I lived from 1808-1889. I was from Scotland, and am in the English category.
Horatius Bonar (1808 - 1889) was a Scottish churchman and poet, "the prince of Scottish hymn writers."
The son of James Bonar, Solicitor of Exise for Scotland, he was born and educated in Edinburgh. He entered the Ministry of the Church of Scotland, and settled at Kelso. He joined the Free Church at the time of the "Disruption" in 1843, and in 1867 was moved 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," became known all over the English-speaking world. A selection of these was published as Hymns of Faith and Hope (3 series). His last volume of poetry was My Old Letters.
His brother Andrew Bonar was also a well-known Christian writer and minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
The author of...
The Desert of Sinai: Notes of a Spring-Journey From Cairo to Beersheba
Catechisms of the Scottish Reformation
Hymns of Faith and Hope
A Stranger Here
God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious
Travels in Arabia and Palestine, Early and Recent
Etc.
The son of James Bonar, Solicitor of Exise for Scotland, he was born and educated in Edinburgh. He entered the Ministry of the Church of Scotland, and settled at Kelso. He joined the Free Church at the time of the "Disruption" in 1843, and in 1867 was moved 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," became known all over the English-speaking world. A selection of these was published as Hymns of Faith and Hope (3 series). His last volume of poetry was My Old Letters.
His brother Andrew Bonar was also a well-known Christian writer and minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
The author of...
The Desert of Sinai: Notes of a Spring-Journey From Cairo to Beersheba
Catechisms of the Scottish Reformation
Hymns of Faith and Hope
A Stranger Here
God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious
Travels in Arabia and Palestine, Early and Recent
Etc.
Popular poetry
- By the cross of Jesus standing,
Love our straitened souls expanding,24 lines - Blessing and honor and glory and power,
Wisdom and riches and strength evermore28 lines - In the still air the music lies unheard;
In the rough marble beauty hides unseen.12 lines - "Yet there is room": the Lamb's bright hall of song,
With its fair glory, beckons thee along;24 lines - Blessed night, when first that plain
Echoed with the joyful strain,24 lines
