Another quality eBook from Chapel Library! God's Way of Holiness looks at sanctification--the process by which the Holy Spirit conforms a believer's life to the will of God. Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) looks at the new life in the believer, which is the ground of holiness. He looks at Christ's work for us and the Spirit in us and what that means for our holiness. Then he goes on to topics such as "The Root and Soil of Holiness," "Strength against Sin," "The Cross and Its Power," "The Saint and the Law," "The Saint and the Seventh Chapter of Romans," "The True Creed and the True Life," and, finally, "Counsels and Warnings" related to holiness in the believer's life. Be challenged and refreshed by this careful look at the doctrine of sanctification!
The son of James Bonar, Solicitor of Excise for Scotland, he was born and educated in Edinburgh. He comes from a long line of ministers who have served a total of 364 years in the Church of Scotland. One of eleven children, his brothers John James and Andrew Alexander were also ministers of the Free Church of Scotland. He had married Jane Catherine Lundie in 1843 and five of their young children died in succession. Towards the end of their lives, one of their surviving daughters was left a widow with five small children and she returned to live with her parents. Bonar's wife, Jane, died in 1876. He is buried in the Canongate Kirkyard.
In 1853 Bonar earned the Doctor of Divinity degree at the University of Aberdeen.
He entered the Ministry of the Church of Scotland. At first he was put in charge of mission work at St. John's parish in Leith and settled at Kelso. He joined the Free Church at the time of the Disruption of 1843, and in 1867 was moved to Edinburgh to take over the Chalmers Memorial Church (named after his teacher at college, Dr. Thomas Chalmers). In 1883, he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland.... Show more