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Robert Nevin (1817-1892).

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Robert Nevin (1817-1892).

James Dodson

Biographical Sketch

Robert Nevin was born on October 21, 1817, at Carnaff near Dervock, into a Scottish-origin family distinguished for intelligence, humor, and deep piety; after excelling under classical teachers and at Edinburgh University (where he heard Dr. Chalmers), he studied theology at Paisley under Dr. Symington and was licensed to preach in May 1841. Ordained to the troubled Londonderry congregation on February 1, 1842, following a bitter secession and property dispute, he soon revealed his latent administrative courage by securing the congregation’s rights and raising £2,000 to erect the present church on Clarendon Street, opened in 1858—a feat requiring extensive travel including over 8,000 miles in America. Despite his gentle, retiring nature, he became a formidable force in the pulpit, delivering 11,298 sermons drawn from 1,888 carefully prepared discourses while lecturing systematically through Scripture; his exacting methodical habits produced meticulous chronological and topical records of his ministry spanning fifty-one years. Simultaneously he served as Clerk of Presbytery from 1846 and Clerk of Synod from 1864, and edited the Irish RP’s periodical The Covenanter for twenty-three years (1868–1891), contributing masterly theological and controversial articles. Renowned for his self-contained intellect, remorseless logic, and occasional prophetic sternness in denouncing scandal, yet capable of tender pathos, he maintained an unwavering course of study and preparation until his last painful service on October 2, 1892, dying at age 75.

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Instrumental Music in the Worship of God.
Instrumental Music in the Worship of God.

ca. 1875-Robert Nevin.-This tract condenses and focuses his larger work on instrumental music into a very concise defense of the spirituality of NT worship. This means that there is no place in NT worship for musical instruments. Nevin shows that the use under the OT was ceremonial and typical.

The Hymn Question.
The Hymn Question.

1875-Robert Nevin.-Irish Reformed Presbyterian Professor Nevin examines some then recent arguments of the subject of hymn singing versus Psalm singing. He writes to encourage the proponents of Psalm singing within the broader Presbyterian communions. He remarks are insightful and helpful for the cause of David’s Psalms as the hymnbook of the church.