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	==Mission==		==Mission==
	[[File:Robert Murray M'Cheyne hymn writter and minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee.png\|thumb\|Robert Murray M'Cheyne from "The Sea of Galilee Mission of the Free Church of Scotland"{{sfn\|Wilson\|Wells\|1895}}]]		[[File:Robert Murray M'Cheyne hymn writter and minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee.png\|thumb\|Robert Murray M'Cheyne from "The Sea of Galilee Mission of the Free Church of Scotland"{{sfn\|Wilson\|Wells\|1895}}]]
	In 1839, M'Cheyne and [[Andrew Bonar\|Bonar]], together with two older ministers, [[Alexander Black (theologian)\|Alexander Black]]~~{{sfn\|Walker\|1895}}~~ and [[Alexander Keith (minister)\|Alexander Keith]], were sent to [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] on a mission of inquiry to the condition of the [[Jew]]s. Upon their return, their official report for the Board of Mission of the [[Church of Scotland]] was published as ''Narrative of a Visit to the Holy Land and Mission of Inquiry to the Jews''.{{sfn\|Bonar\|M'Cheyne\|1845}} This led subsequently to the establishment of missions to the Jews by the Church of Scotland and by the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]]. ~~{{sfn\|Burns\|1870}}~~ [[Islay Burns]], brother and biographer of William Chalmers Burns succeeded M'Cheyne as minister of St. Peter's.		In 1839, M'Cheyne and [[Andrew Bonar\|Bonar]], together with two older ministers, [[Alexander Black (theologian)\|Alexander Black]] and [[Alexander Keith (minister)\|Alexander Keith]], were sent to [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] on a mission of inquiry to the condition of the [[Jew]]s. Upon their return, their official report for the Board of Mission of the [[Church of Scotland]] was published as ''Narrative of a Visit to the Holy Land and Mission of Inquiry to the Jews''.{{sfn\|Bonar\|M'Cheyne\|1845}} This led subsequently to the establishment of missions to the Jews by the Church of Scotland and by the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]]. [[Islay Burns]], brother and biographer of William Chalmers Burns succeeded M'Cheyne as minister of St. Peter's.

	==Return to Dundee==		==Return to Dundee==
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	M'Cheyne died exactly two months before the [[Disruption of 1843]]. This being so, his name was subsequently held in high honour by all the various branches of [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[Presbyterianism]], though he himself held a strong opinion against the [[Erastianism]] which led to the Disruption. Bonar records, "And when, on 7 March of the following year (i.e. 1843), the cause of the Church was finally to be pleaded at the bar of the House of Commons, I find him writing: 'Eventful night this in the British Parliament! Once more King Jesus stands at an earthly tribunal, and they know Him not!'" —''Memoir'' (1892), p. 147).		M'Cheyne died exactly two months before the [[Disruption of 1843]]. This being so, his name was subsequently held in high honour by all the various branches of [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[Presbyterianism]], though he himself held a strong opinion against the [[Erastianism]] which led to the Disruption. Bonar records, "And when, on 7 March of the following year (i.e. 1843), the cause of the Church was finally to be pleaded at the bar of the House of Commons, I find him writing: 'Eventful night this in the British Parliament! Once more King Jesus stands at an earthly tribunal, and they know Him not!'" —''Memoir'' (1892), p. 147).

	At the time of his death, M'Cheyne was engaged to be married to Jessie Thain. Perhaps no minister in the Church of Scotland is better remembered for the saintliness of his character, the anxious devotion which influenced the whole of his short ministry, and the success which everywhere accompanied his efforts as a preacher of the Gospel. He was a diligent Bible student and a good classical scholar. He learned to read Greek when he was but a boy, and he could carry on a conversation in Hebrew. He had fine poetical, artistic, and musical gifts. He trained his congregation in psalmody, and his hymns are the property of all the Churches.~~{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}~~		At the time of his death, M'Cheyne was engaged to be married to Jessie Thain. Perhaps no minister in the Church of Scotland is better remembered for the saintliness of his character, the anxious devotion which influenced the whole of his short ministry, and the success which everywhere accompanied his efforts as a preacher of the Gospel. He was a diligent Bible student and a good classical scholar. He learned to read Greek when he was but a boy, and he could carry on a conversation in Hebrew. He had fine poetical, artistic, and musical gifts. He trained his congregation in psalmody, and his hymns are the property of all the Churches.

	Not long after his death, his friend [[Andrew Bonar\|Andrew Alexander Bonar]] edited his biography which was published with some of his manuscripts as ''The Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne''. The book went into many editions. It has had a lasting influence on [[evangelicalism\|Evangelical Christianity]] worldwide.		Not long after his death, his friend [[Andrew Bonar\|Andrew Alexander Bonar]] edited his biography which was published with some of his manuscripts as ''The Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne''. The book went into many editions. It has had a lasting influence on [[evangelicalism\|Evangelical Christianity]] worldwide.
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	*Basket of Fragments, the Substance of Sermons (Aberdeen, 1848)		*Basket of Fragments, the Substance of Sermons (Aberdeen, 1848)
	*Revival Truth, being Sermons hitherto unpublished (London, 1860)		*Revival Truth, being Sermons hitherto unpublished (London, 1860)
	*Mission of Discovery [[Christian Focus Publications]], ISBN\|978-1-85792-258-5		*Mission of Discovery [[Christian Focus Publications]], <nowiki>ISBN 978-1-85792-258-5</nowiki>
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	*"When this Passing World is done,"		*"When this Passing World is done,"
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.mcheyne.info/ Robert Murray M'Cheyne Resources]~~ ~~– Website of online resources		*[http://www.mcheyne.info/ Robert Murray M'Cheyne Resources] – Website of online resources

	==References==		==References==

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	'''Robert Murray M'Cheyne''' (21 May 1813~~ ~~– 25 March 1843) was a minister in the [[Church of Scotland]] from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was assistant at Larbert and Dunipace. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on 25 March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remarkable influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his ''Memoirs and Remains'', edited by [[Andrew Bonar]], which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns became well known and his Bible reading plan is still in common use.		'''Robert Murray M'Cheyne''' (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a minister in the [[Church of Scotland]] from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was assistant at Larbert and Dunipace. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on 25 March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remarkable influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his ''Memoirs and Remains'', edited by [[Andrew Bonar]], which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns became well known and his Bible reading plan is still in common use.

	==Early life and ministry==		==Early life and ministry==
	Robert Murray M'Cheyne was born at 14 Dublin Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 May 1813, the son of Adam McCheyne [[Writer to The Signet\|W.S.]] (d. 1854), and Lockhart Murray, daughter of David Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire. At the age of four he knew the characters of the Greek alphabet, and was able to sing and recite fluently. He entered the high school in his eighth year, and matriculated in November 1827 at [[University of Edinburgh]], where he showed very versatile powers, and distinguished himself especially in poetical exercises, being awarded a special prize by Professor Wilson for a poem on ‘[[Covenanters\|The Covenanters]].’ In the winter of 1831 he commenced his studies in the Divinity Hall, under [[Thomas Chalmers]] and [[David Welsh]]; and he was licensed as a preacher by the Annan presbytery on 1 July 1835.		Robert Murray M'Cheyne was born at 14 Dublin Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 May 1813, the son of Adam McCheyne [[Writer to The Signet\|W.S.]] (d. 1854), and Lockhart Murray, daughter of David Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire. At the age of four he knew the characters of the Greek alphabet, and was able to sing and recite fluently. He entered the high school in his eighth year, and matriculated in November 1827 at [[University of Edinburgh]], where he showed very versatile powers, and distinguished himself especially in poetical exercises, being awarded a special prize by Professor Wilson for a poem on ‘[[Covenanters\|The Covenanters]].’ In the winter of 1831 he commenced his studies in the Divinity Hall, under [[Thomas Chalmers]] and [[David Welsh]]; and he was licensed as a preacher by the Annan presbytery on 1 July 1835.

	He first served as an assistant to John Bonar in the parish of [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]], near [[Falkirk]], from 1835 to 1836. On 24 November 1836 he was ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, which had been erected into a [[quoad sacra]] parish in the preceding May. The congregation numbered eleven hundred hearers, and M'Cheyne addressed himself to the work of the ministry with so much ardour that his health again gave way, and in December 1838 he was compelled to desist from all public duty. He went to Edinburgh to rest and recuperate. During his absence his pulpit was supplied by [[William Chalmers Burns]], afterwards the celebrated missionary to China.~~{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}~~		He first served as an assistant to John Bonar in the parish of [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]], near [[Falkirk]], from 1835 to 1836. On 24 November 1836 he was ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, which had been erected into a [[quoad sacra]] parish in the preceding May. The congregation numbered eleven hundred hearers, and M'Cheyne addressed himself to the work of the ministry with so much ardour that his health again gave way, and in December 1838 he was compelled to desist from all public duty. He went to Edinburgh to rest and recuperate. During his absence his pulpit was supplied by [[William Chalmers Burns]], afterwards the celebrated missionary to China.

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	==Return to Dundee==		==Return to Dundee==
	M'Cheyne was away from 12 April to 6 November 1839. On his return he resumed his work at Dundee with renewed energy. In the autumn of 1842 he visited the north of England on an evangelical mission, and made similar journeys to London and Aberdeenshire.~~{{sfn\|Millar\|1893}}~~ He preached to his own people on 12 March, and two days afterwards was seized with typhus fever, which he had contracted in the course of visitation, and died 25 March 1843.~~{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}~~		M'Cheyne was away from 12 April to 6 November 1839. On his return he resumed his work at Dundee with renewed energy. In the autumn of 1842 he visited the north of England on an evangelical mission, and made similar journeys to London and Aberdeenshire. He preached to his own people on 12 March, and two days afterwards was seized with typhus fever, which he had contracted in the course of visitation, and died 25 March 1843.

	==Burial==		==Burial==
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	*Additional Remains consisting of various Sermons and Lectures (Edinburgh, 1846)		*Additional Remains consisting of various Sermons and Lectures (Edinburgh, 1846)
	*Basket of Fragments, the Substance of Sermons (Aberdeen, 1848)		*Basket of Fragments, the Substance of Sermons (Aberdeen, 1848)
	*Revival Truth, being Sermons hitherto unpublished (London, 1860)~~{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}~~		*Revival Truth, being Sermons hitherto unpublished (London, 1860)
	*Mission of Discovery [[Christian Focus Publications]], ISBN\|978-1-85792-258-5		*Mission of Discovery [[Christian Focus Publications]], ISBN\|978-1-85792-258-5
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	*"Beneath Moriah's Rocky Side" [written at the foot of Carmel, June 1839]		*"Beneath Moriah's Rocky Side" [written at the foot of Carmel, June 1839]
	*"Like Mist on the Mountains,"		*"Like Mist on the Mountains,"
	*"Ten Virgins clothed in White."~~{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}~~		*"Ten Virgins clothed in White."

	==See also==		==See also==

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		{{Infobox theologian
		\| honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]]
		\| image = M'Cheyne self portrait.png
		\| birth_place = [[wikipedia:Edinburgh\|Edinburgh]], [[wikipedia:Scotland\|Scotland]]
		\| birth_date = May 21 1813
		\| death_place = [[wikipedia:Dundee\|Dundee]], [[wikipedia:Scotland\|Scotland]]
		\| death_date = March 25, 1843 (aged 29)
		\| education = [[wikipedia:University of Edinburgh\|University of Edinburgh]], High School of Edinburgh
		\| ordination = November 24, 1836
		\| theology = [[Reformed theology\|Reformed]] [[Presbyterianism]]
		\| affiliations = [[Church of Scotland]]
		\| notable_works = [[M'Cheyne Bible Reading Calendar]]
		\| website = [https://www.mcheyne.info mcheyne.info] (unofficial)
		}}
		'''Robert Murray M'Cheyne''' (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a [[minister of religion\|minister]] in the [[Church of Scotland]] from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was assistant at [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]]. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on 25 March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remarkable influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his ''Memoirs and Remains'', edited by [[Andrew Bonar]], which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns became well known and his Bible reading plan is still in common use.{{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}}

		==Early life and ministry==
		Robert Murray M'Cheyne was born at 14 Dublin Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 May 1813, the son of Adam McCheyne [[Writer to The Signet\|W.S.]] (d. 1854),{{sfn\|Rogers\|1871}} and Lockhart Murray, daughter of David Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}} At the age of four he knew the characters of the Greek alphabet, and was able to sing and recite fluently. He entered the high school in his eighth year, and matriculated in November 1827 at [[University of Edinburgh]], where he showed very versatile powers, and distinguished himself especially in poetical exercises, being awarded a special prize by Professor Wilson for a poem on ‘[[Covenanters\|The Covenanters]].’ In the winter of 1831 he commenced his studies in the Divinity Hall, under [[Thomas Chalmers]] and [[David Welsh]]; and he was licensed as a preacher by the Annan presbytery on 1 July 1835.{{sfn\|Millar\|1893}}

		He first served as an assistant to John Bonar in the parish of [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]], near [[Falkirk]], from 1835 to 1836. On 24 November 1836 he was ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, which had been erected into a [[quoad sacra]] parish in the preceding May. The congregation numbered eleven hundred hearers, and M'Cheyne addressed himself to the work of the ministry with so much ardour that his health again gave way, and in December 1838 he was compelled to desist from all public duty.{{sfn\|Millar\|1893}} He went to Edinburgh to rest and recuperate. During his absence his pulpit was supplied by [[William Chalmers Burns]], afterwards the celebrated missionary to China.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}

		==Mission==
		[[File:Robert Murray M'Cheyne hymn writter and minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee.png\|thumb\|Robert Murray M'Cheyne from "The Sea of Galilee Mission of the Free Church of Scotland"{{sfn\|Wilson\|Wells\|1895}}]]
		In 1839, M'Cheyne and [[Andrew Bonar\|Bonar]], together with two older ministers, [[Alexander Black (theologian)\|Alexander Black]]{{sfn\|Walker\|1895}} and [[Alexander Keith (minister)\|Alexander Keith]], were sent to [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] on a mission of inquiry to the condition of the [[Jew]]s. Upon their return, their official report for the Board of Mission of the [[Church of Scotland]] was published as ''Narrative of a Visit to the Holy Land and Mission of Inquiry to the Jews''.{{sfn\|Bonar\|M'Cheyne\|1845}} This led subsequently to the establishment of missions to the Jews by the Church of Scotland and by the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)\|Free Church of Scotland]]. {{sfn\|Burns\|1870}} [[Islay Burns]], brother and biographer of William Chalmers Burns succeeded M'Cheyne as minister of St. Peter's.

		==Return to Dundee==
		M'Cheyne was away from 12 April to 6 November 1839. On his return he resumed his work at Dundee with renewed energy. In the autumn of 1842 he visited the north of England on an evangelical mission, and made similar journeys to London and Aberdeenshire.{{sfn\|Millar\|1893}} He preached to his own people on 12 March, and two days afterwards was seized with typhus fever, which he had contracted in the course of visitation, and died 25 March 1843.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}

		==Burial==
		He died of typhus in Dundee following a short illness on 25 March 1843. His parents agreed to the wish of his congregation that McCheyne be buried in the graveyard beside St Peter's Church in Dundee, rather than in the family's own burial-ground in Edinburgh. He was buried on Thursday 30 March 1843, with an estimated 7000 people attending the funeral. An imposing monument marks his grave.

		==Legacy==
		M'Cheyne was a preacher, a pastor, a poet, and wrote many [[Letter (message)\|letters]]. He was also a man of deep [[piety]] and a man of prayer.

		M'Cheyne died exactly two months before the [[Disruption of 1843]]. This being so, his name was subsequently held in high honour by all the various branches of [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[Presbyterianism]], though he himself held a strong opinion against the [[Erastianism]] which led to the Disruption. Bonar records, "And when, on 7 March of the following year (i.e. 1843), the cause of the Church was finally to be pleaded at the bar of the House of Commons, I find him writing: 'Eventful night this in the British Parliament! Once more King Jesus stands at an earthly tribunal, and they know Him not!'" —''Memoir'' (1892), p. 147).

		At the time of his death, M'Cheyne was engaged to be married to Jessie Thain. Perhaps no minister in the Church of Scotland is better remembered for the saintliness of his character, the anxious devotion which influenced the whole of his short ministry, and the success which everywhere accompanied his efforts as a preacher of the Gospel. He was a diligent Bible student and a good classical scholar. He learned to read Greek when he was but a boy, and he could carry on a conversation in Hebrew. He had fine poetical, artistic, and musical gifts. He trained his congregation in psalmody, and his hymns are the property of all the Churches.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}

		Not long after his death, his friend [[Andrew Bonar\|Andrew Alexander Bonar]] edited his biography which was published with some of his manuscripts as ''The Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne''. The book went into many editions. It has had a lasting influence on [[evangelicalism\|Evangelical Christianity]] worldwide.

		M'Cheyne designed a widely used system for reading through the Bible in one year. The plan entails reading the [[New Testament]] and the [[Psalms]] through twice a year, and the [[Old Testament]] through once. This program was included (in a slightly modified form) in ''For the Love of God'' by [[D. A. Carson]] and is recommended by several Bible publishers, such as the [[English Standard Version]] and the [[New English Translation]].

		The former<ref>Closed in 1999[https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/895047].</ref> McCheyne Memorial Church in [[Dundee]] is named after him.

		==Works==
		[[File:Robert Murray McCheyne.jpg\|thumb\|Robert Murray McCheyne]]
		*Why is God a Stranger in the Land? (Edinburgh, 1838)
		*Reasons why Children should fly to Christ without Delay (Edinburgh, 1839)
		*To the Lambs of the Flock (Edinburgh, 1840)
		*Testimony against the running of Railway Trains on Sabbath (Dundee, 1841)
		*Love the Lord's Bay (Dundee, 1841)
		*Daily Bread (Edinburgh, 1842)
		*Another Lily Gathered (Edinburgh, 1842)
		*Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839 [jointly with Andrew A. Bonar] (Edinburgh, 1842)
		*The Eternal Inheritance, the Believer's Portion, and the Vessels of Wrath fitted to Destruction, two discourses (Dundee, 1843)
		*Expositions of the Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia (Dundee, 1843)
		*Songs of Zion to cheer and guide Pilgrims on their way to the New Jerusalem (Dundee, 1843)
		*Memoir and Remains (portrait) by Andrew A. Bonar (Edinburgh, 1844; numerous editions, and Gaelic translation by Allan Sinclair, 1895)
		*Additional Remains consisting of various Sermons and Lectures (Edinburgh, 1846)
		*Basket of Fragments, the Substance of Sermons (Aberdeen, 1848)
		*Revival Truth, being Sermons hitherto unpublished (London, 1860){{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}
		*Mission of Discovery [[Christian Focus Publications]], ISBN\|978-1-85792-258-5
		He wrote the hymns —
		*"When this Passing World is done,"
		*"I once was a Stranger to Grace and to God,"
		*"Beneath Moriah's Rocky Side" [written at the foot of Carmel, June 1839]
		*"Like Mist on the Mountains,"
		*"Ten Virgins clothed in White."{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}

		==See also==
		*[[Church of Scotland]]
		*[[M'Cheyne Bible Reading Calendar]]

		==Further reading==
		*''Awakening – The Life and Ministry of Robert Murray McCheyne'' by [[David Robertson]], [[Christian Focus Publications]], ISBN 978-1-84550-542-4
		*''Constrained By His Love: A New Biography on Robert Murray McCheyne'' by [[Leen J Van Valen]], [[Christian Focus Publications]], ISBN 978-1-85792-793-1
		*''[[McCheyne's Dundee]]'' by [[Bruce McLennan]], [[Reformation Heritage Books]], ISBN 978-1-60178-590-9
		*''[[A Holy Minister: The Life and Spiritual Legacy of Robert Murray M’Cheyne]]'' by [[Jordan Stone]], [[Mentor (publisher)\|Mentor]], ISBN 978-1-52710-646-8

		==External links==
		*[http://www.mcheyne.info/ Robert Murray M'Cheyne Resources] – Website of online resources

		==References==

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	'''Robert Murray M'Cheyne''' (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a ~~[[minister of religion\|~~minister]] in the [[Church of Scotland]] from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was assistant at [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]]. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on 25 March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remarkable influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his ''Memoirs and Remains'', edited by [[Andrew Bonar]], which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns became well known and his Bible reading plan is still in common use.~~{{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}}~~		'''Robert Murray M'Cheyne''' (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a minister in the [[Church of Scotland]] from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was assistant at Larbert and Dunipace. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on 25 March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remarkable influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his ''Memoirs and Remains'', edited by [[Andrew Bonar]], which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns became well known and his Bible reading plan is still in common use.

	==Early life and ministry==		==Early life and ministry==
	Robert Murray M'Cheyne was born at 14 Dublin Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 May 1813, the son of Adam McCheyne [[Writer to The Signet\|W.S.]] (d. 1854),~~{{sfn\|Rogers\|1871}}~~ and Lockhart Murray, daughter of David Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire.~~{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}~~ At the age of four he knew the characters of the Greek alphabet, and was able to sing and recite fluently. He entered the high school in his eighth year, and matriculated in November 1827 at [[University of Edinburgh]], where he showed very versatile powers, and distinguished himself especially in poetical exercises, being awarded a special prize by Professor Wilson for a poem on ‘[[Covenanters\|The Covenanters]].’ In the winter of 1831 he commenced his studies in the Divinity Hall, under [[Thomas Chalmers]] and [[David Welsh]]; and he was licensed as a preacher by the Annan presbytery on 1 July 1835.~~{{sfn\|Millar\|1893}}~~		Robert Murray M'Cheyne was born at 14 Dublin Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 May 1813, the son of Adam McCheyne [[Writer to The Signet\|W.S.]] (d. 1854), and Lockhart Murray, daughter of David Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire. At the age of four he knew the characters of the Greek alphabet, and was able to sing and recite fluently. He entered the high school in his eighth year, and matriculated in November 1827 at [[University of Edinburgh]], where he showed very versatile powers, and distinguished himself especially in poetical exercises, being awarded a special prize by Professor Wilson for a poem on ‘[[Covenanters\|The Covenanters]].’ In the winter of 1831 he commenced his studies in the Divinity Hall, under [[Thomas Chalmers]] and [[David Welsh]]; and he was licensed as a preacher by the Annan presbytery on 1 July 1835.

	He first served as an assistant to John Bonar in the parish of [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]], near [[Falkirk]], from 1835 to 1836. On 24 November 1836 he was ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, which had been erected into a [[quoad sacra]] parish in the preceding May. The congregation numbered eleven hundred hearers, and M'Cheyne addressed himself to the work of the ministry with so much ardour that his health again gave way, and in December 1838 he was compelled to desist from all public duty.~~{{sfn\|Millar\|1893}}~~ He went to Edinburgh to rest and recuperate. During his absence his pulpit was supplied by [[William Chalmers Burns]], afterwards the celebrated missionary to China.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}		He first served as an assistant to John Bonar in the parish of [[Larbert]] and [[Dunipace]], near [[Falkirk]], from 1835 to 1836. On 24 November 1836 he was ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, which had been erected into a [[quoad sacra]] parish in the preceding May. The congregation numbered eleven hundred hearers, and M'Cheyne addressed himself to the work of the ministry with so much ardour that his health again gave way, and in December 1838 he was compelled to desist from all public duty. He went to Edinburgh to rest and recuperate. During his absence his pulpit was supplied by [[William Chalmers Burns]], afterwards the celebrated missionary to China.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}

	==Mission==		==Mission==
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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	M'Cheyne was a preacher, a pastor, a poet, and wrote many [[Letter (message)\|letters]]. He was also a man of deep [[piety]] and a man of prayer.		M'Cheyne was a preacher, a pastor, a poet, and wrote many [[Letter (message)\|letters]]. He was also a man of deep [[piety]] and a man of prayer.

	M'Cheyne died exactly two months before the [[Disruption of 1843]]. This being so, his name was subsequently held in high honour by all the various branches of [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[Presbyterianism]], though he himself held a strong opinion against the [[Erastianism]] which led to the Disruption. Bonar records, "And when, on 7 March of the following year (i.e. 1843), the cause of the Church was finally to be pleaded at the bar of the House of Commons, I find him writing: 'Eventful night this in the British Parliament! Once more King Jesus stands at an earthly tribunal, and they know Him not!'" —''Memoir'' (1892), p. 147).		M'Cheyne died exactly two months before the [[Disruption of 1843]]. This being so, his name was subsequently held in high honour by all the various branches of [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[Presbyterianism]], though he himself held a strong opinion against the [[Erastianism]] which led to the Disruption. Bonar records, "And when, on 7 March of the following year (i.e. 1843), the cause of the Church was finally to be pleaded at the bar of the House of Commons, I find him writing: 'Eventful night this in the British Parliament! Once more King Jesus stands at an earthly tribunal, and they know Him not!'" —''Memoir'' (1892), p. 147).

	At the time of his death, M'Cheyne was engaged to be married to Jessie Thain. Perhaps no minister in the Church of Scotland is better remembered for the saintliness of his character, the anxious devotion which influenced the whole of his short ministry, and the success which everywhere accompanied his efforts as a preacher of the Gospel. He was a diligent Bible student and a good classical scholar. He learned to read Greek when he was but a boy, and he could carry on a conversation in Hebrew. He had fine poetical, artistic, and musical gifts. He trained his congregation in psalmody, and his hymns are the property of all the Churches.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}		At the time of his death, M'Cheyne was engaged to be married to Jessie Thain. Perhaps no minister in the Church of Scotland is better remembered for the saintliness of his character, the anxious devotion which influenced the whole of his short ministry, and the success which everywhere accompanied his efforts as a preacher of the Gospel. He was a diligent Bible student and a good classical scholar. He learned to read Greek when he was but a boy, and he could carry on a conversation in Hebrew. He had fine poetical, artistic, and musical gifts. He trained his congregation in psalmody, and his hymns are the property of all the Churches.{{sfn\|Scott\|1925}}

	Not long after his death, his friend [[Andrew Bonar\|Andrew Alexander Bonar]] edited his biography which was published with some of his manuscripts as ''The Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne''. The book went into many editions. It has had a lasting influence on [[evangelicalism\|Evangelical Christianity]] worldwide.		Not long after his death, his friend [[Andrew Bonar\|Andrew Alexander Bonar]] edited his biography which was published with some of his manuscripts as ''The Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne''. The book went into many editions. It has had a lasting influence on [[evangelicalism\|Evangelical Christianity]] worldwide.

	M'Cheyne designed a widely used system for reading through the Bible in one year. The plan entails reading the [[New Testament]] and the [[Psalms]] through twice a year, and the [[Old Testament]] through once. This program was included (in a slightly modified form) in ''For the Love of God'' by [[D. A. Carson]] and is recommended by several Bible publishers, such as the [[English Standard Version]] and the [[New English Translation]].		M'Cheyne designed a widely used system for reading through the Bible in one year. The plan entails reading the [[New Testament]] and the [[Psalms]] through twice a year, and the [[Old Testament]] through once. This program was included (in a slightly modified form) in ''For the Love of God'' by [[D. A. Carson]] and is recommended by several Bible publishers, such as the [[English Standard Version]] and the [[New English Translation]].