The Pastor of Kilsyth
is the biography of W. H. Burns authored by his son, Islay Burns. Iain Murray reviews the work and says it is
the best Scottish ministerial biography in print.
W. H. Burns served his church for over fifty years. This biography shows a man dedicated to
faithfulness in ministry. He had lean
times and times of blessing from the Holy Spirit, but continued to be faithful
in preaching, the sacraments, prayer, evangelism, and fellowship.
After the biography, there is an essay on revival in
which he argues that these five areas mentioned above are usually the means
through which God works to cause revival, though we can’t force God to act
through doing these things.
After this, there follows four sermons that allow the
reader to get a feel for his preaching – encouraging pastors to continue in
faith and obedience, trusting God for the outcome.
This was an encouraging book to me both in the sense that
a faithful ministry can occur quietly and with little notice from the
world. And, I agree with him about the
means for revival – my study has led me to the same conclusions.
If you care to know what it is to be a biblical preacher –
a faithful preacher – who waits on God, pick up this book.
[This review appears on my blog, my YouTube channel,
Amazon.com, and Goodreads.com.]
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