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Barry, George, D.D. a clergyman of Scotland, was born in the County of Berwick in 1748. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and for a short time was employed as a private tutor to the sons of some gentlemen in Orkney, by whose patronage he became second minister of the royal burgh and … Continue reading “Barry, George, D.D.”

Barry, Edward, D.D. an English divine, was born at Bristol about 1759. He was originally intended for the medical profession, and, after the usual course of study, graduated as M.D. at St. Andrews College. Preferring to enter the Church, he received the curacy of Marylebone, London, where he was very popular as a preacher. Subsequently … Continue reading “Barry, Edward, D.D.”

Barry, Edmund D., D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Kinsale, Ireland, in 1777. His earlier studies were prosecuted under an able master in charge of the academy at Youghal, and in 1796 he was entered as fellow-commoner at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1798 he came as an exile to America, his banishment growing … Continue reading “Barry, Edmund D., D.D”

Barry, Basil a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Ann Arundel County, Md., March 1, 1789. He joined the Church at the age of sixteen, received license to preach in 1813, and in 1815 entered the Baltimore Conference. In 1844 ill-health obliged him to retire from the active ranks, and he located at Rockville, Md., … Continue reading “Barry, Basil”

Barry (Barrius, Barrindus, Barrocus, Barr, Pinbar), St. commemorated Sept. 25, has both an Irish and Scotch history. According to the Irish history, he was a native of Cork or its neighborhood, and the founder, bishop, and patron of the first Church there, spending his life in that district as a confessor. He was educated at … Continue reading “Barry (Barrius, Barrindus, Barrocus, Barr, Pinbar), St.”

Barruel, Augustin De a learned French Jesuit, was born Oct. 2, 1741, at Villeneuve-de -Berg, near Viviers. After assisting Freron in the publication of L’Annee Litterainre. he edited the Journal Ecclesiastique until August, 1792. He then went to England, where he published a work against the French Revolution, entitled Menoires sur Jacobinisme, which was prohibited … Continue reading “Barruel, Augustin De”

Barruel, Augustin Controversialist and publicist, born at Villeneuve de Berg (Ardeche); 2 October, 1741; died at Paris, 5 October, 1820. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1756 and taught grammar at Toulouse in 1762. The storm against the Jesuits in France drove him from his country and he was occupied in college work in … Continue reading “Barruel, Augustin”

Barrows, William, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at New Braintree, Massachusetts, September 19, 1815; graduated from Amherst College in 1840, and spent one year in Union Theological Seminary; served as pastor at Norton, Massachusetts; Grantville; Old South Church, Reading; in 1869 became secretary of the Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society; in 1873 of the … Continue reading “Barrows, William, D.D”

Barrows, Michael an Irish Wesleyan minister, was born in Sligo in 1782. He was converted in his seventeenth year under a sermon by James Bell; entered the sacred work in 1805, retired to Carrickfergus in 1839, and died in Dublin, March 12, 1855. He is highly spoken of. See Minutes of the British Conf., 1855. … Continue reading “Barrows, Michael”

Barrows, Lorenzo Dow, D.D. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Windham, Vt., July 1, 1817. He experienced religion at the age of fourteen. His academic education was in the Sanbornton and- Newbury seminaries. He received license to exhort and preach in 1835, and in 1836 entered tlie New Hampshire Conference. He filled leading appointments … Continue reading “Barrows, Lorenzo Dow, D.D.”