Saxe, Alfred a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born Sept. 5, 1814. He was converted in 1830, licensed to preach in 1832, and graduated at the Wesleyan University in 1838. The succeeding eighteen months he was principal of the Middletown Preparatory School, after which he became principal of the high school in that city, where he … Continue reading “Saxe, Alfred”
Sawyer, Seymour B
Sawyer, Seymour B a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in North Carolina, Dec. 8, 1808. He was converted Oct. 1, 1821, under the ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterians, to which body he attached himself. In 1827 he was licensed to preach among them; but, dissenting from some of their doctrines, he returned his license, and … Continue reading “Sawyer, Seymour B”
Sawyer, John, D.D
Sawyer, John, D.D an eminent Congregational minister, was born at Hebron, Conn., Oct. 9, 1755. In 1777 he entered the Revolutionary army, and, after serving for some years, entered Dartmouth College in 1781. He graduated in 1786, then devoted himself to theology, and commenced preaching within one year after leaving college. In October, 1787, he … Continue reading “Sawyer, John, D.D”
Sawyer, James W
Sawyer, James W a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Palmyra, Me., Sept. 16, 1838. He removed when a child to Portland, where he was converted at the age of fifteen years. He was licensed to preach April 19, 1862, and was received on trial in the Maine Conference in April 1864. … Continue reading “Sawyer, James W”
Sawyer, Isaac
Sawyer, Isaac a Baptist minister, was born in Hoosick, N.Y., Nov. 22, 1770. He was left an orphan at the age of fourteen, and two years after bound himself out to a man who soon after removed to Monkton, Vt., where there was little or no religious influence. He was converted in 1793, and became … Continue reading “Sawyer, Isaac”
Sawyer, Cyrus
Sawyer, Cyrus a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Lower Canada Dec. 22, 1811, but the next year his parents removed to Western New York. He was converted in 1822, licensed to preach in 1837, and received into the Michigan Conference, which then embraced Knox County, O., where he resided. The range of his itinerant … Continue reading “Sawyer, Cyrus”
Sawtelle, Henry Allen, D.D
Sawtelle, Henry Allen, D.D a Baptist minister, was born at Sidney, Maine, December 11, 1832. He graduated from Colby University in 1854, and from the Newton Theological Institution in 1858; was pastor at Limerick, Maine, one year; missionary to China from 1859 to 1861, pastor at San Francisco, California, in 1862; at Chelsea from 1877 … Continue reading “Sawtelle, Henry Allen, D.D”
Sawtell, Eli Newton, D.D
Sawtell, Eli Newton, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Milford, N.H., September 8, 1799. He graduated from Greeneville College, Tennessee, in 1823, from Marysville Theological Seminary in 1825, and studied at Andover in 1826; was Presbyterian minister at several places in Tennessee and Kentucky until 1836; then went as chaplain to Havre, and filled … Continue reading “Sawtell, Eli Newton, D.D”
SAWS
Saws Ancient Egyptian saws have been discovered, and a double handed one was found at Nimrood. They are such as would be used for wood, but there must have been other kinds, for 1Ki 7:9 speaks of stones that were ‘sawed with saws.’ The inhabitants of Rabbah, when conquered by David, were ‘cut with saws … Continue reading “SAWS”
Sawing Asunder
Sawing Asunder soing a-sunder. See PUNISHMENTS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia