Andrew Murray (minister)

Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer,
Andrew Murray
teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the
church".[1]

Contents
Early life and education
Residence in Utrecht
Religious work in South Africa
Death
Works
References
Born 9 May 1828
External links
Graaff Reinet, South
Africa
Died 18 January 1917
Early life and education (aged 88)
Andrew Murray was the second child of Andrew Murray Sr. (1794–1866), a Dutch
Wellington, Western
Cape, South Africa
Reformed Church missionary sent from Scotland to South Africa. He was born in
Graaff Reinet, South Africa. His mother, Maria Susanna Stegmann, was of French
Occupation Pastor, author
Huguenot and German Lutheran descent.[1] Spouse Emma Rutherford

Murray was sent to Aberdeen in Scotland for his initial education, together with his elder brother, John. Both remained there until
they obtained their master's degrees in 1845. From there, they both went to the University of Utrecht where they studied theology.
The two brothers became members of Het Réveil, a religious revival movement opposed to the rationalism which was in vogue in the
Netherlands at that time. Both brothers were ordained by the Hague Committee of the Dutch Reformed Church on 9 May 1848 and
returned to the Cape.

Murray married Emma Rutherford in Cape Town, South Africa, on 2 July 1856. They had eight children together (four boys and four
girls).

Residence in Utrecht
In 1846 they lived in the Minrebroederstraat (number unknown).

From 1847-1848 they lived at the Zadelstraat 39.

Religious work in South Africa

Murray pastored churches in Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town and Wellington, all in South Africa. He was a champion of the
South African Revival of 1860.

In 1889, he was one of the founders of the South African General Mission (SAGM), along with Martha Osborn and Spencer Walton.
After Martha Osborn married George Howe, they formed the South East Africa General Mission (SEAGM) in 1891. SAGM and
SEAGM merged in 1894. Because its ministry had spread into other African countries, the mission's name was changed to Africa
Evangelical Fellowship (AEF) in 1965. AEF joined withServing In Mission (SIM) in 1998 and continues to this day.

Through his writings, Murray was also a key "Inner Life" or "Higher Life" or Keswick leader, and his theology of faith healing and
[2]
belief in the continuation of the apostolic gifts made him a significant forerunner of the Pentecostal movement.

In 1894, Murray was visited by John McNeill and Rev. J Gelson Gregson, the ex-British Army Chaplain and Keswick convention
speaker. [3]

Death
Murray died on 18 January 1917, four months before his 89th birthday. He was so influenced by Johann Christoph Blumhardt's
Möttlingen revival that he included a portion of Friedrich Zündel's biography at the end of iW
th Christ in the School of Prayer.

Works
A bibliography compiled by D. S. B. Joubert estimates that Murray published over 240 books and tracts[4]; this number includes
more than 50 books, many of them authored in both Dutch and English, including:

Abide in Christ
Absolute Surrender
Be Perfect
Divine Healing
God's Will: Our Dwelling Place
Holy in Christ
How to Raise Your Children for Christ
Humility: The Beauty of Holiness
Let Us Draw Nigh
Like Christ
Money
The Deeper Christian Life
The Lord's Table
The Holiest of All: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews
The Master's Indwelling
The Ministry of Intercession
The Power of the Blood of Christ
The Prayer Life
The School of Obedience
The Spirit of Christ
The Spiritual Life
The True Vine
The Two Covenants
Thy Will Be Done
Waiting on God
With Christ in the School of Prayer
Working for God!
The Dearth of Conversions
Jesus Himself
Lord Teach Us to Pray Or, The Only Teacher

References
1. "Murray, Andrew". Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. 7. Nasou Limited. 1971. p. 653.ISBN 978-0-625-
00324-2.
 2. Ross, Thomas D. (2014), "Andrew Murray , Keswick / Higher Life Leader: a Biographical Sketch",The Doctrine of
Sanctification: An Exegetical Examination, with Application, in Historic Baptist Perspective, to which is Appended a
Historical, Exegetical, and Elenctic Evaluation of Influential Errors, Particularly the Keswick Theology
(http://faithsave
s.net/andrew-murray/), Great Plains Baptist Divinity School
3. "The Life of Andrew Murray of South Africa By J Du Plessis"(https://web.archive.org/web/20171229151037/http://ww
w.electricscotland.com/history/africa/murray/appendix01.htm). www.electricscotland.com. Archived from the original
(http://www.electricscotland.com/history/africa/murray/appendix01.htm)on 29 December 2017. Retrieved
29 December 2017.
4. du Plessis, J. The Life of Andrew Murray
. Appendix B, p. 526-535.

External links
Works by Andrew Murrayat Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Andrew Murrayat Internet Archive
Works by Andrew Murrayat LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
List of works by Andrew Murraywith links to online and ebook versions.
Andrew Murray, Keswick / Higher Life Leader: a Biographical Sketch, inThe Doctrine of Sanctification,Thomas D.
Ross, Ph. D. Diss, Great Plains Baptist Divinity School, 2014
True Vine Audio
World Invisible Online LibraryIncludes many Murray books
Path2Prayer "has a collection of 40 Murray books in pdf form"
Short Bio from The Healing and Revival Press
Short Bio from the Wellington Museum
Andrew Murray Centrein Wellington, South Africa
Andrew Murray Bible Schoolin South Africa

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