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scientific principles : next was the erection of the valuable parish 

 clock, followed by many other important improvements, which have 

 been carried out either by his personal exertions or through his in- 

 fluence. Nor should we omit, amidst his material works at Upton 

 Scudamore, the building of the rectory and its admirable library 

 adjoining. 



To pass from the substantial tokens of his energy to the intellect 

 which originated them, Dr. Baron has always been a prominent 

 figure amongst the clergy : his exhaustive reading and his great 

 ability could not fail to make him especially valuable in clerical 

 meetings, whilst his uniform courtesy and gentleness of manner won 

 for him the respect and affection of all his brethren. Moreover, he 

 has done good service to the Church by the various works he has 

 published, amongst which may be mentioned " Johnson's English 

 Canons,''' translated from the Anglo-Saxon, published in 1858, of 

 which he was the editor. In 1858 he published his famous work 

 on " Scudamore Organs, or Practical Hints respecting Organs for 

 Village Churches/' and which reached a second edition in 1 862. 

 To this work he devoted much time and attention, in the endeavour 

 to supply a greatly-felt need in enabling poor parishes to procure 

 for themselves at moderate cost a sufficiently good organ. And 

 that in this he met with much success is well known. Specimens 

 of these organs may be seen in some of the Churches in our neigh- 

 bourhood. In 1869 Dr. Baron published "The Anglo-Saxon Wit- 

 ness on four alleged Requisites for Holy Communion, viz., Fasting, 

 Water, Altar Lights, and Incense " ; and within the last few months 

 a work on the Greek origin of the Apostles' Creed, which had 

 formed the subject of a paper read some time ago at a clerical 

 meeting, and was afterwards enlarged and issued as stated above in 

 book form, A perusal of this work, the preparation of which, for 

 the press, occupied his attention even in his failing health, shews 

 indirectly his sympathy with the Greek Church, with whose worship 

 and language he had made himself intimately acquainted. 



To our own Magazine he has contributed many valuable papers. 

 In 1877, " On a leaden < Bulla/ found at Warminster." 1 In 1878, 



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