Smith, Alexander. L. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Marlborough District, S.C., Dec. 5, 1823, and was received into the South Carolina Conference in 1847. He remained effective for twenty years, supernumerary one year, and superannuated for nearly four years. He died in Spartanburg, S.C., Aug. 25, 1872. See Minutes … Continue reading “Smith, Alexander. L.”
Smith, Alexander J.
Smith, Alexander J. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in South Carolina in 1831. He united with the Church when nine years of age, and was licensed to preach and admitted on trial in the Mississippi Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1855. After being ordained elder, he was located at his … Continue reading “Smith, Alexander J.”
Smith, Albert Patterson, D.D
Smith, Albert Patterson, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in New Hampshire in 1809. He graduated from the General Theological Seminary, N.Y., in 1842, served at Camden, N.J., then as rector of St. Peter’s Church, Cazenovia, for thirty-three years, until his death, March 14, 1882. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Smith, Albert, D.D.
Smith, Albert, D.D. a Congregational minister and teacher, was born in Milton, Vt., Feb. 15, 1804. In 1826 he went to Hartford, Colin., and began a course of study preparatory to entering upon the profession of the law. He soon after experienced a change of heart, which also brought a change in his views of … Continue reading “Smith, Albert, D.D.”
Smith, Adam
Smith, Adam (1723-1790) Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at Glasgow. He is best known for his The Wealth of Nations, but he is not to be forgotten for his contributions to the study of ethics, expressed principally in his “The Theory of Moral Sentiments.” He finds sympathy as the fundamental fact of the moral … Continue reading “Smith, Adam”
Smith, A.B.
Smith, A.B. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born on Bell Creek, Fayette Co., West Va., June 13, 1829. He joined the Church in his thirteenth year. He was received into the West Virginia Conference in the spring of 1859, took a superannuated relation in 1862, but was ordained elder in 1863. He … Continue reading “Smith, A.B.”
Smith (or Smyth), William (1)
Smith (or Smyth), William (1) an English prelate, was a native of Lancashire, and born about the middle of the 15th century. He took his LL.B. degree at Oxford before 1492, when he was presented to the rectory of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, by the countess of Richmond. Previous to this (Sept. 20, 1485) he was appointed … Continue reading “Smith (or Smyth), William (1)”
Smith
SMITH An artificer in brass, iron, etc., first mentioned in Gen 4:22 . The art of the smith is one of the essential of civilization; and without it a nation was peculiarly defenseless in time of war, Jdg 5:8 1Sa 13:19-22 2Ki 24:14 . Workers in silver and in copper were distinguished from each other, … Continue reading “Smith”
Smite
Smite (, , etc.), to stike, is often used in Scripture for to kill. Thus David smote the Philistine, i.e. he killed Goliath. The Lord smote Nabal and Uzziah, i.e. he put them to death. To smite an army is to conquer it, to rout it entirely. To smite with the tongue is to load … Continue reading “Smite”
Smintheus
Smintheus in Grecian mythology, is a surname given to Appllo in the Troad, from the town of Sminthe. It is derived, by some, from sminthos, a mouse. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature