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Thomas Guthrie

Thomas Guthrie D.D. (1803 – 1873) was a Scottish

Scotland

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divine and philanthropist, born at Brechin

Brechin

Brechin is a former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin is often described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation Roman Catholic diocese , however this status was never officially recognised....
in Forfarshire (officially now Angus

Angus

Angus is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the Dundee City....
). He was one of the most popular preachers of his day in Scotland, and was associated with many forms of philanthropy - especially temperance and Ragged Schools, of which he was a founder.

He studied for the Church, and became the Minister of Free St.

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Thomas Guthrie D.D. (1803 – 1873) was a Scottish

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
divine and philanthropist, born at Brechin

Brechin

Angus

Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
. Possessed of a commanding presence and voice, and a remarkably effective and picturesque style of oratory

Oratory

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, he became perhaps the most popular preacher

Preacher

Preacher is a term the for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies.Some believe a preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine....
of his day in Scotland, and was associated with many forms of philanthropy

Philanthropy

Philanthropy derives from Latin, meaning "to love people". Philanthropy is the act of donation money, goods, services, time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause, with a defined objective and with no financial or material reward to the donor....
, especially temperance

Temperance movement

A temperance movement attempts to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed within a community or society in general -- and even to prohibit its production and consumption entirely....
and ragged school

Ragged school

Ragged schools is a name commonly given after about 1840 to the many independently established 19th century Charity schools in the United Kingdom which provided entirely free education and, in most cases, food, clothing, lodging and other home missionary services for those too poor to pay....
s, of which he was a founder. His hard work as a proponent and founder of Ragged Schools led him to be quoted by Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles , was a Scotland author and reformer....
in his famous book Self Help

Self-Help (book)

Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct was a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. The second edition of 1866 added Perseverance to the subtitle....
.

He was one of the leaders of the Free Church of Scotland

Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)

The Free Church of Scotland is a Scotland denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the Disruption of 1843....
, and raised over £100,000 for manse

Manse

A manse is a house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a Minister , usually used in the context of a Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church....
s for its ministers. Among his writings are The Gospel in Ezekiel and Plea for Ragged Schools (1847), and The City, its Sins and Sorrows.

His statue on Edinburgh's Princes Street

Princes Street

Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and its main shopping street. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, Edinburgh, stretching around 1 mile from Lothian Road in the west to Leith Street in the east....
bears the following inscriptions:

An eloquent preacher of the gospel. Founder of the Edinburgh Original Ragged Industrial Schools, and by tongue and pen, the apostle of the movement elsewhere. One of the earliest temperance reformers. A friend of the poor and of the oppressed.

Born at Brechin, Forfarshire. Minister successively of Arbirlot and of Greyfriars and St John's parish churches and of free St John's Church in this city.

Thomas Guthrie died in 1873 and was buried in The Grange

The Grange, Edinburgh

The Grange is a suburb of Edinburgh, about one and a half miles south of the city centre, with Morningside, Edinburgh and Greenhill, Edinburgh to the west and Newington, Edinburgh to the east....
cemetery. His will left his copy of the National Covenant

Covenanter

The Covenanters formed an important movement in the Religion in Scotland and Politics of Scotland of Scotland in the 17th century. In religion the movement is most associated with the promotion and development of Presbyterianism as a form of church government favoured by the people, as opposed to Scottish Episcopal Church, favoured by Mon...
to the Free Church.

Thomas Guthrie was the grandfather of Tyrone Guthrie

Tyrone Guthrie

Sir William Tyrone Guthrie was an Anglo-Irish Tony Award-winning theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, at his family's home, Annaghmakerrig, in County Monaghan, Ireland....
(1900-1971), a theatre director in Britain, Canada and Ireland.

External links

This site includes a biography of Guthrie, several literature works by Guthrie and some sermons by Guthrie. It is one of several sites in the related .