Selected Bibliography
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Undoubtedly the best biography is that by Whyte’s nephew, G. Freeland Barbour, The Life of Alexander Whyte (7th ed.; New York: George H. Doran Co., 1925). In the 7th edition it runs to nearly 700 pages. For a funeral sermon preached in appreciation of Whyte’s ministry at the time of his death, see John Kelman, “Whyte of St. George’s”—Kelman was Whyte’s assistant and successor—in Ralph G. Turnbull, ed., The Treasury of Alexander Whyte (Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1953), 15-31. For a concise sketch of Whyte’s life and an appreciation of his preaching, see Warren Wiersbe, Walking with the Giants: A Minister’s Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1976), 88-100. See also Maureen Bradley, “Scottish Presbyterian Alexander Whyte (1836-1921)” (1997; http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4199/bio.htm; accessed September 2, 2006).
For two important analyses of the significance of his ministry, which point out the failings as well as the strengths, see Peter Davidson, “The Main Themes of Alexander Whyte,” The Evangelical Quarterly, 27 (1955), 94-107; John R. de Witt, “Alexander Whyte (1836-1921): Life & Lessons” (Banner of Truth Conference, Leicester, England, March 27, 1996).
Whyte was a prolific author, who wrote more than thirty books during his life. For an edited selection from these books, see Ralph G. Turnbull, ed., The Treasury of Alexander Whyte (Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1953). Turnbull has drawn his selections from a wide variety of Whyte’s books and provides a bibliography of Whyte’s books on pages 255-256. Finally, for a web-site devoted to Whyte, see www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4199/index.html.
The following list of Whyte’s works are mainly those used in the preparation of this book.
The Apostle Paul (Edinburgh/London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1903).
Bible Characters: Our Lord’s Characters (Edinburgh/London: Oliphants, n.d.).
Bunyan Characters, First Series (2nd ed.; Edinburgh/London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1895).
Bunyan Characters, Fourth Series (Edinburgh/London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, [1908]).
The Four Temperaments (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1895).
James Fraser, Laird of Brea: Parish Minister of Culross; Bass Rock, Blackness, and Newgate Prisoner, and Author of ‘The Book of the Intricacies of My Heart and Life’ (Edinburgh/London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1911).
Lancelot Andrewes and his Private Devotions: A Biography, A Transcript and An Interpretation (2nd ed.; Edinburgh/London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1896).
Lord, Teach Us to Pray. Sermons on Prayer (New York: George H. Doran Co., [1923]). This entire book may also be found on the Web at http://www. ccel.org/w/whyte/pray/htm/i.htm.
Saul Called Paul (London/Edinburgh: Oliphants Ltd., 1955).
The Spiritual Life: The Teaching of Thomas Goodwin (Edinburgh/London: Oliphants Ltd., [1918]).
Thirteen Appreciations (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., [1913]).
Thomas Shepard: Pilgrim Father and Founder of Harvard: His Spiritual Experience and Experimental Preaching (Edinburgh/London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1909).
With Mercy and With Judgment (New York: George H. Doran Co., [1925]).