The St. Andrews seven : the finest flowering of missionary zeal in Scottish history / Stuart Piggin & John Roxborogh.
Publication details: Edinburgh : Banner of Truth Trust, c1985.Description: xi, 130 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cmContent type:- 0851514286 (pbk) :
- 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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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.
