The final session of the conference was the usual biographical paper with no discussion. Malcolm MacLean gave an excellent paper on Andrew Bonar. He took us through the salient biographical detail and then focused on five areas - his preaching, prayer life, love of Christian literature, loyalty to the church and heart for evangelism. His prayer life came as something of a challenge to me.Mr MacLean concluded with four further points, highlighting Bonar's
1. Realism about himself
2. Deep humility
3. His eagerness to make progress and his use of self-examination to that end
4. His great love for Christ, a love that made him like his Master
(PS The paper is available online here)
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