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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==

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==

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==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]].

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-'''Robert Murray M'Cheyne''' (21 May 1813&nbsp;– 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&nbsp;– 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==
-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==
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 ==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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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.
+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]].