Andrew Bonar, Letters and Diary

Saturday, 25—(1843) This afternoon about five o'clock,a message has just come to tell me of Robert M'Cheyne's death. Never, never yet in all my life have I felt anything like this. It is a blow to myself, to his people, to the Church of Christ in Scotland. Sunday, 26th. —(1843) O, what a night was Saturday! In coming to the town about nine, the people had met for prayer in the church and wished me to come up. I could scarce go, only I felt it was easy to weep with those that lamented such a minister. During prayer, the cries and lamentations of the people resounded through the church, as if their hearts were bursting.