Halyburton, THOMAS, a Scotch divine, was born at Dupplin near Perth in 1674, and was for eleven years minister of Ceres in Fife, and then for two professor of Divinity at St Andrews, where he died in September 1712. He was the author of several works, including Natural Religion insufficient, and Revealed necessary, to Man's
Happiness; The Great Concern of Salvation; and Ten Sermons preached before and after the Celebration of the Lord's Supper. The works, especially the autobiographic memoir, of the 'Holy Halyburton' were once very popular among the people of Scotland; and even at the present day they are still read. They were published, together with an Essay on his Life and Writings, by Dr Robert Burns (London, 1835).