Thomas Guthrie, Apostle to the Slums

Authors

F. R. Webber, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

6-1-1949

Document Type

Article

Keywords

thomas guthrie, children, sermons, edinburgh, catechism

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Everybody is aware that Dr. Thomas Guthrie was one of the most noted pulpit orators of the nineteenth century, but the fact is often overlooked that most of his long life was devoted to congregational work in the worst of Edinburgh's slums. He built a spacious church there and a parochial school; and in that district his well-known sermons were preached. They fill most of the sixteen volumes of his collected works, and very few sermon books have enjoyed so large a circulation.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Webber, F. R. (1949) "Thomas Guthrie, Apostle to the Slums," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 20, Article 35.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol20/iss1/35