Lives Of Robert & James Haldane

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Weight 2.26 lbs
Dimensions 8.8 × 5.75 × 1.7 in
ISBN 9780851515670
Binding

Cloth-bound

Format

Book

ISBN

9780851515670

Original Pub Date

1852

Banner Pub Date

Feb 1, 1990

Topic

18th Century, 19th Century, General Biography, Pastoral Biography

Page Count

728

ENDORSEMENT

‘In the Revival of serious religion that set in…no more striking figures are seen than the two godly brothers, Robert and James Alexander Haldane…a heartening book it is for those that are interested in the great movements of the gospel in the Church of God.’ — PRINCIPAL JOHN MACLEOD

Book Description

Written by one of the Anglican evangelical leaders of the last century, this volume tells the remarkable story of the author’s father, James Haldane and uncle, Robert Haldane. Members of the Scottish aristocracy, James was a captain with the East India Company and Robert the owner of Gleneagles and other estates in Perthshire when they were converted in the last decade of the 18th century. Thereafter the two brothers became identified for the next fifty years with many of the foremost evangelical enterprises.

After selling a major part of his lands in 1798, Robert Haldane was prevented by the East India Company from proceeding with his hope of a mission in Bengal. Instead he gave himself to the spread of the gospel in Scotland and in Europe. His remarkable visit to Geneva in 1816 led to a widespread awakening and, ultimately, to the publication of his Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans. A director of the British and Foreign Bible Society at the time when it was split by controversy, it was due to Robert Haldane ‘more than to any man’ (in the opinion of Principal John MacLeod) that the Apocrypha ‘was ousted from our English Bible’.

James Haldane, pre-eminently a preacher, was an itinerant evangelist and, through 52 years, an influential pastor in Edinburgh. Both men believed that the blessing of God on their labours ‘was designed as an encouragement to those who should cast away worldly policy, and setting before them nothing but the glory of God, rest boldly on the blessing promised, both to the written and spoken word’.

These pages open up a little-known but important era and introduce the reader to many of the foremost Christian leaders of the early 19th Century. it is not, however, wholly a story of success. The brothers’ secession from the Church of Scotland and their consequent struggle to recover a church life more faithful to the New Testament is frankly, and at times critically, told. Firm adherence to different views of church government brought some tensions and divisions. How these dangers were faced as both men grew in grace and wisdom is a valuable part of this inspiring book.

Table of Contents Expand ↓

CHAPTER I
Page Their Birth-Gleneagles-Anecdotes-Their Parents-Guardians- Early Characteristics 1
CHAPTER II [1780-1794]
From Robert Haldane’s entering the Navy to his Marriage and Set­tling at Airthrey… 28
CHAPTER III [1785-1795]
James Haldane’s Life at Sea till his Marriage and Retirement­… 46
CHAPTER IV [1794-5]
The French Revolution-Its effects on Robert Haldane… 81
CHAPTER V [1795-8]
Robert Haldane plans a Mission to Bengal, and determines to sell Airthrey… 97
CHAPTER VI [1795-7]
Introduction to Mr Campbell and Mr Aikman – State of Religion in Scotland at the end of the Eighteenth Century… 124
CHAPTER VII [1797]
Mr James Haldane’s first Tour through the Northern Counties of Scotland and the Orkney Islands in 1797… 154
CHAPTER VIII [1797-8]
Effects of the Tour of 1797… 191
CHAPTER IX [1798]
Mr Haldane sells his paternal estate… 209
CHAPTER X [1799]
Mr Haldane’s Seminary for the education of Preachers, and a Plan for erecting places of worship, in the chief towns of Scotland… 232
CHAPTER XI [1799]
Opposition to the new plans … 254
CHAPTER XII [1799-1800]
Attack of the” Anti-Jacobin Review”-Mr Haldane’s Reply… 274
CHAPTER XIII [1799-1801]
Active zeal of Mr James Haldane… 293
CHAPTER XIV [1802-3]
Mr James Haldane visits Buxton… 314
CHAPTER XV [1804-5]
Mr James Haldane preaches on the Death of Lord Camelford, killed in a Duel… 333
CHAPTER XVI [1799-1810]
Progressive changes the result of circumstances… 354
CHAPTER XVII [1810-1819]
Mr Haldane purchases Auchingray as a Country Residence… 382
CHAPTER XVIII [1816-17]
Mr Haldane’s Visit to Geneva 413
CHAPTER XIX [1817-1823]
Mr Haldane passes through Lyons… 463
CHAPTER XX
Mr Haldane’s Return to Scotland… 494
CHAPTER XXI [1821-26]
Importance of the Apocrypha Controversy as involving the Canon of Scripture… 513
CHAPTER XXII [1826-1833]
The Canon and Inspiration of Scripture… 546
CHAPTER XXIII [1828-1833]
Rise of Irvingism… 565
CHAPTER XXIV [1824·-1833]
Mr Haldane’s private life… 582
CHAPTER XXV [1834-1840]
Mr Haldane publishes an Enlarged Edition of his” Evidences”… 598
CHAPTER XXVI [1840-42]
Mr Haldane’s Last Labours in Revising his “Exposition of Romans”… 621
CHAPTER XXVII [1842-48]
Mr J A Haldane opposes Errors respecting the Atonement… 638
CHAPTER XXVIII [1848-1851]
Mr J Haldane as an Octogenarian 668

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