{"product_id":"fair-sunshine-character-studies-of-the-scottish-covenanters","title":"Fair Sunshine: Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters","description":"\u003ch6\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMany volumes deal with that terrible yet glorious period in the history of the Scottish church between the restoration of Charles II and the accession of William III, but \u003cem\u003eFair Sunshine\u003c\/em\u003e deserves a place alongside the very best of them. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether Jock Purves was writing about James Guthrie at the beginning or James Renwick at the very end of this time of martyrdom and suffering there was a lyrical quality about his treatment. When taken together with his spiritual perception and moral earnestness this drives every one of these biographical chapters to the heart of the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronological Summary \u003cbr\u003eJames Guthrie  \u003cbr\u003eHugh MacKail \u003cbr\u003eRichard Cameron \u003cbr\u003eDavid Hackston \u003cbr\u003eJohn Brown  \u003cbr\u003eMargaret MacLachlan \u0026amp; Margaret Wilson \u003cbr\u003eJohn Nisbet  \u003cbr\u003eJames Renwick \u003cbr\u003eJames Mitchell  \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Gordon \u003cbr\u003eJohn Dick  \u003cbr\u003eDonald Cargill  \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue   \u003cbr\u003eAn Outline of Scottish ‘Covenant History’ in the Seventeenth Century  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJock Purves\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1901, the eldest of five children. Suffering from poor health as a child, he left school at the age of fourteen and became apprenticed as a moulder. Taking evening classes to make up for missed days at school, he found a delight in English language and literature, and Scottish history. He was converted when the evangelist D. P. Thomson visited his home town of Bathgate, West Lothian during his 1919\/20 tour.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1925 Jock Purves went to Kashmir and Tibet as a pioneer missionary with Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (WEC). He described his colourful and dramatic experiences in Lesser Tibet and on the Indian-Afghan Frontier, often living alone in a primitive village at 11,000ft, cut off from the rest of the world by eight months of snow a year, in his book \u003cem\u003eThe Unlisted Legion\u003c\/em\u003e (Banner of Truth, 1977). Also described in the book are some of those who became Christians as a result of his evangelistic work. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1931 in recognition of his travels.\u003cbr\u003eDeciding during his first furlough to go to university, Purves nevertheless gave up his studies in English and History at Edinburgh University to return to work with WEC. He wrote the popular \u003cem\u003eFair Sunshine: Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters\u003c\/em\u003e (Banner of Truth, 1968), taking great delight in visiting many of the places associated with those concerned. He died at home, on the eve of his 87th birthday in July 1988, with his family around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAdditional Information\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Softcover\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 194\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Banner of Truth Trust\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 1968\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Purves, Jock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47827744620785,"sku":"9780851518435","price":19.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/8731\/8425\/files\/9780851518435.png?v=1772039230","url":"https:\/\/reformedbookservices.com\/products\/fair-sunshine-character-studies-of-the-scottish-covenanters","provider":"Reformed Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}