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Charles W. Baird and his brother Henry M. Baird were the two preeminent American Huguenot historians. Charles' book is called "Eutaxia or the Presbyterian Liturgies," 1855. A revised edition, under the title "A Chapter on Liturgies," was published in London, in 1856, by the Rev. Thomas Binney. Charles also published "A Book of Public Prayer," compiled from the Authorized Formularies of the Presbyterian Church, as prepared by Calvin, Knox, Bucer and others, 1857. I found the book for sale at Abebooks.com under the title "Chapter on Liturgies" for $200. Quote:
Charles W. Baird: Eutaxia and liturgy
Presbyterian Heritage article by James H. Smylie
3/7/05
Presbyterian clergyman and professor, Charles W. Baird, shook up Presbyterian worshippers just 150 years ago with his historical study, Eutaxia ("good order"), in which he investigated Calvinist liturgical inheritance.
American colonial Presbyterians, highly suspicious of Roman Catholic and Anglican practices, were, on the whole, "low church" in their worship. The First and Second Great Awakenings" with their emphasis on preaching, reading the Scriptures, Psalm singing and long, pastoral prayers"influenced them. When Presbyterians organized a General Assembly in the 1780s, they considered and adopted a Directory for the Worship of God (1788). At that time they considered discretionary prayers, but eliminated them for a book of directions only.
Charles Baird and his family lived under this Directory in the early years of the nineteenth century. Baird was Princeton born. His father, Robert, was a Presbyterian minister. Robert, with his French spouse and family, spent much time in Europe, living in Paris and Geneva and visiting other places. The senior Baird promoted a revival of religion among Europeans. Son Charles studied at Union Theological Seminary (N.Y.) and at New York University, where he was recognized as a brilliant student. After brief service as chaplain at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, he returned to America and finally settled down as pastor in Rye, N.Y. During this time he published a history of the Huguenots, with whom he had been acquainted in Europe. He gave faces to those from the old world who had immigrated to this country. With this background he was able to help Presbyterians appreciate the richness of their heritage.
Source: The Presbyterian Outlook
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