God's Way of Peace : A Book for the Anxious

Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) was a Scottish churchman and poet, who came from a long line of ministers who have served a total of 364 years in the Church of Scotland. He was born and educated in Edinburgh and entered the Ministry of the Church of Scotland. At first he was put in charge of mission work at St. John's parish in Leith and settled at Kelso. He joined the Free Church at the time of the Disruption of 1843, and in 1867 was moved to Edinburgh to take over the Chalmers Memorial Church. In 1883, he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was a voluminous and highly popular author. He also served as the editor for The Quarterly journal of Prophecy from 1848 to 1873 and for the Christian Treasury from 1859 to 1879. His works include: God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious (1861), British Children in Canadian Homes (1879), God's Way of Holiness (1867) and Follow the Lamb (1874).