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Barral, Louis-Mathias, Count de Archbishop of Tours, France, born 26 April, 1746, at Grenoble; died 7 June, 1816, at Paris. He was educated for the priesthood at the seminary of St. Sulpice, in Paris, and after ordination was made secretary, then coadjutor, and in 1790, successor, to his uncle, the Bishop of Troyes. In 1791, … Continue reading “Barral, Louis-Mathias, Count de”

Barradas, Sebastiatilde;o A Portuguese exegete and preacher, born at Lisbon in 1543; died at Coimbra in 1615. In 1558 he entered the Society of Jesus. He was professor of scripture for many years at Coimbra and Evora and preached with such zeal that he was styled the Apostle of Portugal. He published two works: “Commentaria … Continue reading “Barradas, Sebastiatilde;o”

Barradas (Or Barradius), Sebastian a Portuguese theologian, was born in 1542. He wras of a noble family, and belonged to the Jesuit Order. He taught at Coimbra and at Evora both rhetoric and phiiosophy, and so brilliant was he as an instructor that he was surnamed the St. Paul of Portugal. His conduct was like … Continue reading “Barradas (Or Barradius), Sebastian”

Barr, William H. D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born in North Carolina in 1779. He was educated at Hampden Sidney College, studied theology privately, was licensed by the Concord Presbytery in 1806, and became a missionary in the lower parts of South Carolina. In 1809 he accepted a call from Upper Long Cane Church to … Continue reading “Barr, William H. D.D.”

Barr, Thomas Hughes. D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born at Greensburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 1807. At the age of nineteen he united with the Church at Wooster, of which his father was pastor. In 1835 he graduated at the Western Reserve College, Hudson, O., and in the fall of the same year entered Princeton Semr … Continue reading “Barr, Thomas Hughes. D.D.”

Barr, Thomas D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Rutherford County, N. C., April 22, 1814. He was trained in the Presbyterian Church; was converted when nine years old; united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at fourteen; went to Alabama in 1833, was received into the Alabama Conference in 1839, and died at Marianna, … Continue reading “Barr, Thomas D”

Barr, Thomas a Presbyterian minister, was born in Derry, Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 2, 1775. He was converted after he had reached manhood, and was licensed by the Hartford Presbytery at Brookfield, Trumbull Co., September, 1809. He labored in Euclid, O., from 1810 to 1820, and in Wooster, Wayne Co., from 1820 to 1828, when … Continue reading “Barr, Thomas”

Barr, Sauney a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in 1835. He experienced conversion in 1856; lived a consistent Christian life in connection with the Presbyterians for ten years; then joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, received license to exhort in 1872, to preach soon after, and in 1873 entered the Mississippi Conference, wherein he labored till … Continue reading “Barr, Sauney”

Barr, Peter an English Congregational minister, was born in Glasgow, studied for the ministry at the Edinburgh Theological Hall, and began his colonial ministry in 1864 at Caversham, New Zealand, as assistant. Thence he removed to Yorke Peninsula, thence to Truro, South Australia, where his labors told with great and good effect. He died Dec. … Continue reading “Barr, Peter”

Barr, Ninian a Wesleyan Methodist minister, was born in Glasgow, of parents belonging to the Church of Scotland. At the age of sixteen he found salvation in a revival at the Methodist Church. He was received by the Conference in 1816, and appointed to Newfoundland, where he labored faithfully for ten years. His remaining life … Continue reading “Barr, Ninian”