02.02. Prefatory Note

PREFATORY NOTE. In these times of blessing, when so many have been led to seek the Lord, and so many have through grace believed, it has been thought that the separate publication of these letters of Mr. M’Cheyne,—especially the six addressed ‘to a soul seeking Jesus,’—may be welcome and helpful to a large class, alike of anxious inquirers and of young Christians. Though Dr. A. Bonar’s Memoir and Remains has obtained a world-wide circulation, these ‘Letters’ are not so well known as they ought to be, and there seems ample warrant for issuing them in a form more suitable for general distribution. Nothing that bears the name of this beloved servant of Christ needs any recommendation; but I may be permitted to say, that his mode of presenting the truth to inquirers, and especially his representation of the sinner in his guilt and helplessness, and of Christ in His justifying righteousness, is wonderfully fitted to commend the Savior to the sinner’s acceptance. The little book is sent forth in the hope that the Spirit of all grace may increasingly glorify Christ, by making its contents a means of awakening, enlightenment, and establishment to many.

J. H. W.