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THE annual commemoration of one of Musselburgh’s most famous sons, the celebrated doctor David Macbeth Moir, took place recently.

A WREATH has been laid to mark the birthday of a celebrated Musselburgh doctor who helped the community during the cholera epidemic of 1832. Although the tribute to David Macbeth Moir, who was the town’s medical officer, takes place annually, it was particularly poignant this year amidst the coronavirus pandemic. In a low-key event, David Stillie, Old Musselburgh Club president, was accompanied by club treasurer Ian Wood, who took a photograph of the wreath-laying commemoration at the s...

4 Min Read Published on: 09-28-2020 The first half of the nineteenth century saw modern rationalism intensifying its attacks against the Christian faith. While winds from the French Revolution deified human reason, evolutionary biology regarded nature as its own creator. Deists portrayed God as someone who does not intervene in human affairs. For historical critics, the Bible was full of religious myths and inaccuracies; its prophecies merely a literary style without any be...