John Ross Macduff

Who was John Ross Macduff?

John Ross Macduff was a Scottish divine and a prolific author of religious essays.

Born in Bonhard, Scone, Perthshire, Macduff was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and was ordained as minister of Kettins, a parish in Forfarshire in 1843. He returned to St Madoes, a parish in Perthshire in 1849, which he left to take charge of Sandyford, a new church in Glasgow. He preached there for fifteen years, and then went to live in Chislehurst, Kent, in order to focus entirely on writing. His best known books were: "The Prophet of Fire"; "Memories of Bethany": "Memories or Gennesaret"; "The Shepherd and His Flock ": "Sunset on the Hebrew Mountains "; "Comfort Ye"; "The Golden Gospel"; "Morning and Night Watches"; "The Bow in the Cloud"; "The Story of a Dewdrop"; and "The Story of a Shell."

Macduff died in Chislehurst.