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Bath (Bathonia) And Wells (Wellia, Fontana, anciently Tuddington), a diocese of the Church of England, combining the two ancient sees of Bath and Wells, which were united in the beginning of the twelfth century. The episcopal residence and chapter are now at Wells; the chapter consists of the dean, four canons residentiary, a precentor, treasurer, … Continue reading “Bath (Bathonia) And Wells”

Bath SEE BATHE. Bath (Heb. and Chald. id., , Sept. , ; occurs 1Ki 7:26; 1Ki 7:38; 2Ch 2:10; 2Ch 4:5; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:10; Eze 45:14; Ezr 7:22), a Hebrew measure for liquids, as wine and oil, equal to the EPHAH for things dry (Ezekiel as above), each being the tenth part of a … Continue reading “Bath”

Bateson, Anthony an English Congregational minister, was born at Wray, Yorkshire, in 1815. His conversion occurred when he was about sixteen years of age, at Settle. In 1837 he removed to Preston and joined the Grimshaw-street Chapel. He received a sanction to preach occasionally, which he did with much acceptance. He was under the instruction … Continue reading “Bateson, Anthony”

Bates, William D.D., a learned Nonconformist, was born in 1625, place unknown. He was educated at Cambridge, where he was admitted D.D. in 1660. Soon after the Restoration he was appointed chaplain to Charles II, and was also, for some time, minister of St. Dunstan’s, from whence he was ejected by the Act of Uniformity. … Continue reading “Bates, William (2)”

Bates, Samuel an Irish Methodist preacher, was born at .Ballinamore in 1843. He was converted at the age of nine through the teaching of his pious father and the preaching of the Rev. Thomas Guard; entered the itinerant Irish ministry in 1866, and labored with acceptance for five years. He died at Wexford, Dec. 1, … Continue reading “Bates, Samuel”

Bates, Merritt a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Queensbury, N. Y., July 12, 1806. When but seven years old he was thrown upon his own resources and began his life-struggle. From childhood he was in the habit of rising at four, summer and winter, and devoting the first three hours of the day to … Continue reading “Bates, Merritt”

Bates, Lewis an American Methodist minister, died in Taunton, Mass., March 24,1865, aged 85 years. He was a descendant in the seventh generation of John Rogers, the martyr. At the age of thirteen he was converted, and in 1801 he, with two others, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Springfield, Vt., thus originating the church … Continue reading “Bates, Lewis”

Bates, Lemuel P a Presbyterian minister, was born at Blanford, Mass., Dec. 16, 1791. He was educated at Williams College, Mass., and at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1822. He was successively pastor of the Congregational churches;in Whately and Templeton, Mass., and in 1846 he removed West, and took charge of the Presbyterian … Continue reading “Bates, Lemuel P”

Bates, Joshua D.D. an eminent Congregational minister, was born at Cohasset, Mass., March 20, 1776. Under the instruction of Rev. Josiah C. Shaw he prepared for Harvard College, teaching a select school meanwhile, and graduating in 1800, when he became assistant teacher in the Andover Phillips Academy for one year. At this time he began … Continue reading “Bates, Joshua D.D.”

Bates, John H a Presbyterian minister, was a native of New Hampshire, and a. member of the Presbytery of Londonderry. He had been laboring for the freedmen in Charleston, S. C., for two years previous to his death, which occurred at Glen Springs, S. C., May 10, 1871. He was a man of great devotion … Continue reading “Bates, John H”