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William Chalmers Burns

The son of the minister of Kilsyth, whose sermon in the parish church on 23 July 1839 began the revival there, and who later carried the work to Dundee and went to China in 1847.

Summary

This site quotes William Chalmers Burns 2 times across 1 book, and lists 0 works.

  • Lived 1815 to 1868.
  • Quoted here most in Psalms: 2 of 2.

William Chalmers Burns

Lived
1815 to 1868
Tradition
Scottish Presbyterian evangelist and missionary to China
Portrait
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2 of 2 quotations

Own words

Quoted in full, because William Chalmers Burns died in 1868 and these works are out of copyright. Each citation below names its edition and its year. A citation naming a modernised text means that edition makes its own editorial changes, and that edition's terms are not in this site's record.

“No cross, no crown.”

Words in the sermon at Kilsyth, 23 July 1839, in Islay Burns, Memoir of the Rev. Wm. C. Burns, chapter 4

Undated in the archive this site cites.

Psalms 110:3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth. BSB

“To my own astonishment during the progress of this wonderful scene, when almost all present were overpowered, it pleased the Lord to keep my soul perfectly calm.”

Account of the revival at Kilsyth, written July 1840, in Islay Burns, Memoir of the Rev. Wm. C. Burns, chapter 4

Undated in the archive this site cites.

Psalms 110:3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth. BSB

Influence, on the record

  • This site quotes William Chalmers Burns 2 times across 1 book.

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The life, in order

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The son of the minister of Kilsyth, whose sermon in the parish church on 23 July 1839 began the revival there, and who later carried the work to Dundee and went to China in 1847.

2 quotations across 1 book

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