Thomas Guthrie

Thomas Guthrie (1803-1873) was a Scottish clergyman, distinguished as a pulpit orator and a philanthropist, born in Brechin. He was minister at Arbirlot, near Arbroath, and then in Edinburgh. However, he left the Established Church at the Disruption, and became minister of St. John's. During 1845-46, he traversed the country to raise a fund to provide manses for the Disruption ministers, and realised £116,000 for the object. He came forward as an advocate for ragged schools, and founded one in Edinburgh. He was a warm-hearted man as well as an eloquent, who could both move his audience to tears and rouse it to enthusiasm.

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