The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne, Vol. 2
Overview
Alongside his devotion to God and the dedication he demonstrated as a pastor, Robert Murray McCheyne also had a passion for words. In the first 2 of this 4-volume set, the reader is afforded extensive insight into this evangelist wordsmith’s memoir and private letters, sermons, lectures, poetry, and more.
A man of great conviction and courage, McCheyne often battled illness during his short, 29 year life span. Despite his health, he was still able to travel to Palestine on a Missionary trip at the behest of the Church of Scotland. A year after he returned, he penned (along with close friend Andrew Alexander Bonar) a grand account of their adventure, Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839, which is the 3rd volume in this extraordinary set.
After the glowing reception of The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne, Vol. 1 was published in 1844, the demand for the complete sermons of McCheyne was magnificent. Still widely recognized and taught, McCheyne’s sermons are profound in their compassion and wisdom, enlightened with humanity and grace, but written with the humbled tone of the common man.
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“‘O wretched man that I am.’ But to depart and be with Christ, is to be free from this. We shall drop this body of sin altogether. No more any flesh, all spirit, all new man; no more any weight or drag; we shall rest from our labors.” (Page 150)
“When all nature is at rest, not a leaf moving, then at evening the dew comes down, no eye to see the pearly drops descending, no ear to hear them falling on the verdant grass, so does the Spirit come to you who believe. When the heart is at rest in Jesus, unseen, unheard by the world, the Spirit comes, and softly fills the believing soul, quickening all, renewing all within.” (Page 152)
“Be humbled by the thought that it was solely because he chose you.” (Page 46)
“Christ is not done with a soul when he has brought it to the forgiveness of sins. It is only then that he begins his regular visits to the soul. In the daily reading of the Word, Christ pays daily visits to sanctify the believing soul. In daily prayer, Christ reveals himself to his own in that other way than he doth to the world. In the house of God Christ comes in to his own, and says: ‘Peace be unto you!’ And in the sacrament he makes himself known to them in the breaking of bread, and they cry out: ‘It is the Lord!’ These are all trysting times, when the Saviour comes to visit his own.” (Page 341)
“What answer can you make, sons and daughters of pleasure, to whom the dance, and song, and the glass, and witty repartee, are the sum of happiness? Ye are none of Christ’s. What answer can you make, lovers of money, sordid money-makers, who had rather have a few more sovereigns than the grace of God in your heart?” (Pages 80–81)
- Title: The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne, Vol. 2
- Author: Robert Murray McCheyne
- Publisher: R. Carter
- Publication Date: 1848
- Pages: 530
Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843) was a minister in the Church of Scotland and influenced the establishment of missions to the Jews by the Church of Scotland. He died at age 29 during a typhus epidemic. After his death, his biography and many of his writings were published and have since had a lasting impact on evangelical Christianity. Many of his works, including sermons, lectures, poetry, and more, can be found in The Works of Robert Murray McCheyne.
McCheyne studied at the University of Edinburgh. In 1831, he took up the study of theology under Thomas Chalmers and David Welsh. In 1835, he began his ministerial labors at Larbert, near Falkirk, as assistant to John Bonar. In 1836, he served as minister of St Peter’s Church, Dundee—a position he held until his death.
