James Grant

James Grant (1802 – 23 May 1879) was a British author and newspaper editor.

Grant was born in Elgin, Moray. helped to found the Elgin Courier in 1827, editing it until 1833. Moving to London, he worked on the Standard, the Morning Chronicle and the Morning Advertiser. He also edited the London Saturday Journal (1839–1841) and Grant's London Journal (1841–1842). From 1850 to 1871 he edited the Morning Advertiser. Calvinist in religion, he edited the Christian Standard from 1872. He died in London in 1879.

Works Random recollections of the House of Lords from the year 1830 to 1836 including personal sketches of the leading members, 1836 The great metropolis, 1836 The bench and the bar, 1837 Metropolitan pulpit; or, Sketches of the most popular preachers in London, 1839 Travels in town, 1839 Walks and wanderings in the world of literature, 1839 Portraits of public characters, 1841 Lights and shadows of London life, 1842 Joseph Jenkins; or, Leaves from the life of a literary man, 1843 Impressions of Ireland and the Irish, 1844 Paris and its people, 1844 Pictures of popular people, or, Illustrations of human nature, 1846 Pictures of life. The dwellings of the poor, 1855 The controversy on important theological questions : between the "Eclectic Review", the Rev. Newman Hall, Rev. Thomas Binney... on the one side, and Mr. James Grant, editor of the "Morning Advertiser" on the other, 1856 Who is right, and who wrong? : correspondence between the Rev. Thomas Binney and Mr. James Grant (of the Morning advertiser) on new aspects of the controversy on important theological questions, 1857 God is love; or, Glimpses of the father's infinite affection for his people / by the author of "The brother born for adversity, 3rd ed. 1858 The comforter; or, The Holy Spirit in his glorious person and gracious work, 1859 Our heavenly home : or, glimpses of the glory and bliss of the better world, 1859 Personal visit to the chief scenes of the religious revivals in the North of Ireland, ca.1859 Gleams of glory from the celestial world, 1860 Sources of joy in seasons of sorrow, 1860 The glorious Gospel of Christ: considered in its relation to the present life, 1861 God's unspeakable gift; or, Views of the person and work of Jesus Christ, 1861 Sketches in London, 1861 The foes of our faith, and how to defeat them; or, The weapons of our warfare with modern infidelity, 1862 The dying command of Christ; or, The duty of believers to celebrate weekly the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 1863 Grace and glory; or, The believer's bliss in both world. 1863 Steps and stages on the road to glory, 1865 The hymns of heaven : or, the songs of the saints in glory, 1867 The divinity of Christ : demonstrated by proofs drawn from the book of Revelation, 1867 Seasons of solitude; or, Moments of meditation on the things of eternity, 1868 The religious tendencies of the times; or, How to deal with the deadly errors and dangerous delusions of the day, 1869 Memoirs of Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster, 1870 The newspaper press; its origin--progress--and present position, 3 vols, 1871-2 The Plymouth brethren: their history and heresies, 1875 Popish versions of the scriptures and the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1877 Meditations on the loving words of our loving Lord and Saviour, 1877