1856: Ministry in Finnieston, Glasgow
Bonar was called to the Free Church congregation in Finnieston in Glasgow's dockland in 1856. He ministered there till his death at the end of…
Read moreThough raised in the Puritan tradition and embracing its tenets, Owen suffered with spiritual depression. He received assurance of salvation in 1642 (at the age of 26) after hearing a sermon at St. Mary Aldermanbury in London. The preacher’s text was ‘Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?’ (Matthew 8:26).