Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Morris, Thomas Asbury, D.D a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for many years the senior officer of the episcopal cabinet, a man of indomitable energy and great love for the Christian cause, in which he proved a most efficient workman, was born in Kanawha County, Virginia, April 28, 1794. His parents, while he … Continue reading “Morris, Thomas Asbury, D.D”

Morris, Susanna a Quakeress noted as an efficient preacher of the doctrines of her sect, was born about 1682. But little is accessible to us regarding her personal history. She labored in the work of the ministry for nearly forty years both in this country and in Europe, where she visited England, Ireland, and Scotland. … Continue reading “Morris, Susanna”

Morris, Sarah a Quaker preacher, the daughter of Anthony Morris, himself a Quaker preacher, was born at Philadelphia in 1704; preached in New Jersey, Maryland, and Long Island; went to Rhode Island in 1764; and travelled through Great Britain, preaching in many places, in 1772-73. She died in Philadelphia October 24, 1775. Possessing a superior … Continue reading “Morris, Sarah”

Morris, Samuel a Presbyterian lay worker in colonial days, flourished near the middle of last century in Hanover, Va. He was a man of singularly earnest and devoted spirit, and did much to advance the interests of Presbyterianism in Virginia. His house was a resort for those “who were dissatisfied with the preaching of the … Continue reading “Morris, Samuel”

Morris, Robert Desha, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Washington, Kentucky, August 22, 1814. He graduated from Augusta College in 1834, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1838; was ordained pastor at Newtown, Pa., in the latter year; removed to Ohio in 1856; in 1859 became president of the Female College at Oxford, and … Continue reading “Morris, Robert Desha, D.D”

Morris, Martin Ferdinand Lawyer and jurist, b. 3 December, 1834, at Washington, D.C.; d. 12 September, 1909, at Washington, D. C. Descended from an Irish Catholic family, he was educated at Georgetown University, from which he was graduated in 1854. On leaving Georgetown, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Frederick, Md., to prepare himself for … Continue reading “Morris, Martin Ferdinand”

Morris, Judah a Jewish convert to Protestant Christianity, was a native of Italy, and emigrated to this country about 1835. He was for a time instructor in Harvard University. He died in 1855. He published a Hebrew Grammar, and some religious books. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Morris, Joseph an English Baptist divine, flourished as pastor of a London congregation in the first half of the eighteenth century. He is believed to have been born about 1685. He died in 1755. Ivimey speaks of him as “a sensible, pious, and learned man,” and that he was “in habits of intimacy with the … Continue reading “Morris, Joseph”

Morris, John Piper a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Devon, England, January 30, 1846. His early life was spent in Canada under the pious training of his father, who was himself a local minister of the Wesleyan Church. Young Morris was converted at seventeen, and soon after became convinced that … Continue reading “Morris, John Piper”

Morris, John G., D.D an American Lutheran divine of note, was born at York, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and was educated at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania (class of 1823); then studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, and in 1826 entered the Lutheran ministry. He was at once called as pastor to the First Lutheran Church in Baltimore, … Continue reading “Morris, John G., D.D”