Horatius Bonar

Bonar, Horatius (1808–1889). Divine and poet, son of James B., Solicitor of Exise for Scotland, born and ed. in Edinburgh, entered the Ministry of the Church of Scotland, and was settled at Kelso. He joined the Free Church at the Disruption in 1843, and in 1867 was translated to Edinburgh In 1853 he was made D.D. of Aberdeen. He was a voluminous and highly popular author, and in addition to many books and tracts wrote a number of hymns, many of which, e.g., “I heard the voice of Jesus say,” are known all over the English-speaking world. A selection of these was published as Hymns of Faith and Hope. His last vol. of poetry was My Old Letters.

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