We had a stupendous annual lecture at the Evangelical Library tonight when Norman Hopkins spoke on the forgotten Christian hero, the adventurer, writer, artist, evangelist and philanthropist John "Rob Roy"MacGregor. His whole story is full of amazing episodes from beginning to end and well told by our Library trustee. Perhaps the names and organisations mentioned will give you a flavour for how brilliant it all was - Hannah More, Thomas Chalmers, E H Bickersteth, Baptist Noel, Lord Shaftesbury, the Monod brothers, David Livingstone, C H Spurgeon, etc, and the YMCA, SASRA, the Ragged School Union, Open Air Mission, Lawyers Christian Felloswhip, The Protestant Alliance, etc. That is apart from the canoe expeditions, climbing Mont Blanc and other travels and the various disasters he faced. Do look out for the lecture on YouTube in due time. The one disappointment was that so few were there to hear this illustrated talk.
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