, Massachusetts | 443 | |
340-343. | Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Merle d’Aubigne | 444-447 |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Brewster | 448 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Brewster | 449 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Williamson | 449 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Marshall, Glasgow | 450 | |
348-350. | Dr. Chalmers to Charles Spence, Esq. | 451-453 |
Dr. Chalmers to M. Descombaz, Lausanne | 455 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mr. John Craig | 458 | |
Dr. Chalmers to J. Barclay, Esq., Tongue | 459 | |
Dr. Chalmers to – | 459 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Rev. Dhimjibhai Nowroji | 461 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Mackean | 462 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Alexander Anderson, Aberdeen | 463 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Sir Harry Verney | 464 | |
Dr. Chalmers on visiting a Family in which a sudden death had occurred | 464 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. M’Corquodale | 466 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. M’Corquodale | 468 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss M’Corquodale | 469 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss M’Corquodale | 470 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Rutherford of Edgerstone | 471 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Usher | 472 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Henry Wood, Edinburgh | 474 | |
Dr. Chalmers to William Buchanan, Esq., Glasgow | 475 | |
Dr. Chalmers to William Buchanan, Esq., Glasgow | 476 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Campbell | 478 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Young, Burntisland | 478 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Young, Burntisland | 479 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Charles Cowan, Esq. | 481 | |
Dr. Chalmers to the Rev. Dr. Somerville of Drummelzier | 481 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Somerville | 482 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Somerville | 483 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Charles Nairne | 484 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Begbie | 486 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. M’Clelland | 487 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Bryce, Aberdour | 488 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Burns | 489 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Elliot | 490 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Anderson | 491 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Abercrombie | 493 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Mackay | 495 | |
Dr. Chalmers to James Cunningham, Esq., Edinburgh | 497 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Frederic Adamson, Esq. | 498 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Misses Wallace | 501 | |
Dr. Chalmers to Miss Wood | 502 | |
389-410. | Dr. Chalmers to Mrs. Dunlop | 504-537 |
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