H s m burns biography of william

Of athletic build, William loved roaming the countryside armed with a fishing rod and an old gun. His ambition was to be a farmer, rather than become a minister as his father wished. When he was 13, he lived at Aberdeen with an uncle who was a lawyer and attended the grammar school. She read to the family in the afternoons from Charles Bridges on Psalm , but William would slip out — he preferred the grand house and riches of a lawyer.

To inform himself more fully on these matters, he requested that he be sent some good religious reading, which surprised his family. His family were again surprised when he appeared at the manse without warning, having walked the 36 miles from Edinburgh, declaring his desire for the Christian ministry. Shortly after, his uncle Alexander died from cholera.

He attained the highest grades and won the mathematical scholarship, graduating in with honourable distinction. Burns was licensed to preach the gospel, by the presbytery of Glasgow, on 27 March It should be noted that he always regarded his ministry as serving the office of evangelist-preacher, co-operating with local churches, and leaving it to their pastors to administer the sacraments and conduct church business.

Burns, however, relied much on the felt presence of Christ, and could not even address a handful of little children in a Sunday school without earnestly desiring the immediate presence and help of his divine Master. It was observed that he carried about him such an awe of the divine presence and majesty, that even careless hearts received him as the messenger of God.

The people in Kilsyth had been encouraged to pray for revival, the last revival being in They were in earnest, with an increased number of prayer meetings from 21 July, and the Spirit was poured down on 23 July.

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