Maclaren, Alexander

English Baptist; b. in Glasgow Feb. 11, 1826. He was educated at Stepney (now Regent’s Park) College, London, and from 1846 to 1858 was minister of Portland Chapel, Southampton. He then served as pastor, later as pastor emeritus, of Union Chapel, Manchester, and in 1909 retired and moved to Scotland. He has written: Sermons Preached in Manchester (3 series; London, 1864-73); Week-Day Evening Addresses (1877); The Life of David as Reflected in his Psalms (1880); The Secret of Power, and other Sermons (1882); A Year’s Ministry (1884); Epistles of St. Paul to the Colossians and Philemon (1887); Modern Miracles: Manifestation of God’s Love and Power (1888); The Unchanging Christ, and other Sermons (1889); Holy of Holies (sermons on the Gospel of John; 1890); God of the Amen, and other Sermons (1891); Gospel of St. Luke (1892); Gospel of Matthew (2 vols., 1892); Gospel of John (1893; in 3 vols., 1907); Gospel of Mark (1893); The Wearied Christ, and other Sermons (1893); Acts of the Apostles (1894; in 2 vols., 1907); Christ’s Musts, and other Sermons (1894); The Beatitudes, and other Sermons (1896); Triumphannt Certainties and other Sermons (1896); The Victor’s Crown (sermons; 1897); Leaves from the Tree of Life (1899); A Rosary off Christian Graces (1899); After the Resurrection (1902); Last Sheaves (sermons; 1903); The Book of Genesis (1904); Books of Isaiah and Jeremiah (2 vols., 1905-06); The Books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and I Samuel (1906); The Books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers (1906); The Second Book of Samuel and the Books of Kings to II Kings vii. (1907); Pulpit Prayers (1907); and Expositions of Holy Scripture (6 vols., 1908); and other volumes, including Psalms in The Expositor’s Bible (3 vols., London, 1893-94) and Pulpit Prayers (1909).