Free Church, Saltoun, born 2 April 1860 Emily Florence, born 26 December 1861 (married 2 August 1894, Duncan Clark MacNicol, minister of Stockbridge United Free Church, Edinburgh) Henry Robert, born 17 December 1865, died 26 March 1869. He was brother to the Rev. John James Bonar of Greenock (1803–1891). Service 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. Works He was a voluminous and highly popular author. He also served as the editor for "The Quarterly journal of Prophecy" from 1848 to 1873 and for the "Christian Treasury" from 1859 to 1879. In addition to many books and tracts was a prolific hymnodist; many of his hymns, e.g., "I heard the voice of Jesus say" and "Blessing and Honour and Glory and Power," became known all over the English-speaking world. A selection of these was published as Hymns of Faith and Hope (3 series). His last volume of poetry was My Old Letters. Bonar was also author of several biographies of ministers he had known, including "The Life of the Rev. John Milne of Perth" in 1869, and in 1884 "The Life and Works of the Rev. G. T. Dodds", who was married to Bonar's daughter and who died in 1882 while serving as a missionary in France. His hymns, which number over 140, include: All Praise to Him Who Built the Hills All That I Was Fill thou my life, O Lord, my God I heard the Voice of Jesus say I Was a Wandering Sheep Thy way, not mine, O Lord Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face A few more years shall roll Come Lord and tarry not O love of God, how strong and true Go, Labour on: Spend and Be Spent Some of his books include: – commentary on Acts, Romans, and 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians ASIN B002ZJRS9K – commentary on the Book of Revelation ASIN B002ZRQ55U References Citations Sources External links "I heard the voice of Jesus