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See also:ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754) , Scottish divine, the See also:chief founder of the See also:Secession See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church (formed of dissenters from the Church of See also:Scotland), was See also:born on the 22nd of See also:June 168o, most probably at Dryburgh, See also:Berwickshire. His See also:father, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Erskine, who was at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time See also:minister at Cornhill, See also:Durham, was ejected in 1662 by the See also:Act of Uniformity, and, after suffering some years' imprisonment, was after the Revolution appointed to the See also:parish of Chirnside, Berwickshire. After studying at the university of See also:Edinburgh, Ebenezer became minister of Portmoak, Kinross-See also:shire. There he remained for twenty-eight
years, after which, in the autumn of 1731, he was translated to the See also:West Church, See also:Stirling. Some time 'before this, he, along with some other ministers, was " rebuked and admonished," by the See also:general See also:assembly, for defending the doctrines contained in the Marrow of See also:Modern Divinity (see See also:BOSTON, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS). A See also:sermon which he preached oft See also:lay patronage before the See also:synod of See also:Perth in 1733 furnished new grounds of See also:accusation, and he was compelled to See also:shield himself from rebuke by appealing to the general assembly. Here, however, the See also:sentence of the synod was confirmed, and after many fruitless attempts to obtain a See also:hearing, he, along with See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson of Perth, See also:Alexander Moncrieff of See also:Abernethy and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Fisher of Kinclaven, was suspended from the See also:ministry by the See also:commission in See also:November of that See also:year. Against this sentence they protested, and constituted themselves into a See also:separate church See also:court, under the name of the See also:associate See also:presbytery. In 1739 they were again summoned before the assembly, and in their corporate capacity declined to acknowledge the authority of the church, and were deposed in the following year. They received numerous accessions to their communion, and remained in See also:harmony with each other till 1747, when a See also:division took See also:place in regard to the nature of the See also:oath administered to burgesses. Erskine joined with the " burgher " See also:section, and became their See also:professor of See also:theology. He continued also to preach to a numerous See also:congregation in Stirling till his See also:death, which took place on the 2nd of June 1754. Erskine was a very popular preacher, and a See also:man of consider-able force of See also:character; he acted throughout on principle with honesty and courage. The burgher and See also:anti-burgher sections of the Secession Church were reunited in 182o, and in 1847 they See also:united with the See also:relief synod in forming the United Presbyterian Church.
Erskine's published See also:works consist chiefly of sermons. His See also:Life and See also:Diary, edited by the Rev. Donald See also:Fraser, was published in 184o. His Works were published in 1785.
End of Article: ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
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