Works about Henry Drummond |
Works by Henry Drummond |
Baxter�s Second Innings (Author)
Greatest Thing in the World And Other Addresses
Description: In this little devotional book, the charming Scottish evangelist meditates upon what he
considers the greatest thing in the world�love. His meditations focus on and draw from I
Corinthians 13. Drummond finds that godly love has nine ingredients: patience, kindness,
generosity, humility, courtesy, unselfishness, a good temper, guilelessness, and sincerity.
Just as Drummond�s contemporary readers did, clergy and laypersons alike still have a
fondness for Drummond�s edifying words. The Greatest Thing in the World embodies its
contents, sharing love�s wisdom with warmth and honesty.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
Ideal Life (Author)
Description: Just a few months after his death, Drummond�s family, friends, and followers celebrated
his life by publishing a collection of his sermons. In addition to these sermons, the
volume contains two memorial sketches of the beloved evangelist by W. Robertson
Nicoll and Ian Maclaren. Drummond tackles such topics as the nature of Christ,
salvation, guilt, and sin; in light of these things, he points toward how Christians can
live lives that please God. Knowing that discerning God�s will for one�s life can seem
daunting, Drummond spoke multiple times on prayer and how to listen for God�s voice.
Especially admired by young people during his life, Drummond�s warm character shines
through his words.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
Life for a Life (Author)
Description: Dwight L. Moody, the famed evangelist, befriended Henry Drummond�naturalist,
pastor, writer, and missionary�and was profoundly affected by his works. Just months
after his death, Moody honored his friend by publishing three of Drummond�s addresses
delivered at the 1893 Student�s Conference in Northfield, Massachusetts. Especially
admired by young people during his life, Drummond�s warm character shines through his
words.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man (Author)
Description: As well as an evangelist and missionary, Henry Drummond was a naturalist. After
Darwin published his monumental On the Origin of Species, controversy
exploded across Christendom, and Drummond was one of the first to address it
effectively. Fiercely dedicated to both Christian faith and scientific progress, he sought
to reconcile Darwin�s theory of evolution with the teachings of the Bible. In 1893,
Drummond delivered a series of lectures on perhaps the most controversial suggestion
of Darwin�s theory�that humans shared a common ancestor with apes. Today,
Drummond�s words remain just as controversial as they were a century ago, and human
evolution remains hotly debated throughout the church.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
Description: Along with a passion for evangelism, Drummond also had a passion for the natural
sciences. As a missionary, not only did he preach to the peoples of central Africa, but
he also studied and observed the African wildlife. Drummond�s travels inspired this
delightful children�s book, in which a mischievous monkey wreaks havoc upon all who
try to catch him. The book contains sixteen drawings by the prominent British artist,
Louis Wain.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
Natural Law in the Spiritual World (Author)
Description: As well as an evangelist and missionary, Henry Drummond was a naturalist. He studied
physical and mathematical science before dedicating himself fully to Christian ministry.
In 1877, he became a lecturer on natural science at the Free Church College. He used
his position to share his faith as often as he could. While he studied in preparation for
his lectures, Drummond wrote Natural Law in the Spiritual World, in which
he explores how the world of religion and spirituality relates to the physical world. He
argued that the disconnect between the spiritual and the physical was entirely illusory
and that faith was by no means in conflict with science. Written just a few decades after
Darwin�s landmark On the Origin of Species, Drummond�s reconciliation of the
theory of evolution with God�s purposes ranks among the most important and influential
books concerning Christian faith and scientific progress.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
New Evangelism and other Papers (Author)
Description: As well as an evangelist and missionary, Henry Drummond was a naturalist. He studied
physical and mathematical science before dedicating himself fully to Christian ministry.
From 1883 to 1184, he served as a missionary in central Africa. With such broad
experience and such an expansive background, Drummond had the opportunity to address
some of the most important topics in Christianity directly: the relationship between faith
and science, as well as missionary life and work. His Papers, many of them
delivered at universities and theological societies, handle these topics in particular. Titles
include �The Survival of the Fittest,� �The Problem of Foreign Missions,� and �The
Contribution of Science to Christianity.�
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
Stones Rolled Away and Other Addresses to Young Men (Author)
Description: Both a scientist and an evangelist, an academic lecturer and a missionary, Henry
Drummond captivated all who heard him with his intelligence and warmth of heart.
During his life, young people admired him especially, and Drummond often designed
and delivered talks just for them. Stones Rolled Away is a compilation of several
of his addresses to young men. Drummond encourages boys to help others, grow in
knowledge and understanding, and live a life pleasing to God.
Kathleen O�Bannon
CCEL Staff
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