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The St. Andrews seven : the finest flowering of missionary zeal in Scottish history
- Title
- The St. Andrews seven : the finest flowering of missionary zeal in Scottish history / Stuart Piggin & John Roxborogh.
- Author
- Piggin, Stuart.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Banner of Truth Trust, 1985.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Roxborogh, John.
- Description
- xi, 130 pages : illustrations, portraits; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 125-126.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0851514286
- 9780851514284
- OCLC
- ocm60075887
- 60075887
- SCSB-631010
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library