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Some of Dr. Halliday Sutherland’s best writing concerns the deaths of close relatives (such as his father) and of patients (example here and here). In A Time To Keep (1934) … Continue reading
A Writ for Libel
On this day one-hundred years ago, 13th May 1922, Dr. Halliday Sutherland was served with a writ for libel. As he recalled in his 1934 memoir A Time to Keep: … Continue reading
My Path To Rome 3
Part three of My Path to Rome comes from Chapter 18 of A Time to Keep (1934) by Dr. Halliday Sutherland. When I joined the Church of Scotland I was … Continue reading
My Path To Rome 2
Priest: “May I ask if you are a Catholic?”
Myself: “No, Father, I’m not.”
Priest: “Then God help you, for you are in a parlous state.”
Myself: “What do you mean?”
Priest: “I mean that you are a man who sees the truth and refuses to act on it.”
My Path To Rome 1
Following the posts In Search of Truth, the posts My Path to Rome begin today. This first excerpt from Dr Sutherland’s 1934 book, A Time To Keep, explains how he … Continue reading
In Search of Truth 5
This is the fifth and final part of In Search of Truth from A Time to Keep (1934). Dr Sutherland’s search led him to his path to Rome, the next … Continue reading
In Search of Truth 4
This is the fourth instalment of In Search of Truth from A Time to Keep (1934) Be that as it may, at the age of seventeen the Protestant pack of … Continue reading
In Search of Truth 3
This is the third instalment of Dr. Sutherland’s religious journey as told in A Time To Keep (1934). In my case, with the University came emancipation from the religion of … Continue reading
In Search of Truth 2
This is the second part of Dr. Sutherland’s religious journey, as told in A Time to Keep (1934) (Click here to read Part One). My friend, John M’Neil, a blacksmith in … Continue reading
In Search of Truth 1
Dr. Halliday Sutherland wrote about his religious journey in A Time to Keep. Two chapters — In Search of Truth and My Path to Rome — will be presented over … Continue reading
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