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
External links The Baird Trust website with text of all the lectures as searchable .pdf files.