GLASGOW, 24th June 1891.
MY DEAR MR. M'INTYRE,
—I am very very thankful for your decision, and not I only, but very many
here. If you knew all, I think you would recognise the Lord's answer to
continued prayer in the whole matter.
I have passed through the pain of bidding farewell to an attached and prayerful
flock, but it may be a step higher in sanctification. I heard also in my own
case of three distinct cases of blessing to unsaved ones that were brought out
clearly after I had left them. The Lord Himself was the Shepherd who gathered
in the wanderers, when their under-shepherd was away, and I am not sure but
that the presence of the under-shepherd might have been a hindrance.
Let us go on praying for each other, dear brother and fellow-soldier, and
believe me, yours truly in Him who sends no one on warfare at his own charges,
ANDREW A. BONAR
Transcribed from Reminiscences of Andrew A.Bonar D.D.
first published
LONDON, HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27 Paternoster
Row
1895
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September 2001