TY - BOOK AU - Piggin,Stuart AU - Roxborogh,John TI - The St. Andrews seven: the finest flowering of missionary zeal in Scottish history SN - 0851514286 AV - BV3269 .A1 U1 - 266/.0092/2 19 PY - 1985/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Banner of Truth Trust KW - Missionaries KW - India KW - Biography KW - Scotland KW - fast KW - Christian missions KW - Scottish missionaries, 1820-1860 - Biographies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index; Chalmers' grand design -- Early lives -- The pursuit of academic excellence -- By dint of steady labour -- The incoming tide -- A well-run student society -- Student politics in the year of conflict -- "A sober determination"--the missionary call -- Charity begins at home -- Consummation of holiness -- Separated in this life -- The "six" in India -- Epilogue: The Scottish missionary movement in India: an evaluation N2 - "The St. Andrews Seven" is about a university Professor, Thomas Chalmers and six of his students. The story of their years together at Scotland's oldest university is a record of the most remarkable flowering of evangelistic and missionary enthusiasm in the history of Scottish Christianity. --from publisher description ER -