The Evangelical Association 1
The Evangelical Association. 1. Origin Of The Evangelical Association. This Is An Ecclesiastical Body Which Took Its Rise In Eastern Pennsylvania, At The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century, Under The Labors Of That Godly Man, Jacob Albright. Albright Was Of German Descent, And Was Born Near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa„ ...
The Lutheran Doctrine Of
The Lutheran Doctrine Of The Lord's Supper. The Confessional Statement Of It Is: The True Body And Blood Of Christ Are Truly Present In The Sacrament Under The Forms Of Hread And Wine, And Are There Distributed And Received." This Is Best Understood When Approached Through A Recollection Of The ...
The Methodist Protestant Church
The Methodist Protestant Church. 1. Origin. In Int Mr. Wesley Sent Mr. As Bury To America, And Later Made Him His "gen Eral Assistant" And Placed Him In Charge Of The Preachers And Methodist Societies In America. Shortly After The Revolutionary War, Mr. As Bury Wrote Mr. Wesley Urging Him ...
The United Evangelcal Church
The United Evangelcal Church. Earnest Differences Of Opinion In The Evangelical Association Concerning The Powers Of The General Conference And Of The Episcopacy, More Especially The Latter, Resulted In A Division Of That Body, And The Organization Of The United Evangelical Church In The Fall Of T894. These Differences Existed ...
Thebes
Thebes (thebz), Is A Name Borne By Two Of The Most Celebrated Cities In The Ancient World, Thebes In I3ceotia, And Thebes In Egypt. Of The Latter It Is That We Have Here To Speak In Brief, Referring Those Who Wish For Detailed In Formation To The Works Of Wilkinson, ...
Theocracy
Theocracy ( ), ( Gr. Oeokparla, Theh-ok-rat-ee'ah, Rule Of God). Josephus Coined The Word Theocracy To Describe The Government Instituted At Sinai. He Says: "our Legislator . . . Ordered Our Government To Be What I May Call By A Strained Expression A Theocracy, Attributing The Power And The Authority ...
Thessalonica
Thessalonica (gr. Oecrcra Novbcn, Thes-sal-on-ee'kay), Now Called Saloniki, Is Still A City Of About A Hundred Thousand Inhab Itants, Situated On The Present Gulf Of Saloniki, Which Was Formerly Called Sinus Thermaicus, At The Mouth Of The River Echedorus. It Was The Residence Of A Prwscs, The Principal City Of ...
Thieves
Thieves (thys), (is. I:23; Luke Xxii:52; Mark Xv:27; Matt. Xxvii:38, 44). See Theft; Thief. Thigh (thi), (heb. 1::,yaw-rake'; Gr. Wp6s, May-ros'), The Part Of The Human Body Between The Knee And The Trunk. It Occurs In Gen. Xxxii :25, 31, 32; Judg. 16, 21; Ps. Xlv :3; Cant. Iii :8. ...
Thomas
Thomas (tom'as), (gr. Owiaas, Twin), The Word Is Equivalent To Did Y-mus, Twin. This Name Occurs Also On Phoenician Inscriptions. (1) Nationality. The Apostle Thomas (matt. X:3; Mark Iii:t8; Luke Vi:15; Acts I:13) Has Been Considered A Native Of Galilee Like Most Of The Other Apostles (john Xxi :2) ; ...
Thrashing Or Threshing
Thrashing Or Threshing (thrashing). For A Literal Treatment Of This Subject, See Thrash Ing Floor; Agriculture. Figurative. (i) To Harass, Destroy (hab. I2; Amos I :3). (2) Babylon Is Represented As A Threshing, Or As The Corn Of The Floor, To Denote The Sudden And Terrible Nature Of God's Judgments ...
Throne
Throne (thron), The Hebrew Word Kis Say', Is Generally Thought To Have For Its Root Meaning The Idea Of Covering; Hence It Denotes A Covered Seat Or Throne, Occupied By A Judge (ps. Cxxii:5), A Priest (i Sam. I:9), Or A Chief (jer. I:15). Whatever The Original Import Of The ...
Thunder
Thunder (thiln'cler), (heb. Rah'am, A Peal; Sept. Bpovril, Broit-lay', Thunder, Also 57, Kole, And Oovh,foh-nat, A Sound). This Sublimest Of All The Extraordinary Phenomena Of Nature Is Fioeii Cally Represented As The Voice Of God, Which The Waters Obeyed At The Creation (ps. Civ:7; Comp. Gen. I:9). For Other Instances ...
Thyme Wood
Thyme Wood (thi'fn Wood), (gr. E6xop 06dov, Xu'lon Thoo'ee-non, Fragrant Wood), Is Mentioned As One Of The Articles Of Merchandise Which Would Cease To Be Purchased In Consequence Of The Fall Of Babylon (rev. Xviii:12). This Wood Was In Considerable Demand By The Romans, Being Much Employed By Them In ...
Tiberius
Tiberius (gr. Tlimptos, Nertaining To The Tiber), The Third Emperor Of Rome. He Is Mentioned By Name Only By St. Luke, Who Fixes In The Fifth Year Of His Reign The Com Mencement Of The Ministry Of John The Baptist, And Of Christ (luke The Other Passages In Which He ...
Tidhar
Tidhar (tid-har'), (heb. 717, Tid-hawr')i? Twice Mentioned In Scripture (is. Xli:iq, And Ix:t3), In Both Of Which Places It Is Enumerated Along With The Berosh And Teashur, Or Cypress And Box Tree, And Is Translated Pine Tree In The Authorized Ver Sion. But It Has Been Variously Interpreted, And Even ...
Tigris
Tigris (ti'gris), (hcb. Kel). One Of The Four Rivers Of Paradise, Twice Men Tioned In•scripture, Under The Name Of Hiddekei. (gen. Ii:t4; Dan. X :4)• In Aramaean It Is Called Pigla, In Arabic Diglat, In Zend Teger, In Pehlvi Tegera, 'stream Whence Have Arisen Both The Aramnan And Arabic Forms, ...
Timothy
Timothy (tim'o-thn (gr. Trihmeor, Tim-oth' Eh-os, Honoring God), A Young Christian Of Derbe, Grandson Of Lois, And Son Of Eunice, A Jewess, By A Greek Father, Who Was Probably A Proselyte (acts Xvi:i; Xx:4). He Seems To Have Been Brought Up With Great Care In His Family, And To Have ...
Tinkling
Tinkling, See Bell; Dress. Tinshemeth (tin-she'meth), (heb. M1=121, Tan-sheh'melh, Swan, Lev. Xi:18; Deut. Xiv:i6). There Is Good Reason To Believe That This Is Not The True Meaning Of The Word Thus Rendered In Our Common Version, For The Swan Is Not A Bird Which, In Migrating To The South, Even ...
Tithes Tithe
Tithe, Tithes (tith, Tithes), (heb. Inah-as-ayr', A Tenth, Lev. Xxvii:3o, 31, 32, Etc.; Sept. Sekarn, Dek-at'ay, A Tenth, A Part; Vulg, De The Hebrew Term Is Plainly Derived From The Word Signifying 'ten,' Which Also Means 'to Be Rich ;' Hence Ten Is The Rich Number, Because In Cluding All ...
Titus
Titus (tnus), (gr. Ttrus, Tee'tos, Titus), A Chris Tian Teacher And Companion And Fellow Laborer Of St. Paul. (1) Conversion. He Was Of Greek Origin, Hut Was Converted By The Apostle, Who Therefore Calls Him His Own Son In The Faith (gal. Ii :3; Tit. I :4)• He Was One ...
Tongue
Tongue (tling), (heb. Law-shone' ; Sept. 7xikaa, Gloce'sah, Tongue; 04/vc Foh-nay', Voice; Vulg. Lingua, Os). 1. Literal Uses. 'every One That Lapped' The Water With His Tongue, As A Dog Lapped{ (judg. Vii :5 ; Job Xxvii :4 ; Ps. Xxxv :28 ; Xxxix :1, 3; 11: 14; Lxvi :17 ...
Towns
Towns. We Use The Term In Its General Sig Nification, So As To Embrace Any Assemblage Of Inhabited Human Dwellings Of Larger Size Than A Hamlet Or A Village, The Only Way In Which We Can Speak With Correctness And Advantage. Towns Are A Natural Result Of The Aggregative Principle ...
Transfiguration
Transfiguration (trans-fig-ii-ra'shim). One Of The Most Wonderful Incidents In The Life Of Our Savior Upon Earth, And One So Instructive That We Can Never Exhaust Its Lessons, Is The Transfiguration (matt. Xvii :2; Mark Ix:2; Luke Ix:2g). The Apostle Peter, Towards The Close Of His Life, In Running His Mind ...
Tribute
Tribute (tribqn), (heb. Eras, From Ntasas, 'to Melt' Or 'liquify; Gr. Ib 6p O S , For' Os, A Tax), A Tax Which One Prince Or State Agrees, Or Is Compelled To Pay To Another, As The Purchase Of Peace, Or In Token Of Dependence. (1) Capitation Tax. The Hebrews ...
Trinity
Trinity (trrn't-ty(), The Union Of Three In One; Generally Applied To The Ineffable Mystery Of Three Persons In One God, Father, Son, And Holy Spirit. This Doctrine Is Rejected By Many Because It Is Incomprehensible; But, If Distinct Personality, Agency, And Divine Perfections, Be In Scripture Ascribed To The Father, ...
Tychicus
Tychicus (tpc'i-kiis), (gr. Tvxik6s, Too-khee Kos', Fateful), Is The Name Of An Assistant And Com Panion Of The Apostle Paul. He Accompanied Paul On His Third Missionary Journey (acts Xx :4), And Was, At A Later Period, The Bearer Of Paul's Letter From Rome To The Colossians. He Was With ...
Tyrannus
Tyrannus (ty-ran'nusl. (gr. T4pavvos,too'ran Nos,sovereign),a Sophist Or Rhetorician Of Ephesus, Who Kept One Of Those Schools Of Philosophy And Eloquence So Common At That Period. St. Paul Preached For Two Years Daily In His School After Quitting The Synagogue (acts Xix: 9). This Proves That The School Was Greek, Not ...
Tzeri
Tzeri (ze'ri), (heb. "14, Iser-ee'), Translated Balm, Occurs In Gen. Xxxvii:25; Xliii:ii; And In Both Passages Is Mentioned Along With Lot And Necoth, With The Addition In The Second Of Botnirn And Shekadint. In Gen. Xliii :11, Jacob Thus Addresses His Sons: 'take Of The Best Fruits In The Land ...
Uncleanness Unclean
Unclean, Uncleanness Un Klen'nes), (heb. Taw- May' , To Be Foul; Rild-daw', Rejection, Lev. Xx :2i ; Ezra Ix:1i; Er-vaw', Nudity, Deut. Xxiii:14; Zech. Xiii:i; Kaw-dashe', Consecrated, Job Xxxvi-14; Reh', Accidental Disqualification, Deut. Xxiii:io; Gr. Dtcdeapros, Ak-tah'ar-tos ; P.larri.t6s, Mee-as-mos', Contamination). (1) Animals. (1) All Animals Strangled, Or Dead Of ...
Unwritten Sayings
Unwritten Sayings, Commonly Called Agrapha (gr. Itypaoos, Ag'ra(-os, Unwritten), A Term Which Refers To The Sayings Of Christ Not Mentioned In The Four Gospels. Of These, Of Course, There Are Many, As John Tells Us (xxi :25). Rhose Sayings Which Have Come Down To Us Are Found : (i) In ...
Upper Boom
Upper Boom (iip'per Room), Al Ee-yaw', Lofty)(2 Kings I:2; Chron. Xxviii: It; 2 Chron. Ui:9), A Room In The Upper Part Of The House, Used To Receive Company, Hold Feasts, To Re Tire For Meditation And Prayer ( Mark Xiv.15; Luke Xxii:12). Ur (flr), (heb. 118, Oor, Light). 1. Ur ...
Urijah
Urijah (u-ri'jah), (heb. Same As Uriah). 1. A Prophet, Son Of Shemaiah Of Kirjath Jearim In Judah, Who, In The Time Of Jehoiakim, Ut Tered Prophecies Against Judwa And Jerusalem Of The Same Tenor As Those Which Jeremiah Was Com Missioned To Deliver. Menaced With Death By The King, Urijah ...
Urim And Thummim
Urim And Thummim (5-rim And Ihile Mim), (heb. Haw-oo-reem', Lights ; Heb. Veh-hat-toont-meene, Perfections), Doctrine And Truth; Vulg., Doctrina Ct Reritas). (1) Meaning Of The Words. Hebrew Scholars Agree That These Words Are In The Plural And Mean As Above, Lights And Perfections. There Are Two Principal Opinions Respecting The ...
Uthai
Uthai (a-tha-i), (heb. Oo-thah' Ee, Jeho Vah Succors). 1. The Son Of Ammihud, Of The Children Of Pharez, Son Of Judah (1 Chron. Ix:4). In Neh. Xi:4 He Is Called Athaiah, The Son Of Uzziah. (b. C. 536.) 2. Son Of Bigvai, Who Returned With Ezra From Captivity (ezra Viii:14), ...
Uzzia
Uzzia. (uz-zra), ( Heb. Ooz-zee-yawl, Called An Ashterathite, One Of David's Mighty Men (i Chron. Xi:44), B. C. Uzziah (heb. Ooz-zee-yaw% Strength Of Jehovah). 1. A Man Also Called Azariaii, A King Of Judah Who Began To Reign B. C. 8o9, At The Age Of Sixteen, And Reigned Fifty-three Years, ...
Valley
Valley (valli), Is Used To Translate Five Dis Tinct Hebrew Words. 1. (heb. Ay'mek, To Be Deep). This Ap Proaches More Nearly To The General Sense Of The English Word Than Any Other. It Is Connected With Valley Of Jezreel (josh. Xvii :16; Judg. Vi : 33 ; Hos. I ...
Vatican
Vatican (vat't-kan), (lat. Vaticanus). This Term Denotes The Magnificent Assemblage Of Build Ings On The Mons Raticonns, Or The Vatican Hill, At The Extreme Northwestern Part Of The City Of Rome. It Is Often Used To Indicate The Authority Of The Roman Catholic Church. The Grounds Of The Supremacy Of ...
Versions Of The Scriptures
Versions Of The Scriptures Shuns Ov Skrip'ttirs), A General Name For Transla Tions Of The Scriptures Into Other Languages Than The Original. Versions Are Immediate Or Mediate, According As They Are Made Directly From The Original Text Or Through The Medium Of Other Translations. Four Ancient Immediate Versions Of The ...
Village
Village (vil'iaj), A Collection Of Houses, Smaller Than A Town Or City. " Village " In The A. V., Is The Rendering Of Several Hebrew And Greek Words. 1. Kaw-pwr' (heb. Cri, Protected, 1 Chron. Xxvii:25; Cant. Vii:t I) Is The Proper Hebrew Term For Village. It Appears Also In ...
Vophsi
Vophsi (voph'si), (heb. Vof-see', Addi Tional), Father Of The Nahbi Who Represented The Tribe Of Naphtali In The Exploration Of Canaan (num. Xiii:i4), B. C. Before Vow (you), (heb. Naw'dar, Promise), Is Represented By A Hebrew Word Which Signifies To ' Promise,' And May Therefore Be Defined As A Religious ...
Vulgate
Vulgate (vill'gat), (vulgata ; Gr. Mull, Roy Nap'), The Name Generally Given To The Latin Trans Lation Of The Bible Used In The Western Church. (1) Old Latin Translations. There Have Been Latin Translations Of The Bible From The First Ages Of The Christian Church. Of These Augustine Ob Serves ...
Wages
Wages (wa'jez). 1. Usually Some Form Of Heb. (saw-kar', Gen. Xxxi:8; Exod. Ii:o; Ezek. Xxix:18, 19); Else Where "hire," "reward," Etc... 2. Illas-koh'reth (heb. Gen. Xxix:15; Xxxi:41; Ruth 11:12, "reward"). 3. Peh-ool-law' (heb. Lev. Xix:13; Ps. Cix :20, "reward"). 4. Two Greek Words Are Thus Rendered: Ails Thos' (µcoe6s, John ...
Wagon
Wagon (wagqin), (heb. Ag-aw-law', That Which Rolls Or Turns Round, Gen. Xiv:19, 21, 27; Xlvi:5; Num. Vii:3, 6-8; Reh'keb, Ezek. Xxiii:24, Elsewhere "chariot"). See Cart; Chariots. Wail (wal). See Mourning, Walk (wak). Walk Is Often Used In Scripture For Conduct In Life, General Demeanor And Deport Ment, And Denotes Deliberation, ...
Washing Of Feet
Washing Of Feet (wi.ish'ing By Fet), The Custom Of Washing The Feet, Held In Ancient Times, A Place Among The Duties Of Hospitality, Being Re Garded As A Mark Of Respect To The Guest, And A Token Of Humble And Affectionate Attention On The Part Of The Entertainer. It Had ...
Watch 1
Watch. 1. (heb. Shaw-mar'), Denot Ing 'to Cut Into,' Thence 'to Impress On The Mind,' 'to Observe,' To Watch ;' The Original Meaning Of Which Is 'to Look Out,' Thence 'to Watch ;' As In English 'to Keep A Look Out' Is A Nautical Phrase For 'to Watch.' Watching Must ...
Water Of Jealousy
Jealousy, Water Of) ; To Make An Atone Ment For A Nazarite Who Had Accidentally Con Tracted Uncleanness (vi:13) ; (23) To Offer His Offering When The Days Of His Separation Were Fulfilled (verses 14, 16) ; (24) To Blow With The Silver Trumpets On All Occasions Appointed (vi: 13-t7), ...
Weasel
Weasel (we'z'1),.(heb. Kho'led). The Viverrida And Mustelida Appear, Both An Ciently And Among Ourselves, Collected Into A Kind Of Group, Under An Impression That They Belong To The Feline Family ; Hence We, Like The Ancients, Still Use The Words Civet Cat, Tree Cat, Polecat, Etc.; And, In Reality, A ...
Weaving
Weaving (wev'ing) Is Too Necessary An Art Not To Have Existed In The Early Periods Of The World. It Appears, Indeed, To Have In Ali Nations Come Into Existence With The First Dawnings Of Civiliza Tion. The Egyptians Had, As Might Be Expected, Already Made Considerable Progress Therein When The ...
Weight
Weight (teat), Among The Terms Employed In The Original Scriptures Are The Following: 1. Eh'ben (heb. I), A Stone, A Weight Of A Bal Ance. The Orientals Often Made Use Of Stones For Weights (lev. Xix:36; Dem. Xxv:15; Etc.). 2. J1fish-kawr (heb. Weighing, Ezra Viii:34). It Is Used For The ...
Well
Well. The Rendering Of The Following Hebrew And Greek Words: 1. Be-ayr' (heb; A Pit), Something Dug, And Having The Meaning Of The English Word Cistern (gen. Xvi:t4; Xxi:to, Sq.; Xxvi:19, Sq.; 2 Sam. Xvii: 18, Etc.). 2. Mak-yawn' (heb. A Fountain, As In Ps. Lxxxiv :6. 3. Ah' Yin ...
Wheat
Wheat (hwet), (heb. Khit-tawh'), Occurs In Various Passages Of Scripture, As Enumerated By Celsius (gen. Xxx:14; Exod. Ix:32; Xxxiv:22; Deut. Viii:8; Judg. Vi:z I; Xv:t ; Ruth. N:23; I Sam. Vi:13; Xii:17; Xvii:28; I Kings V:ii; I Chron. Xxi:2o, 23; 2 Chron. Ii:t 5; Xxvii:5; Job Xxxi:4o; Ps. Lxxxi:16; Cxlvii:14; ...
Widow
Widow (heb. Al-maw-naw', Bereaved; Gr. Xhpa, Khay'rah, Deficient, As Of A Husband). (1) Ancient And Mosaic Regulations. More Than Two Hundred Years Before The Giving Of The Law,a Widow Whose Husband Had Left Her Childless Married His Younger Unmarried Brother, To Obtain Children To Heir The Property Or Name Of ...
Willows
Willows (w1l'ita),(heb.m‘zr, Aw-raw-beene, Only In Plural). This Is Undoubtedly The Correct Rendering Of The Above Hebrew Term, As Is Proved By The Old Versions And The Kindred Arabic Gharab (lev. Xxiii :4o ; Job Xl :22 ; Is. Xliv :4 ; Ps. Cxxxvii :2 ; Is. Xv:7). The Willow Is ...
Winds
Winds (winds). The Hebrew Word Signifies Air In Motion Generally, As Breath, Wind, Etc. The Hebrews Speak Only Of Four Winds; And So Jo Sephus (antiq. Viii. 3, 5). This Phrase Is Equiva Lent To The Four Quarters Of The World (ezek. Xxxvii:g; 2 Esdras Xiii :5), The Several Points ...
Wine Press
Wine Press (heb. Gath, An Upper Vat ; Heb. Yeh'keb, Trough; Heb. Fioo-raw', Crushing). An Excavation (probably Rectangular) Was Made In The Rock, Or Was Formed In The Ground And Lined With Mason Work, In Which To Crush The Grapes. This Was The Press And Another Cavity, Arranged To Catch ...
Wing
Wing ( Heb. Generally Kaw-nawf', Ex Tremity; Gr. Rrepti, Kr'oo.r, Feather). Hence, Those Feathery Members Of Fowls, Where With They Fly In The Air (job Xxxix :13). The He Brews Gave The Name Of A "wing" To Anything That Resembled It, As : (1) The Skirt Of A Garment (ruth ...
Wisdom
Wisdom. This Word Is Given As Follows In The Hebrew And Greek Languages: 1. Khok-maw (heb. Has The Special Meaning Of Dexterity, Skill In An Art. 2. Bee-naw' (heb. 3. Too-shee-yaw' (heb. Properly Up Rightness. 4. Saw-kal' (heb. To Be Prudent, Sfiect (g R. Crook, Sof-ee'ah And Op6pnals, Fron 'ay-sis). ...
Wisdom Of Solomon
Wisdom Of Solomon (wiz'dilm Ov Sol'o Mon), (gr. L'oola Xallo,a6vros, Sof-ee'a Sal-oh-mon'tos, Apocrypha), Is The Name Of One Of The Deutero Canonical Books. (1) The Author. The Anonymous Author Per Sonates King Solomon, Whom He Introduces As Speaking ; But From The Citations (according To The Septuagint) Of The Prophets ...
Witch
Witch (wich), (heb. Kaw-shaf, Deut. Xviii:to), Wizard, Sorcerer. See Witchcraft. Witchcraft (wich'kraft), (heb. Keh' Sem, Lot; Yid-deh-o-nee', A Knowing One). The Term Occurs In 2 Kings Ix :22; Is. Xlvii :9, 12 ; Mic. V :12; Nahum Iii :4. In The Apocrypha 'witchcraft,' Sorcery ;' Veneficium, Wisd. Xii :4; Xviii ...
Witness
Witness (wit'n'ess), (heb. Ayd, To Tes Tify). It Is Intended In The Present Article To Notice Some Of The Leading And Peculiar Senses Of This Voluminous Word. (i) It Occurs First In The Sense Of A Person Who Deposes To The Occurrence Of Any Fact, A Witness Of Any Event. ...
Witness Of The Spirit
Witness Of The Spirit. The Holy Spirit Was Promised To The Disciples As "the Comforter," Which Is More Fully Ex Plained By St. Paul By The Phrase "the Spirit Of Adoption ; So That It Is Through Him That We Re Ceive A Direct Inward Testimony To Our Personal Forgiveness ...
Woe Worth
Woe Worth (wo Worth), (heb. Haw), An Expression Of Despair, (ezek. Xxx:2), Equivalent Tt: "woe He," I.e., To The Day Of Which The Prophet Speaks. Worth, From The Anglo-saxon, Means "to Be" Or "become," Like Wereien In German. Wolf (wqlf), (heh. Zeh-abe' ; Arab. Reels; Coptic, Ounch), A Fierce Carnivorous ...
Woman
Woman (wbbm'an), (heb. Ish-shaw'), Is The Feminine Of Ish, As Among The Ancient Ro Mans Vira (found Still In Virago) From Vir; Like Our Own Term Woman, The Hebrew Is Used Of Mar Ried And Unmarried Females. The Derivation Of The Word Thus Shows That Ac Cording To The Conception ...
Writing
Writing (rit'ing), (heb. Kaw-thab', To Saw-far', To Inscribe; Characters In Writing; Gr...ypdcpco,graf'o, To Grave). After The Gift Of Language (which Was Indis Pensable To Rational Creatures), It Would Seem That Writing Was The Most Highly Beneficial And Im Portant Boon Which Could Be Conferred On Men Possesses! Of Intellect And ...
The Reformed Church
Reformed Church, The, In Amer Ica. The Reformed Church In America, Formerly The Reformed Dutch Church, Is The Oldest Religious Body Having A Presbyterian Form Of Government On The Western Hemisphere. It Inherited Its Doc Trinal Symbols From The Reformed Church Of Hol Land, Viz., The Belgic Confession, In 156t, ...
The Rock Of Rimmon
Rimmon, The Rock Of (rim'mon, Rok Ow). (heb. Seh'lah Haw-rim-mane'), (judg. Xx:45, 47; Xxi:t3). The Rock To Which The Ben Jamites Fled After The Slaughter At Gibeali. Ring (ring), (heb. 4, Tab-bah'ath', A Seal). Rings Were Either For Hanging Curtains Or Other Things By ; Or For Ornaments On The ...
The Society Of Friends
Society Of Friends, The. The Society Of Friends Arose In England About The Middle Of The Seventeenth Century. Though None Of Its Doctrines Can Be Called Original, Some Of Them Had Been Almost Lost Sight Of, Some Had Been Practically Rejected By Many Branches Of The Christian Church, And They ...
The United Brethren
United Brethren, The, In Christ. The Church Of The United Brethren In Christ Took Its Origin Toward The Close Of The Eighteenth Century, In Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, And Virginia, In An Evangelical Movement Conducted By Ministers And People Of Several Denominations. The Church Was Not A Product Of Schism, Or ...
The United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church, The, Of North America. The United Presbyterian Church Of North America Is Directly Descended From The Scotch Dissenting Churches, The Associate, And The Re Formed. The Great Immigration From Scotland And Ireland During The Last Century Brought Many Members Of These Churches To America In Search Of ...
The Universalist Church
Universalist Church, The, In America. (1) Principles. Universalism Is Thought Of By Some As The Dogma Of The Final Sal Vation Of All Souls. By Others It Is Conceived To Be What Liebnitz Named A Theodicy, Or Solution Of The Problem Of Evil. But It Is Properly Apprehended When It ...
The Vine
Vine, The (win, Thi'). 'ile Following Words In The Original Scriptures Denote The Vine: 1. Gheh'fen (hel). Iv:), Twining (gen. Xl:q, And Many Other Places). 2. So-rake' (hcb. Or So-ray-raw' Is A Term Denoting A Choice Kind Of Vine (jer. Ii:21; Is. V:2; Gen. Thought To Be The Same As ...