Pulpit Table-Talk - 1868
Thomas Guthrie, minister and philanthropist.
Introduction
Edward Bannerman Ramsay was a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church (which he had helped found), dean of the diocese of Edinburgh, and one of the founders of Glenalmond College. Among his writings were the popular Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character and Pulpit Table-Talk: containing remarks and anecdotes on preachers and preaching. A copy of the latter came into the hands of popular minister and philanthropist, Thomas Guthrie, who wrote to Ramsay on this day, 31 August, 1868.
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“My dear Mr. Dean—
“Your Pulpit Table-Talk has been sent here to gratify, delight, and edify me. A most entertaining book; and full of wise and admirable sentiments. All ministers and preachers should read and digest it. Age seems to have no more dulling effect on you than it had on Sir David Brewster, who retained, after he had turned the threescore and ten, all the greenery, foliage, and flowers of youth—presenting at once the freshness of Spring, and the flowers of Summer, and the precious fruits of Autumn.
“May your bow long abide in strength! and the evening of your days be calm and peaceful, bright with the sure and certain hope of that better world, where, I hope, we shall meet to be for ever with the Lord! With the greatest respect and affectionate regards, yours ever,
“Thomas Guthrie.”
Ramsay, Edward Bannerman. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character.