{"id":18387,"date":"2015-04-01T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T12:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/uk\/store\/uncategorized\/st-andrews-seven\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:39:41","slug":"st-andrews-seven","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/staging.banneroftruth.org\/uk\/store\/history-biography\/st-andrews-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"The St Andrews Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St Andrews Seven<\/em> is the moving and inspiring story of six young men whose remarkable influence on one another as fellow students in the University of St Andrews, Scotland, in the 1820s led them to the profound conviction that \u2018Only one thing seemed to matter: to discover God\u2019s will and do it\u2019.<\/p>\n

The chief characters in this extraordinary account of a teenage enthusiasm to serve Christ to the end of the earth are the great Thomas Chalmers, and six of his students: Alexander Duff, John Urquhart, John Adam, Robert Nesbit, William Sinclair Mackay, and John Ewart. Their influence in later life, especially in India, was to be far beyond their wildest expectations.<\/p>\n

The authors trace vividly and popularly the story\u2014 the aspirations, fears, doubts, struggles, opposition, sorrows, triumphs\u2014of these six most gifted and dedicated young Christians, including one of their number who died before he could fulfil his heart\u2019s ambition.<\/p>\n

First published in 1985, The St Andrews Seven<\/em> once again brings the names of these men to the fore, and challenges the church of today to put aside its mediocrity and respond obediently to Christ\u2019s great commission.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nList of Illustrations<\/td>\nix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPreface<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAbout the Authors<\/td>\nxv<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nChalmers\u2019 Grand Design<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nEarly Lives<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThe Pursuit of Academic Excellence<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nBy Dint of Steady Labour<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nThe Incoming Tide<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nA Well-run Student Society<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nStudent Politics in the Year of Conflict<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\u2018A Sober Determination\u2019 \u2014 The Missionary Call<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCharity Begins at Home<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nConsummation of Holiness<\/td>\n103<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nSeparated in this Life<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nThe \u2018Six\u2019 in India<\/td>\n123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEpilogue \u2014 The Scottish Missionary Movement in India:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAn Evaluation<\/td>\n131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA Note on Sources<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIndex<\/td>\n147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Review<\/h2>\n