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Wells, William, D.D an English Unitarian minister, who afterwards emigrated to America, was born at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, in 1744. He was educated at the Academy of Daventry; became minister at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1770; was a friend to the Americans during the Revolution; introduced inoculation for small-pox among his poor neighbors, attending some thirteen hundred … Continue reading “Wells, William, D.D”

Wells, Ven. Smithin English martyr, born at Brambridge, Hampshire, about 1536; hanged at Gray’s Inn Lane, London, opposite his own house, 10 December, 1591. He was the youngest of the five or six sons of Thomas Wells of Brambridge, by Mary, daughter of John Mompesson. It is not known when or whom he married. For … Continue reading “Wells, Ven. Smithin”

Wells Of Pity “the five wounds of Christ, distilling his sacred blood for grace, from the right foot; for ghostly comfort, from the left foot; for wisdom, from the right hand; for mercy, from the left hand; and from the heart, for everlasting life each represented by a drop of blood in rich ruby glass, … Continue reading “Wells Of Pity”

WELLS, NATURAL Gen 21:30; Gen 25:11; Gen 26:18; Gen 29:2; Exo 2:15; Exo 15:27; Jos 18:15 2Sa 17:18; 2Sa 23:15; 2Ki 3:19; Joh 4:6 — Spiritual. SEE Water of Life, WATER OF LIFE Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Wells in Scripture It is difficult for inhabitants of a more humid climate to realize the importance which a country like Palestine attaches to any source of fresh water. The Litâny and the Jordan are the only rivers of any size; perennial brooks are very scarce and the wadis, while numerous and impetuous in the … Continue reading “Wells in Scripture”

Wells, Horatio T., LL.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was head master of the English department in Burlington College, N.J., in 1859, and the following year acting rector of the college; in 1862 was principal of a boys’ school in Andalusia, Pennsylvania, which institution, in 1866, became known as Andalusia College. Mr. Wells was elected president … Continue reading “Wells, Horatio T., LL.D”

Wells, Henry a distinguished philanthropist, was born in New Hampshire in 1805. He was brought by his parents when a child to Central New York. Without the advantages of an early education, but with a pushing spirit within him, he began his career as an expressman, his first route being from Albany to Buffa), at … Continue reading “Wells, Henry”

Wells, Eleazer Mather Porter, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in 1793, being a descendant of Thomas Wells, who had come to Salem with Winthrop and Wilson in 1629. He entered the ministry in 1823, and preached at Plymouth, Calais, and Bangor, Maine. In 1826 he was ordained a deacon by bishop Brownell, of … Continue reading “Wells, Eleazer Mather Porter, D.D”

Wells, Edward Livingston, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, began his regular ministry in 1860, as pastor of the Church of Our Saviour, Plainville, Connecticut; the following year became rector of Calvary Church, Louisville, Kentucky; in 1865 went to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as rector of St. Stephen’s Church, and remained there until 1871, when he became rector … Continue reading “Wells, Edward Livingston, D.D”

Wells, Edward, D.D a learned English divine was born about 1665. He was admitted to Westminster School in 1680, and in 1686 to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he proceeded as A.M. in 1693, and as D.D. in 1704; became a tutor in his college; took orders in the Church of England; and became rector … Continue reading “Wells, Edward, D.D”