PRINCIPAL RAINY DEAD.

Evening Star, Issue 13003, 24 December 1906, Page 1

PRINCIPAL RAINY DEAD.

A Melbourne cable reports tho deaiii < f the Rev. I>r Ramy, aged ejgh±y-yeae'. Titrev, gentleman never rallied after his ;irrival in Melbonrno by the a*. Geclonp .i couplo of weeks ago, and paseedjpcaseiuily away.

[The Bev. Pioberfc Barny, D-D-, principal of tho New Collece, EtDnlmij; (United Free Church of Scotland), in 18'. - and has for very marry years been thf- : oognised ohiof statesman of his Chu:' He was born on January 2, 1825, am] v. , tho eldest son of Dr Harry Rainy, pre; . sor of forensic medicine in the Univ.-n of Glasgow. In 1857 he marrird MSusan Holland, only child of. Mr Adazn IN.! land, of Gask- Be was educated at '. - Glasgow High Sdiool aid TJnzsecs&j- n. i the New College, Edinburgh. He w.i.juinisfeer of the Fx»eo Churchy ifomk;.. Aberdeenshire, from 16S1 to 1854, a;id • i the Free High Church, Edinburgh. i>" ■ < 1854 to 1862. From 1562 to 1900 Ik- !-. 1 tho high and distinguished office of ]•: ■ ; ■ sot of Church history. He was Jfod. i..;<;;of tl>e Froo Church Assembly for 1887. .in! of tho United Free Church Assembly in 1900. Ho was author of, among other *pnl>. licatkms, ' Life* of Principal CgnnPignam ' (1871), 'Delivery and Development i>i Christian Doctrine'' (the Cunningham letr tare for 1874), 'Tho BiWs and Criticisiii' fl878), ' The Epistio to &>e Pbaippvm,' (1892), 'The Ancient Catholic Cirtrreit" (1900), and various pamphlets and artjfi-v. On th« occasion of tho anion of the Fr<*>. Church and the United Presbyter iaii Church Piiocipal Bainy made a great speech of fobr boors' dnratiaa, showing vi maaterly grasp of the subject and practically carrying the nrnon. His yonnprcsr. daughter married Principal Andrew Har peri of St. Andrew/s College, Sydney.]