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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.
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Andrew Murray emphasizes the dual attributes of God's holiness: His righteousness and His love, which are revealed through judgment and mercy. He explains that true knowledge of God comes from understanding His judgment on sin, which leads to deliverance, and His mercy that restores us. Murray points out that revival among God's people is contingent upon yielding to God's judgment in our lives. As we embrace both aspects, we learn to sing of judgment and mercy, recognizing God's complete character. Ultimately, knowing God involves experiencing both His justice and His grace.
We Shall Learn to Sing of Judgment and Mercy.
Since sin entered into the world the two great attributes which we need to know by experience, if we are to know God, are the two which are united in his holiness: his righteousness and his love. In Ezekiel we find that it is in the revelation of these two that God is to be known. On the one side you have God made known in judgment in passages like these in chapter 5: “I will judge thee according to thy ways, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.” And then on the other hand, God made known in mercy: “Ye shall know that I am the Lord when I shall bring you into the land… ” “I will put my spirit in you and ye shall live, then shall ye know that the Lord hath spoken it and performed it.” And thus it ever is. The revelation of God, the true living knowledge of God in a world of sin can only come through the judgment on sin that brings deliverance from sin. Revival among God’s people can only come as we yield to him to judge sin in us. As we wait on him in the way of his judgments we shall learn to sing of judgment and mercy. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 44)
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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.