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Appleton, William an English Wesleyan minister, was born May 17,1779. He was converted while young, and began his itinerant labors in 1810 at Brighton, continuing them at Sheffield and Rochester. He died June 21, 1817, from injuries received while riding. Mr. Appleton was an exemplary Christian and devoted minister. See West. Meth. Mag. 181, p. … Continue reading “Appleton, William”

Appleton, Samuel G a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of New York, was rector of the Church in Delhi, N. Y., in 1853, and remained. there several years. In 1857 he was-assistant minister in Waterbury, Conn.; the following year he removed to Morrisania, N. Y., as rector of Si;. Paul’s, and remained in this … Continue reading “Appleton, Samuel G”

Appleton, Nathaniel D.D., an eminent Congregational minister, was born at Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 9, 1693, graduated at Harvard in 1712, ordained at Cambridge in 1717, in which year he was also elected a fellow of Harvard, which 54 years afterward conferred upon him the second degree it had ever granted of Doctor of Divinity, Increase … Continue reading “Appleton, Nathaniel”

Appleton, Jesse D.D., president of Bowdoin College, was born at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, Nov. 17, 1772, and was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1792. Having spent two years in teaching at Dover and Amherst, he studied theology under Dr. Lathrop, of West Springfield, and in February, 1797, was ordained pastor at Hampton, New Hampshire. … Continue reading “Appleton, Jesse”

Apples of Sodom Found on the shores of the Dead Sea; like a cluster of oranges, yellow to the eye, and soft to the touch; but on pressure they explode with a puff, leaving only shreds of the rind and fibers. The Arabs twist the silk into matches for their guns. Compare Deu 32:32. The … Continue reading “Apples of Sodom”

Applegate, Thomas a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born in England in 1813, of Baptist parents. He was educated at Stepney College; became a Baptist missionary, and was sent by the London Missionary Society to the- Bahamas; returned in failing health, and was a Baptist preacher in England and afterwards in America until … Continue reading “Applegate, Thomas”

Applegarth, Robert originally a Quaker, became a member of the Church of England in the latter part of the last century, and wrote Apology for the Two Ordinances f Jesus Christ, by the Holy Communion and Baptism, recommended to the Quakers (London, 1789). He also published some other works in theology and political economy. See … Continue reading “Applegarth, Robert”

Appleford, William Philip an English Congregational minister, was born in London Sept. 19,1815. He was admitted to church fellowship Sept. 2, 1831, at Fetter Lane, and entered Homerton College as a student April 23, 1835. Upon the completion of his course he became pastor of the Church at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, in August, 1840, where … Continue reading “Appleford, William Philip”

Appleby, William an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Tunstall, Oct. 5, 1811. He was converted when sixteen; received- into the ministry in 1832; spent fourteen years in Cornwall, where he witnessed extensive revivals of religion; became a supernumerary in 1859, and died Nov. 12, 1860. He evinced deep sympathy with the people of his … Continue reading “Appleby, William”

Appleby, David an English Congregational minister, was born at Abberton, near Colchester, Feb. 2,1819. At fourteen years he was converted through the labors of the Wesleyan Methodists and joined their Society. ‘He became a fisherman at the age of seventeen, and thus continued till his twenty-first year. He was noted for his zeal in conducting … Continue reading “Appleby, David”