On the occurrence of a malignant fever, in one of the eastern dales of Yorkshire, while he resided in that district, he left his own home for several weeks, to nurse some of his neighbours who had
become affected with the disease, devoting his whole time to the sick, while dread of infection rendered it difficult for him to obtain assistance in this office of mercy.
After his removal into the neighbourhood of York, and at a time when many persons were returning past his premises from a contested Election, and some of them so much intoxicated as to be incapable of taking care of themselves; fearing lest any severe accident should befall them while in this condition, he took several of them from the highway, and lodged them in one of his outhouses, dismissing them on the following morning with suitable but kind admonition. And when numbers of the Irish poor were driven from their own country by famine, and wandered about in this land “for lack of bread,” he sheltered many of them in his out-buildings and ministered to their necessities.
George Baker occupied the station of Elder for many years, exercising a fatherly care in the church, and extending counsel or encouragement, as he saw occasion, with a simplicity and godly sincerity which gave him great place amongst his friends. He was often applied to by his
neighbours for counsel, and as a peace-maker; and in serving them was remarkable for his patience, self-denial, and success. In his latter years, his powers both of body and mind failed greatly, in consequence of an accident which he met with, while in the pursuit of his occupation as a farmer; but having “worked while it was day,” he was preserved through a period which might be spoken of as “a night, in which no man could work;” so that love, that badge of discipleship with Christ, shone brightly in his last moments, as from under the margin of a dark cloud, and a solemn feeling of peace with God, through Jesus Christ, pervaded his dying hours.
Elizabeth G. Barclay, Walthamstow. Daughter of Joseph G. Barclay. 2 8mo. 31 1849
Robert Barker, Cheadle, Manchester. 62 9mo. 28 1850
Thomas Baynes, Bainbridge, Yorkshire. 70 5mo. 14 1850
Thomas Beakbane, Liverpool. 50 4mo. 14 1850
Rachel Beeby, Allonby. 65 12mo. 15 1849