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Horatius Bonar
Scottish churchman and poet
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| Born | (1808-12-19)19 December 1808 |
| Died | 31 July 1889(1889-07-31) (aged 80) |
| Occupation | churchman, poet |
Horatius Bonar (; 19 December 1808 – 31 July 1889) was a Scottish churchman and poet who was a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M'cheyne.
He is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bonar. Licensed as a preacher, he did mission work in Leith for a time, and in November 1837 he settled at Kelso as minister of the new North Church founded in connection with Thomas Chalmers's scheme of church extension.
He became exceedingly popular as a preacher, and was soon well known throughout Scotland.
Life
He was the son of James Bonar (1758–1821), Solicitor of Excise for Scotland, and his wife Marjory Pyott Maitland.[4] The family lived in the Broughton district of Ed