Henry Drummond (evangelist)

Henry Drummond ( born August 17, 1851 in Stirling, † March 11 1897 in Tunbridge Wells, England) was a Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer.

Henry Drummond resigned after completing his education at the University of Edinburgh as a young scientist in the Free Church of Scotland one in which he later served as an ordained pastor. In 1877 he was a lecturer in natural sciences at the Free Church College. With his book Natural Law in the Spiritual World ( 1883) he gained great popularity. Even today his name is very well known, especially among Christians, because of his book Love, however, the largest, in which he is with the meaning of the Song of Songs of Love ( 1 Corinthians 13) is employed in the New Testament. The book, which he published in 1874 under the original English title The Greatest Thing in the World, has been launched worldwide to date approximately 12 million copies. The famous jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was inspired among other things by the book to music and lyrics of his album A Love Supreme. Especially in his work, The Ascent of Man (1894 ) represented Drummond Social Darwinist positions.

Works (selection)

  • The Greatest Thing in the World, Revell Books, Grand Rapids ( USA), 1981 ISBN 0-800-78018-3
  • But love is the greatest, Gerth Medien, Asslar, 2003 ISBN 3-8943-7479-9
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