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folder icon 0 Writings of Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843)
The glory of the Christian Dispensation

Robert Murray McCheyne was destined to be recognized as one of God’s greatest gifts to His Church in many generations, and to be known long after his death as “the saintly McCheyne.” He was born in Edinburgh on May 21, 1813, at a time when the first evidences of a spiritual awakening in Scotland were beginning to appear. He was a person of immense intellect which was later to make him an accomplished Hebrew and Greek scholar. He matriculated at Edinburgh University, at the age of fourteen, in November, 1827.
In 1831 he commenced a four-year course in the Divinity Hall. Together with Edward Irving, Andrew and Horatius Bonar, McCheyne met frequently for prayer, Bible study and exercises in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures. He studied both the Old and New Testaments regularly, determined to “examine the most barren chapters to collect the good for which they were intended.” He had a deep respect for the exact language of the written Word of God.
McCheyne had a deep compassion for the lost; his single desire was to awaken those who were dead in trespasses and sins. His diary contains the cry, “Oh, when will I plead, with my tears and inward yearnings, over sinners?” He wrote with great passion, “I see a man cannot be a faithful minister, until he preaches Christ for Christ’s sake—until he gives up striving to attract people to himself, and seeks only to, attract them to Christ. Lord, give me this!”
McCheyne was called to become pastor of St. Peters, a church in Dundee with a congregation of about 1100. He was ordained on 24 November 1836. One of the most notable characteristics of McCheyne, frequently remarked upon by his contemporaries, was the holy consistency of his daily walk. Very early into his ministry, he developed a heart condition that would eventually lead to his death before his 30th birthday.
At the end of 1838 he suffered severe heart palpitations, and needed to rest. He was asked to consider a mission for the Jewish cause and joined a delegation from the Church of Scotland to the Jews of Europe and Asia. Although he suffered greatly from his illness during his journeys in Palestine, he continued to pray faithfully for his congregation back home. It was on one of those days when he was praying for his flock that God brought about a remarkable revival in Dundee.
Robert Murray McCheyne returned from his mission to Israel at the end of 1839. In 1843, after returning from an evangelical mission to London and Aberdeenshire, he was seized with a sudden illness. In visiting some people sick of the fever, he had caught the infection. He died on March 24, 1843. (Adapted from a biography by S. Maxwell Coder)

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THE SOUL WINNER
This volume is issued in accordance with a plan formed by MR. SPURGEON; indeed, he had already prepared for the press the greater part of the material here published, and the rest of his manuscripts have been inserted after only slight revision. It was his intention to deliver to the students of the Pastors' College a short course of Lectures upon what he termed "that most royal employment"—SOUL-WINNING,—and, having completed the series, he purposed to collect his previous utterances to other audiences upon the same theme, and to publish the whole for the guidance of all who desired to become soul-winners, and with the hope also of inducing many more professing Christians to engage in this truly blessed service for the Saviour.
This explanation will account for the form in which the topic is treated in the present book. The first six chapters contain the College Lectures; then follow four Addresses delivered to Sunday-school teachers, open-air preachers, and friends gathered at Monday evening prayer-meetings at the Tabernacle; while the rest of the volume consists of Sermons in which the work of winning souls is earnestly commended to the attention of every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.
For more than forty years, MR. SPURGEON was, by his preaching and writing, one of the greatest soul-winners; and by his printed words he still continues to be the means of the conversion of many all over the world. It is believed, therefore, that thousands will rejoice to read what he spoke and wrote concerning what he called "the chief business of the Christian minister." (Courtesy: The Spurgeon Archive)

1. What is it to win a soul?
2. Qualifications for soul-winning - Godward
3. Qualifications for soul-winning - manward
4. Sermons likely to win souls
5. Obstacles to soul-winning
6. How to induce our people to win souls
7. How to raise the dead
8. How to win souls for Christ
9. The cost of being a soul-winner
10. The soul-winner's reward

folder icon 0 Writings of George Mueller (1805-1898)
Excerpts from "George Mueller of Bristol" (by A.T. Pierson)
Answers to Prayer: A Sample
folder icon 0 Writings of J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
Meditations on Psalm 1
Meditations on the History of Job
folder icon 0 Writings of Adam Clarke (1762-1832)

Theologian and biblical scholar, born at Moybeg in the parish of Kilcronaghan, co. Londonderry, the son of a schoolmaster. Educated at Kingswood School near Bristol. Appointed to his first Methodist circuit at Bradford, Wiltshire, in 1782, and served as a Methodist minister. President of the Wesleyan Conference in 1806, 1814 and 1822. Wrote on theology, oriental languages and biblical studies. Most important work: Clarke's Bible Commentary, published in eight volumes between 1810 and 1826.

Clavis Biblica

folder icon 0 Writings of Sir Robert Anderson (1841-1918)
The Coming Prince
The Silence of God
folder icon 0 Writings of Andrew Murray (1828-1917)
The True Vine
Helps to Intercession
The Power of Persevering Prayer
Divine Healing
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folder icon 2 The Bible
From God to us: The Divine Chain of Communication (by Dan R. Smedra)

The word "Bible" comes from the Greek "bibla" meaning "books."  The sixty-six books of the Bible are unique.  They alone are God's exclusive revelation to mankind.  An analysis of all other so-called sacred writings demonstrates that they fall far short of the matchless character of the Bible. This article seeks to provide short and concise explanations for six key biblical concepts:

These are the "links" in the chain of God's communication to us.

folder icon 0 Index of Various Topics & Authors
Here is a rich resource of a variety of topics by excellent authors.
folder icon 2 The Grace of God
folder icon 1 The Church
folder icon 0 Books & other Resources
folder icon 1 Redemption
folder icon 3 The Lord Jesus Christ
folder icon 1 Youth section