Islay Burns on his own father, William Hamilton Burns - eclipsed in fame by his son, the missionary William Chalmers Burns, and called one of the best Scottish ministerial biographies. Read more.
William Hamilton Burns (1779-1859) was the father of the better-known preacher and missionary to China, William Chalmers Burns. Eclipsed in fame by his son, the elder Burns' own long pastorate at Kilsyth contains a great deal that is of value, and this life of him was written by another son, Islay.
Iain Murray described it as a little known work and, notwithstanding that, one of the best Scottish ministerial biographies. The book is as much a portrait of a parish and a period as of a man, and the revival that came to Kilsyth is part of the story. John MacArthur recommends it highly. For readers of nineteenth-century Scottish church history.
