Piggin, Stuart,

The St. Andrews seven : the finest flowering of missionary zeal in Scottish history / Stuart Piggin and John Roxborogh. - Edinburgh : Banner of Truth Trust, (c)1985. - xi, 130 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.



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.

"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.



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GB85-39935


Missionaries--India--Biography.
Missionaries--Scotland--Biography.

India Christian missions Scottish missionaries, 1820-1860 - Biographies

BV3269 / .S736 1985 BV3269