Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie, and Memoir by His Sons, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Very soon after 1865, when Dr. Guthrie retired from regular pulpit and pastoral work, he conceived the idea of writing an Autobiography; but new engagements of many kinds prevented his commencing it before the summer of 1868.

The various dates indicated in the course of the narrative will show that it was not a continuous composition. Written very much as a relaxation, Dr. Guthrie put it together by snatches, and at uncertain intervals. The weakness attending his last illness (from October to February) prevented his undertaking any composition requiring sustained thought: anxious, however, to employ the time be now felt to be more than ever uncertain, he made an effort to proceed with his Autobiography, and the tedium of these months was relieved by the interest he found in thus recalling the past. He wrote out the portion between the dates "November, 1872" and "4th January, 1878" in pencil, and when increasing weakness necessitated dictation, the remainder was taken down from his lips by one of his daughters. Thereafter, the subject was still in his thoughts; and he remarked that one of the objects for which, were it God's will, he should desire to he spared, would be to complete his Autobiography. It was literally the last thing he worked at on earth. He had to lay it finally aside while in the midst of describing the Disruption conflict; and, in a few days thereafter, done with all conflicts, he entered the Rest that remaineth.

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