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Boardman, George M a Presbyterian minister, was born at Philps, N. Y., Feb. 23, 1820. He studied privately; was licensed and ordained by the Detroit Presbytery in 1853; labored as pastor and stated supply at Byron, Wing Lake, Canton, Raisonville, and Petersburgh, Mich., and served in the civil war as captain. He died in the … Continue reading “Boardman, George M”

Boardman, George Dana, A.M. an American Baptist missionary, called “the apostle of the Karens,” was born at Livermore, Maine, where his father was pastor of a Baptist church, Feb. 8, 1801. He studied at Waterville College, where he was converted in 1820. His attention while in college was strongly turned to the work of foreign … Continue reading “Boardman, George Dana, A.M. (2)”

Boardman, Daniel a Congregational minister, was born at Wethersfield, Conn. He graduated from Yale College in 1709; went to preach as a candidate in New Milford in 1712; was ordained there, Nov. 21, 1716; and died Aug. 25, 1744, aged fifty-seven years. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 468. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Boardman, Daniel”

Boardman, Elderkin Jedediah a Congregational minister, was born at Norwich, Vt., June 1, 1794. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1815, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1820; served as a home missionary in Vermont for a year and a half; then in the Congregational Church at Bakersfield, where he was ordained in 1823, next … Continue reading “Boardman, Elderkin Jedediah”

Boardman, Charles Adolphus a Presbyterian minister, was born at New Milford, Conn., Nov. 19, 1788. He was licensed by the Litchfield South Association in 1818, and became pastor of the Congregational Church in New Preston. He remained pastor of that Church for twenty years, when he was called to the Third Church of New Haven. … Continue reading “Boardman, Charles Adolphus”

Boardman, Benjamin a Congregational minister, was born at Middletown, Conn. He graduated from Yale College in 1758; was a tutor in the college in 1760 and 1761; was ordained at Middle Haddam, Conn., Jan. 5, 1762; was dismissed in September, 1783; was installed pastor of the South Church in Hartford, May 5, 1784; was dismissed … Continue reading “Boardman, Benjamin”

board, pax A plaque of metal, ivory, or wood, generally decorated with some pious carving and provided with a handle. It was used in the Middle Ages to convey the kiss of peace to the faithful, and was first brought to the altar for the celebrant to kiss at the proper place in tke Mass, … Continue reading “board, pax”

Board is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of the following words: lu’ach (a tablet, usually “table”), spoken of the enclosing materials of the altar, Exo 27:8; Exo 38:7; of sculptured slabs, 1Ki 7:36 (“ledge”); of writing tablets (“table”), Isa 30:8; Jer 17:1; Hab 2:2; of the valve of folding-doors, Son 8:9; of the deck … Continue reading “Board”

Boar, Wild General references Psa 80:13 Swine Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

BOAR The wild boar is considered as the parent stock of the common hog. He is a furious and formidable animal. The tusks are larger and stronger than in the tame herds, the color is iron-grey, inclining to black. His snout is long, and his ears are short. At present wild boars frequent the marshes … Continue reading “Boar”