FOUNDERS JOURNAL FROM FOUNDERS MINISTRIES | SPRING 2012 | ISSUE 88 WATCHING OVER THE FLOCK AND THE SHEPHERD Contents The Editorial Introduction 1 Founders Tom Ascol Thomas Watson As Pastor and Scholar 3 Bruce Ware Journal Committed to historic Baptist principles A Sermon to Preachers 22 B. H. Carroll Issue 88 Spring 2012 Horatius Bonar and the Search for Rest 38 John Y. May Select Hymns of Horatius Bonar 41 News 2 Watching Over the Flock And the Shepherd CONTRIBUTORS: Dr Tom Ascol is Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, FL and author of the Founders Ministries Blog: http://blog.founders.org/ B. H. Carroll (1843–1914) was the founding president of Southwestern Baptist Teo- logical Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. Chris Lee is a graduate of Union Univerity and an MDiv student at Te Southern Baptist Teological Seminary in Louisville, KY. John Y. May. lives in Lancaster, PA and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. Cover photo: “Welsh Landscape” by William Lollar TheFounders Journal Editor: Thomas K. Ascol Associate Editor: Tom J. Nettles Design Editor: Kenneth A. Puls Contributing Editors: Bill Ascol, Timothy George, Fred Malone, Joe Nesom, Phil Newton, Don Whitney, Hal Wynn. The Founders Journal is a quarterly publication which takes as its theological framework the first recognized confession of faith which Southern Baptists produced, The Abstract of Principles. The journal is now only available as a digital download. It can be downloaded in either ePUB or mobi format from our online store (for $1.99 each): www.founderspress.com Please send all inquiries and correspondence to:
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