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The Life of Arthur Thomas Guttery V The Life of Arthur Thomas Glittery D.D. BY JOHN G. BOWRAN ("RAMSAY GUTHRIE.") Xonfcon ; HOLBORN PUBLISHING HOUSE, HOLBORN HALL, CLERKENWELL ROAD, E.C.I DEDICATED TO MRS. A. T. GUTTERY io, DOWNING STREET, WHITEHALL, S.W.i. FOREWORD BY RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, The Prime Minister The tragic and premature death of Mr. Guttery came as a heavy loss, not only to his own denomination but to the Free Churches of England, in which, by his strength of character and his outstanding personality, he held a distinctive position. Our friendship, which I greatly valued, ex- tended over many years. I believe he owed his wide public influence in a large part to his natural gift of oratory. As a platform speaker he could grip the atten- tion and arouse the enthusiasm of large audiences. As an ally, he counted as a great asset; as an opponent, no one could afford to disregard him. The services he rendered the religious and social life of this country were inestimable. His voice was like that of a Prophet's an inspiration for great causes and rang like a trumpet call for the furtherance of national righteous- ness and justice. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE A SON OF THE MANSE i CHAPTER II. STUDENT AND TEACHER 18 CHAPTER III. PROBATION AND MARRIAGE 32 CHAPTER IV. SOUTH SHIELDS 57 CHAPTER V. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE : THE CENTRAL CHURCH 70 CHAPTER VI. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE : WIDER ACTIVITIES... 88 CHAPTER VII. GENERAL MISSIONARY SECRETARY no CHAPTER VIII. LIVERPOOL 138 CHAPTER IX. PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE 154 CHAPTER X. VISIT TO AMERICA 179 CHAPTER XI. NATIONAL FREE CHURCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT... 231 CONTENTS v. CHAPTER XII. PAGE His PLACE IN CHURCH AND NATION 238 CHAPTER XIII. His PUBLIC GIFTS 247 CHAPTER XIV. PERSONAL QUALITIES 261 CHAPTER XV. METHODS OF WORK 279 CHAPTER XVI. His HOME LIFE 286 CHAPTER XVII. His ILLNESS AND DEATH 294 CHAPTER XVIII. TRIBUTES 317 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Rev. A. T. Guttery, D.D. From portrait in Elmfield College. Frontispiece Rev. Thomas Guttery (Dr. Guttery's Father) 29 Mr. A. T. Guttery, taken before his Probation began, when twenty-one years of age, 1883 51 Mrs. T. Guttery (Dr. Guttery's Mother) ... 83 Rev. A. T. Guttery, when thirty-seven years of age and Superintendent of Newcastle- upon-Tyne First Circuit, 1899 ... 107 Central Primitive Methodist Church, New- castle-upon-Tyne. (Mr. Robert Foster and Mr. John Hewitson in the foreground) 159 Interior of Central Church, Newcastle-upon- Tyne 223 Prince's Avenue Church, Liverpool 291 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 1862. June 15th : Born at Birmingham. 1871-1879. With his parents in Toronto, Canada. 1879. June : Returned to England. 1879. July, to December, 1880. Student at Elmfield College. 1881. January : Matriculated at London University. 1881-1883. Assistant in Mr. Birch's School, Sunderland. 1883. April 10th : Accepted for the Primitive Metho- dist Ministry. 1883-1887. On Probation in Oldham Second Station. 1887. May : Ordained at Ashton-under-Lyne. 1887. June 30th : Marriage at Bury to Miss S. B. Alford. 1887-1889. Ministry in Newton and Hyde Circuit. 1889-1895. Ministry in South Shields. 1894. June : Attended his first Conference at Chester. 1895-1908. Ministry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1903. June : Designated Vice General Missionary Sec- retary at Newcastle Conference in Central Church. 1904. March : Elected to the Executive of National Free Church Council. 1908. July : Became General Missionary Secretary. 1913. July : Began Ministry at Prince's Avenue, Liverpool. 1915. September : Visited Troops in France. 1916. June : President of Conference at Nottingham. 1918. July : Visited American Troops in France. 1918. August 31st to November 29th : Visit to America with Gore. Bishop " 1918. November 18th: Received D.D." from Wes- leyan University, Middletown. 1919. March : President of National Free Church Council at Sheffield. 1920. 25th : Unable to five later April preach ; days the first operation. " 1920. June : His Hartley Lecture on Christian Conversion," delivered at the Conference at Hull. 1920. December 17th : Peacefully passed away. 1920. December 21st : Interred at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool. CHAPTER I. A SON OF THE MANSE ' The parsonage and the manse have sent into the world a goodly share of its brightest men and women." F. W. MAC- DONALD in Recreations of a Book-Lover, ARTHUR THOMAS GUTTERY, the only child of the Rev. Thomas and Emily Guttery, was born in the city of Birmingham on June 1 5th, 1862. Thomas Guttery was one of the most eloquent and popular ministers of the Primitive Methodist Church. He was born at Brierley Hill, near Birmingham, in 1837. His father, John Guttery, was an Irishman. He was a builder, " carpenter and cooper, and was known as The Irish Cooper." He wore his hair in long curls down his back. The family were Congre- gationalists. Thomas was educated in a private school, and afterwards learnt his father's trade. When twelve years of age he was converted under the influence of Primitive Methodism, in one of the re- a LIFE OF A. T. GUTTERY vivals which were frequent in those days. It was in Round Gate Chapel. By his side at the penitents' form Joseph Ferguson knelt. When Thomas Guttery was at the height of his fame, Dr. Joseph Ferguson was, also, one of the denominational orators. As a boy, Thomas Guttery was drawn to Primitive Methodism by its evan- gelism and its opportunities for service. At seventeen years of age he became a local preacher and, two years later, he was received into the ministerial ranks. From the beginning he was distin- guished. There was a gentlemanliness and courtesy in his bearing which won all hearts. Throughout his life and in every place he was esteemed and loved. His remarkable preaching gifts gave him supremacy. He was a natural pulpit orator. Thousands still remember the witchery of his speech and the fascination of his The crowds waited on personality. " his ministry wherever he travelled." All his gifts were consecrated to the supreme work of winning souls for Christ his imagination, his wit, his dramatic power, and the unction and style of his speech. It was an experience unforgettable to hear him. His speech was lucid and alluring. A SON OF THE MANSE 3 There was nothing loud in his manner. Quite quietly he spoke. His sermonic art, his vivid language, his musical voice, his fervour and abandon, all created interest and sustained attention. He was equally famous as a lecturer. Without a note, for a couple of hours, he could hold an audience spellbound, as he described David Livingstone, General Gordon or Cardinal Wolsey, or told of 1 The Lights and Shades of London Life." As a feat of memory each lecture was a marvel. In word-painting and in soul-moving speech there were few to equal him. He was a great gift of God to Primitive Methodism and to the Non- conformity of England. He ministered at Oswestry, Tunstall, Dawley, Birmingham, Leominster, Shrews- bury, Wolverhampton, Toronto (Canada), Sunderland, London, Southport and Sun- derland, a second time. As a special preacher and lecturer he was in great de- mand, and at District Meetings and Con- ferences he was heard at his best. At the Sunderland Conference, in 1890, he was the last speaker at the great public meeting in the Victoria Hall. The miners of Northumberland and Durham were there, 4 LIFE OF A. T. GUTTERY and, as he sympathetically described the white-washed cottages of the pitmen he had seen from the window of the railway carriage and spoke of the piety which beautified many of these simple dwellings, he excited the crowd to rapture. When he went to Tunstall the mother circuit of Primitive Methodism he was only twenty-one years of age. There he served two of his probationary years. His superintendent was the Rev. Philip Pugh, and his junior colleague the Rev. William Jones. His salary was 9 IDS. per quar- ter. There is a minute in the circuit book to this effect: "That Brother Guttery be allowed to order a book-case, and the maxi- mum price be ten shillings." William Jones, also, was a rising orator, which ex- plains this resolution in the minute book, " dated December I5th, 1858 : That Bros. Jones and Guttery be allowed one Sunday each next quarter for foreign engage- ments." There were many applications for Thomas services for " " Guttery's specials in other circuits, some of which were the granted by Quarterly" Meeting, but quite a number were turned down." His Wolverhampton ministry (1868- 1871) was wonderfully successful. He A SON OF THE MANSE 5 joyfully accepted the conditions of the Primitive Methodist ministry of those days. The Rev. Silas L. George, a native of Wol- verhampton, and whose father was a close friend of Thomas Glittery, says : ' Thomas Guttery came to Wolver- hampton Circuit in 1868. He was then in the early morning of his great ministry, but had already made for himself a name for his magnificent preaching. The salaries of that time were poor; the houses were small and meagrely furnished. At Wol- verhampton, Thomas Guttery had ,76 a year and lived in a house at four shillings and ninepence per week, which included rates, but the Gutterys never allowed their struggles to be known. They always put the bright side out, though it is to be feared they knew what it was to economise severely. I remember my mother saying that the Gutterys always laid the dinner- table fully, and, if there was nothing to put into the dishes, hot water was put in. They were never sure that they would be free from callers, for, besides being at the head of a big circuit, Mr.
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