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Henry Drummond Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Aug 17, 1851
  • Died: Mar 11, 1897

Henry Drummond (17 August 1851 - 11 March 1897) was a Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer.

Drummond was born in Stirling. He was educated at Edinburgh University, where he displayed a strong inclination for physical and mathematical science. The religious element was an even more powerful factor in his nature, and disposed him to enter the Free Church of Scotland. While preparing for the ministry, he became for a time deeply interested in the evangelizing mission of Moody and Sankey, in which he actively co-operated for two years.

In 1877 he became lecturer on natural science in the Free Church College, which enabled him to combine all the pursuits for which he felt a vocation. His studies resulted in his writing Natural Law in the Spiritual World, the argument of which is that the scientific principle of continuity extends from the physical world to the spiritual. Before the book was published in 1883, an invitation from the African Lakes Company drew Drummond away to Central Africa.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. happiness

To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever. love

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others. happiness

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. beauty, home & strength