Memories Of Bethany

"For sound doctrine, presented scripturally and devotionally... you cannot go beyond MacDuff.” Charles H. Spurgeon Places associated with great minds are always interesting. What a halo of moral grandeur must ever be thrown around that spot which was hallowed above all others by the Lord of glory as the scene of His most cherished earthly friendship! However holy be the memories which encircle other localities trodden by Him in the days of His flesh—Bethlehem, with its manger cradle, its mystic star, and adoring cherubim—Nazareth, the nurturing home of His youthful affections—Tiberias, whose shores so often echoed to His footfall, or whose waters in stillness or in storm bore Him on their bosom—the crested heights where He uttered His beatitudes—the midnight mountains where He prayed—the garden where He suffered—the hill where He died—there is no one single resort in His divine pilgrimage on which sanctified thought loves so fondly to dwell as on the home and village of Bethany. John Ross Macduff (1818 – 1895) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and a prolific author of devotional material and hymns. He was especially known for the spiritual quality and practical application of his devotional writings. “For sound doctrine, presented scripturally and devotionally, with its application to the Christian life, you cannot go beyond MacDuff. MacDuff writes popularly, yet he is by no means shallow. For an hour’s pleasant and holy reading, commend us to MacDuff!” - Charles H. Spurgeon