Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Rice, Samuel D., D.D a general superintendent of the Methodist Church in Canada, was born in Maine in 1815. He studied for some time at Bowdoin College, and was converted in his seventeenth year. In 1837 he entered the itinerant ministry. With the exception of a year at the Sackville Wesleyan College, he spent six … Continue reading “Rice, Samuel D., D.D”

Rice, Phineas, D.D. an eminent Methodist preacher, was born in the State of Vermont in 1786. Having been converted when about sixteen years of age, he was soon called to publicly exercise his gifts. He was received on trial in the New York Conference in 1807, and was sent to labor as junior preacher on … Continue reading “Rice, Phineas, D.D.”

Rice, Nathan Lewis, D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born in Garrard County, Ky., Dec. 29, 1807; died June 11, 1877. To procure funds to enable him to obtain an education preparatory to the study of law, he taught a school at the early age of sixteen. At the age of eighteen he united with the … Continue reading “Rice, Nathan Lewis, D.D.”

Rice, Nathan a Methodist minister, was born June 10, 1792. in Coventry, R.I. His mother was a member of the Freewill-Baptist Church, and the first sermon he heard by a Methodist minister was from Rev. William Jewett. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lee, Mass., at the age of seventeen years. In 1819 … Continue reading “Rice, Nathan”

Rice, Luther a Baptist minister, was born in Northborough, Mass., March 25, 1783, graduated at Williams College in 1810, and immediately entered the Congregational Theological Seminary at Andover. He was ordained as a foreign missionary Feb. 6, 1812, and sailed a few days after for Calcutta; but his views on baptism having, in the meantime, … Continue reading “Rice, Luther”

Rice, John Jay a Presbyterian minister, was the son of Gabriel and Phebe (Garrard) Rice, and brother of Rev. Nathan L. Rice, D.D. He was born in Garrard County, Ky., Sept. 7, 1804, and received his early education wholly in the country schools in the neighborhood of his father’s residence. At the age of fourteen … Continue reading “Rice, John Jay”

Rice, John Holt, D.D a Presbyterian minister, brother of the foregoing, was born July 23,1818, at Petersburg, Virginia. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1838, pursued the study of law for three years in Princeton, was admitted to the bar, and practiced for a time at Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Princeton … Continue reading “Rice, John Holt, D.D.”

Rice, John H. (1) a Presbyterian minister, was born at Sharon, N.Y., March 9, 1800. He received a good academical education, studied theology in Auburn Seminary, N.Y., was licensed and ordained in 1832, and subsequently became pastor of the following churches: Cambria, N.Y.; Beamsville and Grimsby, C.W.; Rutland, N.Y.; Barton, C.W.; Grand Haven, Mich.; Gowanda … Continue reading “Rice, John H. (2)”

Rice, Henry Leffler a Dutch Reformed minister, was the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Leffler) Rice, and was born in Washington County, Ky., June 25, 1795. His early education was conducted by the Rev. James Vance, of Kentucky, who took young Rice for some years into his own home. After spending three years in Transylvania … Continue reading “Rice, Henry Leffler”

Rice, Edward, D.D. an English clergyman, was educated at Christ’s Hospital, whence he was elected as an exhibitioner to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1813. He was one of the classical masters of Christ’s Hospital in 1820; vicar of Horley, Surrey, in 1827; headmaster of Christ’s Hospital in 1836; and died in 1853. He published several … Continue reading “Rice, Edward, D.D.”