The Baird Lecture

The Baird Lecture is a lectureship that was endowed by James Baird to promote the Christian religion.

History and endowment
In 1873 James Baird established The Baird Trust and gave into its care £500,000 to be used for aggressive Christian work. A part of the income of this fund was to provide for a series of lectures in Glasgow and also, if required, at one other of the Scottish university towns. Each course was to be delivered by a minister of the Church of Scotland, who could be reappointed, and was to consist of at least six lectures.

Catalogue of titles

 * 1873: The Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, by Robert Jamieson
 * 1874: The Mysteries of Christianity, by Thomas Jackson Crawford
 * 1875: Endowed Territorial Work, by William Smith
 * 1876: Theism, by Robert Flint
 * 1877: Anti-Theistic Theories, by Robert Flint
 * 1879: Messianic Prophecy, by Paton James Gloag
 * 1880: Historical Development of Supernatural Religion, by John Christie
 * 1881: Natural Elements of Revealed Theology, by George Matheson
 * 1882: The Westminster Assembly, by Alexander Ferrier Mitchell
 * 1883: St Paul’s Use of the Terms Flesh and Spirit, by Prof Wm Dickson
 * 1885: The Revelation of St John, by Prof William Milligan
 * 1887: The Church of Christ, by Prof Archibald Hamilton Charteris
 * 1889: Early Religion of Israel, by Prof J Robertson
 * 1891: The Ascension and Heavenly Priesthood of our Lord, by Prof Wm Milligan
 * 1892: Sacrifice: Its Prophecy and Fulfilment, by Archibald Scott
 * 1895: The Scottish Church in Christendom, by Prof H Cowan
 * 1897: Apostolic ministry in the Scottish Church, by Prof Robert Herbert Story
 * 1899: The Scottish Reformation, by Alexander Ferrier Mitchell
 * 1901: The Church and its Social Mission, by Very Rev J Marshall Lang
 * 1903: The Ministry and Sacraments of the Church of Scotland, by Very Revd Donald Macleod
 * 1905: The Rule of Faith, by Prof W P Paterson
 * 1907: The Four Gospels in the Earliest Church History, by Prof Thomas Nicol
 * 1909: Modern Substitutes for Christianity, by Very Rev Pearson McAdam Muir
 * 1911: New Testament Criticism: Its History and Results, by Revd J A McClymont
 * 1913: Christian Freedom, by Prof W M McGregor
 * 1915: The Apostles of India, by Revd James Nicoll Ogilvie
 * 1917: The Idea of Immortality, by Prof G Galloway
 * 1920: The Christian Vindication of Patriotism, by Robert Stevenson
 * 1922: Jeremiah, by Prof George Adam Smith
 * 1924: Religious Experience, by R H Fisher
 * 1926: Music in Church Worship, by G W Stewart
 * 1928: The Idealism of Christian Ethics, by G Walker
 * 1929: The New Testament and its Transmission, by Prof George Milligan
 * 1932: The Riddle of the World, by Prof David S Cairns
 * 1934: Post Exilic Judaism, by Prof Adam Welch
 * 1935: Parish and Parish Church, by Revd P D Thomson
 * 1942: Youth in the new Order, by W M Wightman
 * 1946: New Forms of the Old Faith, by Revd James Black
 * 1947: The Chaplains in the Church of Scotland, by Revd T B Stewart Thomson
 * 1949: The Epistle to the Hebrews, by Prof Wm Manson
 * 1950: Church and Ministry, by Prof G. D. Henderson
 * 1955: A History of Worship in the Church of Scotland, by Revd W D Maxwell
 * 1960: Christian Faith and the Providential Order, by Rev Archibald Campbell Craig
 * 1965: History and Duties of the Office of Elder, by Rev G M Dryburgh
 * 1971: Ethics in a Permissive Society, by Prof Wm Barclay
 * 1975: Message, Media, Mission, by Revd R F Falconer
 * 1978: Saltire and Thistle, by Revd J.BP Bulloch
 * 1985: Kirk by Divine Right, by Very Rev Andrew Herron
 * 1990: Music’s Magic Lost: Can it be regained?, by Revd Ian Mackenzie
 * 2004: Netting Citizens, by Rev. Johnston McKay
 * 2007: Celebrating 150 years of Scottish Scholarship
 * 2009:  What should they know of preaching who only preaching know? by Very Revd Dr Andrew McLellan