tm AMoolaUen for Intomiatieti and Iiim«« 1100 Wayne Avanue, Suile 1100 SiMr Spring, Maryland 20910 301/587-8202 •>■ > '/ A O ^ .«\<' A <5v Centimeter 12:345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1-4 15 mm M|.j.JM|.|..|.|n|.l..|.|M|.l..|Jj.|.lj.i^ Inches 1.0 Itt ri^ 12.2 136 I.I t:.s ^ IL25 lllu IIIIII.6 % I * ,'» MONUFRCTURED TO OHM STRNDRRDS BY RPPLIED IMRGE, INC. . ^ # i\ V <^ r■ 20X 24X 28X 32X Th« oopy fllmtd htra hii bMn rtproductd thankt to th« g«n9ro«lty of: • . Hotropolltan Tpronto Reference 0a)dwin Room ^ Library The Image* appearing here ere the best quality possible considering the condltlan and'legibillty of the original copy and in keeping with the filming contract specifications, Original copies In printed peper covers are filmed beginning with the front cover and endfng on the last page, with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All .other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the lest page with a printed or Illustrated impression. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol — *■ (meaning "CON' ' TINUED"). or the symbol V (meaning "END'h whichever applies. . Mapa, plates, charts, etc.. mey be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included^n one exposure are filmed ' beginning jn the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrete the method: 1 / 2 3 / 1 -!!«, r- .-,■ .-ISC-.- L'«x«mplalr« fllm4 fgt rvprodi^lt gfio* i la 94r««rotiti dt : Metropolitan Toronto R«f«r«nc« Library < Baldwin Room im% Imagas tulvantM bnt 4t4 raprodultaa avac la plus 0rand tofn. compta tanu da la oondltK>n at de la n«tt«t4 de raxamplaira film*, at an confortnitA avec let eondltiona du contrat da fllmaga, - « Las axamplalras originaux dont la eouvartura en papier att imprlm^a tont fllntta an commen9ant par la pramlar plat at %t\ tarmlnantSolt pAr la derni^tre page qui comporta una ampralnta d'impressionoii d'illuatratibn, aoltpar la'seeond . plat, salon le cat. Tout laa autraa axamplairft biiginaux sont fllmtt an commangant par la premiere page qui contporta una ampralnta d'imprassion ou d'illuatratlQn at an'tarmlnant par la darniira paga qui comporta uno talia ' ampralnta. L'>i des symboles euivants apparattra sur la dernidre image de chaqua microflcha, salon la cas: le syrabole — *• signifia "A SUIVR€". la symbola V slgnlfla "FIN". ^ Las cartas, planchas, tablaauxr vtc. pauvant *tra filcn^jt A des tiaux da reduction dlffirants. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtra reproduit en un seul clich6. II ast film* k partir de Tangle supirieur gaucha, da gauche h droite, at da haut en bas, an pranant la nombra \ jl^ages n^cessaira. Laa difgrammaa aulvants^ lilustrant Itf m*thoda. ■ 2. ,■ 3 •' . .5 6 g' ■."«!** "j^'-. i'rw-- , _"^'^i ■ ^»** ^ -1B1SJ notl^'of th?^ ''"'^ ""'' P-^^'-g newspaper wh^ f u ^'^y ***"" <=""«! for as to one SD^ct^'il^M "? T"r''"°"" »"" 'o ""><=h re B« Ut kJ^n "^"^ more than 30 years. Dut let It be in the sehse of that Scnotore which best explains the spirit and the pSw^of he last so years of his life, and which he ,0 truly acknowledged.-" By the erace of r!.H ? am what I am."^ He WellVnew^tM. ^ ' w?."^^S^™' "•* birth-place, in l8o8 of Mr a^r f^'lf «»y"-\Hi>' fother, who wa^^f a Ueyon family, was then Major General inH Tats'"cSr"' °'r""= Caiiada^'rif/esfr James Craig was Governor General Hi« mother was of the Gators of Ken lie tool the degree of BA.at Trinity CoHeKe'cW numin^man. There was some « fortune " on other, eslls" 'h TP^''^ '"''-" »"d omer estates. He declined a Civil annnint ment to India, and declined The Armv in which three of his brothers have served * He then prepared to take orders in the Church Indf f f " i'"!!^ a; man of the worfd M^t' and of It, as he himself was always will ns t„ acknowledge— in later days. """mg to But the circumstances of his new birih _fl„f new birth spoken of to Nicodemus-a e slrikt^ and more noteworthy. He was driv ng o" t "n his trap, when a friend who was with him fell to tlie ground and was taken up f ad Th s Tm V^'r"" r jo-^^'^n^e and h'^art as a vlice H.wStZl*''"; fi«rr-a^ a new man "* was to hunt at Collarton Rawley the fol- ' » ■W!^- *J^» fr \ ~B lowing day, b«t •*"" °"' "l* ''"l^f '""i" '^U^.m Ihit he would not hunt hU pre.*. V niimher of the hunt came to bear, two oi ^hoJ were converted andhunted no more. WhaTa word that is "Now are we he «.n. of 6od" I John, iii. a, "and jf children, then £S, hliri of God and joint heirs >«"th ChnsL" Rom viii, 17. Thus Chrirtians are of God . roval- toily-children of the King. ^He «w that as become by new birth a child S God and a member of ~ Chnst he was torn into the church of God. and had no ^™ to take "denominational or church ptace " to get into the Church. He refused to take the oath of conformity and ks M.A. at Cambridge, and gave himself t" »»«"^«'°;^ preaching and missionary work. His separa, tC from former friendships and a^'"^"™' was complete ; for he saw that as «he Church takes its character, so should the individual Christian take his character from Christ a^d- den fn the heavens. He was soon after in feH?w- sWp wi\h Brethren and became well known amongst them in England He came o« .» " anada to take possession of some of his father s lands t Shipto^ E. T. There he built mills and farmed lands and lost "•o"'/-?" '°° generous and trustful. But there too he abored hi the Gospel, and there are many stiUin the townships o( kingsey. Melbourne and Sb.pton who testify to the grace of God coming to them throueh his ministry. . . , After 12 years in those parts, he was induced to cime into Montreal to assume the appomt- Ut of secretary, registrar »"d bursar of Mc- Gill University, and secretary of the Royal In- stitution for the Advancement of Lw™"*. «» which was added that of lecretary of the Normal ^hool This was in 1856. HUh«KJ»were ttus officially fall, and his time was much oc- cupied. Yet he begin at Once thcGoipcl work. A series of lectures on the Dispensations, de- Uvcred m the old historical St. Gabriel Str^t Church, attracted much attention and awakened *™I?f^u- u"*^*?."', *"**''^*^ '« ^^ispenwtional w^^ w »»,^*«««»hing the ec^omiesor JSd^r^''""1.*''.^*^P *« "»««*» ^o aright understanding of scripture), and the Lord's com- M^i- -If"" '•"*'* ^** fi^*""* ^" »>» unofficial and unttlaned ministry. There was indeSd a time When he came into open and declared sjTmpathy ^Lnff'^u " cvangeiistic ^o^ties anS move- ments, whose claims he ca^ upon public plat- forms to urge, and preached in severall of the city pulpits, and many are now to-day telline of the power of that public ministry ; but liter on his separation from Organized Christianity Be- came more complete. He was thus gathered .to Chnst, according to Matt, xviii, 20— not ta Christians, nor an ordinance, nor a doctrine, nor a truth which is sectarianism, but to Christ which is not sectarianism. 'J I l,elieved, and therefore have I spoken," he could say. He was decided in conviction and earnest in utterance. Disallowance and displacement of the Holy Ghost by human arrangements and system and by ministry he bore witness against. He saw tjiat this more than anything else is the distinc- tive failure of the Church under its responsibility to God, in this which is distinctively the dispen- sation of the Holy Ghost. So,tWoreThe took and maintained the place of separation ChL^'^'!i'"*^ Christianity,Vone gathered^S Christ, on the^ground ofthe one body, i Cor. x. and xii. and thf-W><'J»l »J V \ He wa» thui in association with believers known as Plyniouth Brethren, but who call themselves siniply Brethren, the name which the word of God gives to all Chnsiians and amongst whom practically James l, 9» «<>» " most seen. " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, but the rich fh that he is made low." •* Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith fn-m God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christy Eph. vi, f3- ''^« know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the Brethren/ I John iii, 14 All this shows unity. And who claim to represent, though in much feebleness and fail- ure, the principles of the Church of Ood as shown in Acts II. and elsewhere, and first Corinthians chapters IF, la. H. l^hil. in., 3*' an^^.o^hcr Jicriptuies. Tl.is is the great open meeting of Christianity, breaking together the " one loaf and drinking together of the one cup as gather- ed not to Christians but to Christ as centre, and as Lord. Here is room and plnce for all Chris- tians, and here is the real unity which many Christians are looking for^ in diverse and wrong directions, and where they all should be gather- ed. Eph. IV., 3. Limited this may now be practically and locally to 2 or 3 yet large enough in principle and provision for all everywhere. Though thus going on in what is called an ex- clusive and narrow path, he had heart truly large and comprehensive of all Christians. In this sense his catholicity of spirit was conspicuous. Not of so extensive learning, nor so exact and ichoUrly, nor so logical as Mr. Darby and fome other .well-known Brethren, nor free to give himsclfjo the study of the Scriptures, nor time to bTa writer as they, he was neTerlhcless a preacher of the Gospel and expositor of Scripture of extraordinary power. Brethren, attributt this not to the mail— though as man Jm im. mmmm \_ he had uncommon gifts and powers — but to the Spirit of God using the eaithen vessel *'For we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God.'* He went down into the depths of God's word, not in his own intellectuality merely— which ii always so dangerous to self and to others— and on which the judgment of death need* to be passed, but in Subjection to the Holy Sprit of God, who is Himself Interpreter as well as In- diter of the WQrd (i Cor. i., 17, to the t-nd of second chapter —truth which needs in these days of intellectuality and of homage toman's natural powers to be borrfe in mind>and realized. Of persuasive arid commanding mfluence, of kindness of dispositiH^ and courtesy and dignity of manner he was respefet:ed and acknowledged by all who knew him . As i man, he was of courtly bearing and distinguished presence. ^ Grace and forbearance usually acted, but sometimes almost to failure of governm||||^and due exercise of authority; and now Jl^ again when natural JtigftOtemper arose grace speedily assumed control and self judgment speedily ensued. " In many things we all offend." But loyalty to duty, to truth and to the Lprd really dis- tinguished hiri\ in all his relationships.^ As husband there is one who can speak of him ; but others too know something 6( the beauty of his character. As father, almost over indigent and generous, bearing burdens for his chilA-en, in his joy to have them around him and with him for his own satisfaction and as he hoped and believed for their welfar^ and their blessing. As brother among brethren he added " to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love." . He used hospitality. As a man in the world and in office, ample acknowledgment is made to his worth. He is believed to have been painstaking and de- K. i ■V ^IP m^mmmfifi^ *-*• i- 6 voted— mainttining what was due to the insti- tution he represented, but conciliatory alway». He thuH commended the interests of the Uni- yersity, and was a power on its t^ehalf and helper to its prosperity, as well as glad witness of its growth and its success. ** He was well able to direlim who is invisible." He had worked hard and long. Two brief visits of recent years to the homeland of his early manhood, for needed rest and recreation, were used aAd en joyed in fellowship with brethren, an* in nMhis- try which many over there will lovingly remem- ber where he has many friends. He was of good and robust health all through ■'W •W"' •\7 r life, and reached hit old age without any break- down. Some of the erectness of earlier yeara had indeed gone, but there was still apparently much constitutional vigor. His latest ministry is felt by those who heard it to have been of uncommon power, the three latest Sunday evening gospe^ especially. He had a hard official day on his last Saturday. He retired early from a brother's meeting on that evening, breakfasted With his family on Sun^y morning, but remained indoors } and whileUrethren were assembled (Mrs. Baynes too) at the Lord's Table, he was given eikrance into the Lord's presence. His son Dr. George, and Dr. Arthur Browne, son of an old and valued friend, had just come to his side with willing hearts, if human affection and skill could interpose to de- taThs^im here. But not to be so--it was other- wise arranged. He was at once called home. It had been his desire to die in harness, and he had got it. It had also i>een his desire to f die suddenly, and he had got that too. He had thought it would be sweet, if he was not to wait till the Lord should come, to pass away on the li> ^■'^^"v-vw^s ww^mv^^ i I :^ X' -V- himself the cornplctest condemnation as a roan in Adam of the words "of Paul •* In me that if in my flesh dwclleth no good thing." While as a man in Christ he knew his part in those other words of Paul, Eph. I, l8 to 23, and had blessedly full apprehension of what belonged to him while In tl.is world, at already saved by l^is blood, and of what shall belong to him in the Kitigdom and Glory of Christ. I Cor. ii. 9 to 12. The scriptures read at the funeral assembly were 2 Cor. v i to 10, ahd i ^or xv. 42 to 57, How blessed the knowledge and the certaintiei ^ there unfolded. There was truUasense in which he groaned, as every creature groans (Rom. viii 21 and 22, " not only they but ourselves also which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselv^ groan within ourselves waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body *'— Nevertheless, while still down here our converw- tion, rather our citizenship, our community is in heaven, whence we look for the ^aviour the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our body of humiliation that it may be fashioned like to his own glorious body, Phil iii.- 21. \ He had been waiting for 50 years in the body, thus waiting to be at home with the l\ord — and willing rather to be absent from the bpdy. But he had gone on " always coivfident," always of good courage in face of the fully realized antagonism of the world, the flesh and th^ adver- sary (let this be thus repeated), notwithstanding trials, troubles, sorrow^, disappointments,)osses, failure in self, in family and in the Church of God,of good courage always, counting upoil God as the all-sufficient One ; waiting th^Lord*s\pwn tiro? peradventure He should tarry till He should call hiro to Himself, for «* where I am there shalll my servant be ;" an4 thus to be delivered M. T. Job xxviii.-i2 to 28. Prov. iii.-i3 to ao. pRov. viii-92 to 36. 1st. Cor. i.-i8 to 24. \ \ And is it so— I shall be like Thy Son? Is this the grate which He for me has won? Father of Glory, (thpught beyond all thought I) In glory^ to His own blest likeness brought 1 OH, Jesus, Lord, who loved me like to Thee ? Fruit of Thy work, with thee, too, there to see Thy glory Lord, while endless ages roll, Myself the prize and travail of Thy soul. Yet, it must be : thy love had not its rest Were Thy redeeemed not with Thee fully blest. That love that gives, not as the world, ^ut shares All it possesses with its loved co-heirs. Nor I alone ; Thy loved ones all complete In glory, round Thee there with joy shall meet, All like Thee, for Thy glory like Thee, Lord, Object supreme of all, by all adored. (This was the last hymn the writer remembers Mr. B. to have given out.) WILLIAM CRAIG BAYNES, DBPARTBD TO BE WfTH TH« LORD OCTOBER 9TH, 1887, AGED 70 YEARS. 'WilHn|r rather to be absent from the body/' itfaJ^^^iike V '^'-^ . r \ \. K: H * \- '* • at' J^; 't^i& , ,>p''i /.» ► " *■■ • «• ''*. ''•*-. c 'k ft. ■A "•• "s if ■"• ,.^ 1 f '* i;*/ » •• \ ^.- ta:. V ^- *t < -* t T* t. ' i-. '*% ...? / ■ i »v %^ // v.es:-y'