Hugh Martin (1822-1885) was a native of Aberdeen. A brilliant scholar, he entered studies for the ministry in 1839 and joined the Free Church of Scotland at the Disruption of 1843. He was ordained at Panbride in 1844 before moving to Free Greyfriars, Edinburgh, in 1858, where he remained until ill health forced him to retire from the pastoral office at the age of 42. He spent the remainder of his life between bouts of ill health, supplying pulpits throughout Scotland and writing the books on which his reputation is founded.

Hugh Martin's highest calling was as a preacher of the Word. Here we have a feast of Martin's sermons, some collected for the first time out of rare pamphlets and magazines, as well as some handwritten manuscripts never before published.

Union with Christ is what every sinner needs for salvation, and the source of all the saved sinner's vast blessedness. Drawing on a variety of texts, Hugh Martin invites us to find this blessing for ourselves.