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The St. Andrews seven :

Piggin, Stuart.

The St. Andrews seven : the finest flowering of missionary zeal in Scottish history / Stuart Piggin & John Roxborogh. - Edinburgh : Banner of Truth Trust, c1985. - xi, 130 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 125-126.

Chalmers' grand design -- Early lives -- The pursuit of academic excellence -- By dint of steady labour -- The incoming tide -- A well-run student society -- Student politics in the year of conflict -- "A sober determination"--the missionary call -- Charity begins at home -- Consummation of holiness -- Separated in this life -- The "six" in India -- Epilogue: The Scottish missionary movement in India: an evaluation.

"The St. Andrews Seven" is about a university Professor, Thomas Chalmers and six of his students. The story of their years together at Scotland's oldest university is a record of the most remarkable flowering of evangelistic and missionary enthusiasm in the history of Scottish Christianity. --from publisher description.

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Chalmers, Thomas,--1780-1847.
Duff, Alexander,--1806-1878.
Urquhart, John,--1808-
Adam, John,--1803-1831.
Ewart, David,--1806-1860.
Mackay, William Sinclair,--1807-1865.


Missionaries--India--Biography.
Missionaries--Scotland--Biography.
Church history--19th century.


Scotland--Church history.

India Christian missions Scottish missionaries, 1820-1860 - Biographies.
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