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Booth, Abraham an eminent Baptist minister, born at Blackwell, Derbyshire, 1734. His parents were poor, and he had no early opportunities of education. He became a Baptist when quite young, and in early manhood was received as a preacher among the General (Arminian) Baptists. He afterward imbibed Calvinistic views, and took charge of a congregation … Continue reading “Booth, Abraham (2)”

BOOTH A shelter, made usually of poles fixed upright in the ground, and covered over with green boughs, Gen 33:17 . The great feast of tabernacles, or booths, had its name from the circumstance that the Jews were directed by their law to dwell in booths during the seen days of this feast, Lev 23:40-42 … Continue reading “Booth”

Boot, John F. a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a Cherokee Indian, was born about 1793. Prior to his conversion he was a leader among his people, a man of unsullied patriotism. He was converted about 1833, and about two years later received license to preach. He died Aug. 8, 1853. As a, … Continue reading “Boot, John F.”

Boot BOOT.See Armour, 2 (d), Dress, 6. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Boot boot (, se’on; the King James Version battle; the American Standard Revised Version armor; the American Revised Version, margin boot): The word se’on, found only in Isa 9:5 (Heb 9:4), is probably a loanword from the Assyrian senu, meaning shoe, sandal. … Continue reading “Boot”

Boos, Martin an evangelical divine in the Church of Rome, who was the instrument of a religious awakening in Germany similar to those of Whitfield and Wesley in England and America, was born at Huttenried, Bavaria, Dec. 25, 1762, and educated for the service of the Church at the University of Dillingen, where Sailer had … Continue reading “Boos, Martin (2)”

Boos a German Reformed minister, arrived in America about 1771. He brought no testimonials with him, but the Congregation of Reading, Pa., concluded to take him. He conducted himself well during the year, and the Ccetus permitted him to continue another year. In a letter from the secretary of the Ccetus to the fathers, in … Continue reading “Boos”

Boonie, Squire a Baptist minister, was born in Berks County, Pa., in 1737, and was a brother of the famous Daniel Boone. Until 1770 his residence was a few miles from Wilkesborugh, N. C. He was for some time the companion of his brother in making explorations in the state of Kentucky. In 1775 he … Continue reading “Boonie, Squire”

Boone, William Jones, D.D. bishop of the American Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Shanghai, China. He was born in South Carolina, July 1,1811; graduated at the university of that state, and then studied law under chancellor De Saussure. After taking his degree, he entered the Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Alexandria, … Continue reading “Boone, William Jones, D.D. (2)”

Boone, William E a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Fayetteville, N. C., Jan. 11, 1830. He received a careful religious training joined the Church in. 1846, prepared for the ministry at Cokesbury Conference School, and in 1850 entered the South Carolina Conference, in which he served the Church with fidelity … Continue reading “Boone, William E”

Boone, Levi a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Fayette County, Ala. In 1869, when about forty-eight years old, he was admitted to the Mississippi Conference, within the bounds of which he labored until his death, at Daleville, Dec. 23, 1880. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1880, p. 70. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Boone, Levi”