In Scripture Characters, Robert S. Candlish expounds on the biographies of Joseph, Eli, Ahab, Jehoshaphat, Herod, Pilate, Peter, John, and the family at Bethany in 19 powerful essays.
Subjects: Bible › Biography; Presbyterian Church Sermons; Sermons, English › 19th century
Resource ID: LLS:SCRIPTCHARACTERS
Resource Type: Monograph
Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:34:26Z
Robert Smith Candlish (March 23, 1806 – October 19, 1873), Scottish divine, was born at Edinburgh, and spent his early years in Glasgow, where he graduated in 1823. During the years 1823-1826 he went through the prescribed course at the divinity hall, then presided over by Dr Stevenson MacGill. On leaving, accompanied a pupil as private tutor to Eton, where he stayed two years.