by Horatius Bonar
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The volumes in Bonar’s Light and Truth series comprise of numerous short devotional meditations on different parts of the Bible. Volume one covers The Old Testament in 84 chapters..
Horatius Bonar (19 December 1808 - 31 May 1889) was a Scottish churchman and poet.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.
While many of his choice devotional works have been reprinted in popular editions, generally mass market paperbacks, his most ambitious work, Light & Truth has been, to now, available only to persistent booklovers with an ample supply of both funds and smiling providences. But now, all five volumes are available.for free in eBook format from Monergism. The strength of the work is its versatility. It is sound enough for the study, sweet enough for the closet, and simple enough for the child. The five volumes cover the entire Canon, with the greatest concentration being on the New Testament. Reflecting Bonar's lifetime of study on the prophetic books, an entire volume is devoted to The Revelation.
The five volumes are divided as follows:
1. Old Testament
Table of Contents
Preface. 7
I. The Old And New Creation. 12
II. The Link Between Being And Non-Being. 15
III. A Happy World. 20
IV. The Sin, The Sinner, And The Sentence. 24
V. Man’s Fig-Leaves 29
VI. Expulsion And Re-Entrance. 33
VII. The Blood Of Sprinkling And The Blood Of Abel 37
VIII. The Way Of Cain. 42
IX. The Man Of Rest 47
X. Going Out And Keeping Out 51
XI. The Shield And The Recompense. 55
XII. Liberty And Service. 60
XIII. The Day Of Despair 64
XIV. The Blood Of Deliverance. 67
XV. How God Deals With Sin And The Sinner 72
XVI. The Fire Quenched. 76
XVII. The Vision From The Rocks 80
XVIII. The Doom Of The Double-Hearted. 83
XIX. Be Not Borderers 89
XX. The Outlines Of A Saved Sinner's History. 93
XXI. Divine Longings Over The Foolish. 96
XXII. What A Believing Man Can Do. 100
XXIII. Song Of The Putting Off Of The Armour 104
XXV. The Priestly Word Of Peace. 112
XXVI. Human Anodynes 116
XXVII. Spiritual And Carnal Weapons 121
XXVIII. Divine Silence And Human Despair 125
XXIX. Jewish Unbelief And Gentile Blessing. 129
XXX. The Restoration Of The Banished. 132
XXXI. The Farewell Gift 137
XXXII. God's Dealing With Sin And The Sinner 142
XXXIII. God Finding A Resting-Place. 147
XXXIV. The Moriah Group. 151
XXXV. Diverse Kinds Of Conscience. 155
XXXVI. The Soul Turning From Man To God. 160
XXXVII. Man's Dislike Of A Present God. 164
XXXVIII. True And False Consolation. 168
XXXIX. Gain And Loss For Eternity. 172
XL. Man's Misconstruction Of The Works Of God. 176
XLI. The Two Cries And The Two Answers 180
XLII. The Knowledge Of God's Name. 184
XLIII. Deliverance From Deep Waters 188
XLIV. The Excellency Of The Divine Loving-Kindness 191
XLV. The Sickness, The Healer, And The Healing. 196
XLVI. The Consecration Of Earth's Gold And Silver 199
XLVII. The Gifts Of The Ascended One. 204
XLVIII. The Speaker, The Listener, The Peace. 207
XLIX. The Believing Man's Confident Appeal 211
L. The Love And The Deliverance. 215
LI. The Sin And Folly Of Being Unhappy. 219
LII. The Book Of Books 223
LIII. The Secret Of Deliverance From Evil 227
LIV. The Voice Of The Heavenly Bridegroom.. 232
LV. The Love That Passeth Knowledge. 236
LVI. The Vision Of The Glory. 241
LVII. Man's Extremity And Satan's Opportunity. 246
LVIII. The Day Of Clear Vision To The Dim Eyes 249
LIX. The Unfainting Creator And The Fainting Creature. 252
LX. The Knowledge That Justifies 256
LXI. The Heritage And Its Title-Deeds 260
LXII. The Meeting Between The Sinner And God. 265
LXIII. God's Love And God's Way Of Blessing. 269
LXIV. Divine Jealousy For The Truth. 273
LXV. Divine Love And Human Rejection Of It 277
LXVI. God's Desire To Bless The Sinner 281
LXVII. The Resting-Place Forgotten. 285
LXVIII. The Day That Will Right All Wrongs 290
LXIX. The Glory And The Love. 295
LXX. False Religion And Its Doom.. 300
LXXI. No Breath No Life. 303
LXXII. Every Christian A Teacher 307
LXXIII. Work, Rest, And Recompence. 310
LXXIV. Human Heedlessness And Divine Remembrance. 315
LXXV. Lies The Food Of Man. 319
LXXVI. The Love And The Calling. 323
LXXVII. The Anger And The Goodness 329
LXXVIII. Darkness Pursuing The Sinne. 333
LXXIX. Jerusalem The Centre Of The World's Peace. 336
LXXX. Jerusalem And Her King. 341
LXXXI. Looking To The Pierced One. 345
LXXXII. The Holiness Of Common Things 349
LXXXIII. Wearying Jehovah With Our Words 353
LXXXIV. Dies Irae. 357