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Wisner, William, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born at Warwick, N. Y., in 1782. He studied law, and practiced in Orange County; abandoned the law, and became pastor of a Church in Ithaca; was pastor of a Church in Rochester from 1830 to 1862; removed to Cedar Rapids, Ia., in 1870, and died there Jan. … Continue reading “Wisner, William, D.D”

Wisner, William Carpenter, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Elmira, N.Y., Dec. 7, 1808. He was prepared for college in the Homer Academy, and graduated at Union College in 1830. He did not pursue any regular theological course at the seminary, but prosecuted his studies under his venerable father, Rev. Dr. Wisner, of Ithaca. … Continue reading “Wisner, William Carpenter, D.D”

Wisner, Benjamin Blydenburg, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Goshen, N. Y., Sept. 29,1794. Under Rev. Dr. Axtell, of Geneva, N. Y., he acquired his preparatory training. In 1810 he joined the sophomore class in Union College, from which he graduated in 1813. For one year he was principal of an academy at Johnstown, … Continue reading “Wisner, Benjamin Blydenburg, D.D”

Wislicenus, Gustav Adolf a liberal Protestant theologian of Germany, was born November 20, 1803, at Battaune, near Eilenburg. He studied at Halle, and while yet a student was sentenced, in 1824, to prison for twelve years on account of demagogical intrigues. Having been pardoned after five years’ imprisonment, he resumed his studies at Berlin: in … Continue reading “Wislicenus, Gustav Adolf”

Wislicenus, Adolf Timotheus formerly a leader of the free-religious movement in Germany, and speaker of the society at Berlin, who died at Dresden, March 27, 1883, is the author of, Beitrag zur. Beantwortung der Frage: Ob Schrift? Ob Geist? (Leipsic, 1845): Christus in der Kirche: todt, erstehend ind erstamden (eod.): Zur Vertheidigung der freien Gemeinde … Continue reading “Wislicenus, Adolf Timotheus”

Wishart, William, D.D a Scotch clergyman, was born at Dalkeith in 1657. He was educated at Utrecht; became one of the ministers at South Leith after the Revolution; afterwards principal of the University of Ediniburgh, and one of the city ministers in 1716. He died in 1727. He published several single Sermons some collections of … Continue reading “Wishart, William, D.D”

Wishart, George (2), D.D a Scotch divine, was born at Yester, East Lothian, in 1609. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh; became a parish minister at North Leith and St. Andrews, where he refused to take the Covenant in 1639, for which refusal he was deprived of his living and imprisoned; made his … Continue reading “Wishart, George (2), D.D”

Wishart, George (1) called The Martyr, a champion of the Reformation in Scotland, is supposed to have been a son of James Wishart, of Pittarrow, justice-clerk during the reign of James V. The time of his birth is not known. He was master of a grammar school at Montrose at the beginning of the 16th … Continue reading “Wishart, George (1)”

Wish wish: The word appears both as a substantive and as a verb in the Old Testament, having a variety of meanings: (1) The substantive, , peh, means mouth and also speech. In this form it occurs in Job 33:6 margin: Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead. Elihu here refers to … Continue reading “Wish”

Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal, and chief of the Roman Catholic Church in England, was- born at Seville, Spain, Aug. 2, 1802, of Irish and Spanish extraction. At an early age he was brought to England, and placed in St. Cuthbert’s College, at Ushaw, near Durham. He was thence removed to the English College at … Continue reading “Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen”