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See also:SIMPSON, See also:MATTHEW (1811-1884) , See also:American See also:bishop of the Methodist Episcopal 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, was See also:born in See also:Cadiz, See also:Ohio, on the 21st of See also:June 1811. He studied See also:medicine in 1830-1833 and began to practise, and in 1833 was licensed as a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was pastor of the See also:Liberty See also:Street Church of See also:Pittsburg in 1835, and of a church at See also:Williams-See also:port (now See also:Monongahela) in 1836. In 1837 he was ordained See also:elder and was appointed See also:professor of natural See also:science in See also:Allegheny See also:College, See also:Meadville, in which See also:Madison College had been merged in 1833; and in 1838 he was elected professor and immediately afterwards See also:president of the newly established See also:Indiana See also:Asbury (now De Pauw) University, See also:Greencastle, Indiana, to which he went in 1839; this position he held until 1848. He was editor of the Western See also:Christian See also:Advocate, which he made a strong See also:temperance and See also:anti-See also:slavery See also:organ, from 1848 to 1852. He was elected a bishop in May 1852, and in 1857, with Dr See also:McClintock, visited See also:Great See also:Britain as a delegate to the See also:British Wesleyan See also:Conference, and travelled in the See also:Holy See also:Land. He was an intimate and trusted friend of President See also:Lincoln, who considered his See also:advice of great value, and at whose See also:grave in See also:Springfield he spoke the last words. He addressed the See also:Garfield Memorial See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
Meeting at See also:Exeter See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:London, on the 24th of See also:September 1881. He died on the 18th of June 1884 in See also:Philadelphia.
He published A See also:Hundred Years of See also:Methodism (1876) ; a Cyclopedia of Methodism (1878) ; Lectures on See also:Preaching (1879), delivered before the Theological See also:Department of Yale College; and a See also:volume of his Sermons (1885) was edited by See also:George R. Crooks, whose See also:Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson (New See also:York, 189o) should be consulted.
End of Article: SIMPSON, MATTHEW (1811-1884)
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