Henry Drummond

Henry Drummond

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Henry Drummond (1851–1897). Born on August 17, 1851, in Stirling, Scotland, to Henry Drummond Sr. and Jane Campbell Blackwood, Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelist, biologist, and author, best known for blending science and faith. Raised in a devout Free Church of Scotland family, he studied at Edinburgh University, earning a degree in natural sciences (1871), and briefly attended New College for divinity but left to pursue evangelism. Influenced by Dwight L. Moody’s 1873–1875 Scottish campaigns, Drummond became Moody’s assistant, preaching to students at universities like Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Oxford, with a warm, conversational style that captivated young men. Ordained in the Free Church, he never held a pastorate, instead lecturing on science at Free Church College (1877–1882) and conducting missions globally, including Australia, Canada, and Africa. His books, Natural Law in the Spiritual World (1883), The Greatest Thing in the World (1889, on 1 Corinthians 13), and The Ascent of Man (1894), sold millions, harmonizing evolution with Christianity. A professor of theology by 1893, he remained unmarried, dedicating his life to ministry despite chronic illness from bone cancer. Drummond died on March 11, 1897, in Tunbridge Wells, England, saying, “The greatest thing in the world is love; it alone endures.”
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