Moore, James an early minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, in 1760; joined the Methodists in 1786; migrated to America in 1792, and joined the Philadelphia Conference in 1794. For forty-eight years he was a faithful and useful minister, particularly gifted in exhortation. He died at Medford, N.J., May … Continue reading “Moore, James”
Moore, Jacob
Moore, Jacob a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Sussex Co., Del., in 1791; was converted while young; entered the Philadelphia Conference in 1815; was presiding elder of the West Jersey District in 1823-4; on Chesapeake District in 1825-6; and died at Dover, Del., April, 1828. He was a pious and exemplary … Continue reading “Moore, Jacob”
Moore, Humphrey, D.D
Moore, Humphrey, D.D a Congregational minister, was born in Princeton, Massachussetts, about the year 1779; graduated at Harvard College in 1799; in 1802 was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Milford, where he preached for a period of more than thirty years. He died April 8, 1871. Dr. Moore was a man of more … Continue reading “Moore, Humphrey, D.D”
Moore, Henry Eaton
Moore, Henry Eaton an American composer of music, both sacred and secular, was born at Andover, N.H., July 21, 1803, and took up the study of music while engaged in the printing business. In 1826 he began to teach it, and then published several valuable contributions to the science of this fine art, among which … Continue reading “Moore, Henry Eaton”
Moore, Henry (2)
Moore, Henry (1) SEE MORE, HENRY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Moore, Henry (2) a Wesleyan preacher and writer of considerable note, and an associate of the founder of Methodism, was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1751. He had heard Wesley in his childhood, and had at once become impressed with the … Continue reading “Moore, Henry (2)”
Moore, Hannah
Moore, Hannah SEE MORE, HANNAH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Moore, George W
Moore, George W a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Charleston, S.C., September 27,1799. He was converted in 1819, was licensed to preach in 1823, and continued in the itinerancy until about 1855, when he entered the mission-field, and labored among the colored population of South Carolina. He died in the … Continue reading “Moore, George W”
Moore, George Edward
Moore, George Edward (1873-) One of the leading English realists. Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic at Cambridge. Editor of “Mind.” He has been a vigorous opponent of the idealistic tradition in metaphysics, epistemology and in ethics. His best known works arePrincipia Ethica, and Philosophical Studies. Belief in external things having the properties they are … Continue reading “Moore, George Edward”
Moore, George C
Moore, George C a Presbyterian minister, was born in Barre,Vermont, in 1832. He was educated in the State University, Burlington, Vermont, and became a member of the legal profession. In 1858 he removed to Texas, commenced teaching at Goliad, and soon after was called to take charge of Aranama College in that city. Becoming very … Continue reading “Moore, George C”
Moore, Franklin, D.D
Moore, Franklin, D.D a minister of note of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born February 14, 1822, in Beaver, Pennsylvania. In quite tender years he was converted and though his father, who was a lawyer and eminent at the bar, wished him to choose the legal profession as his life-calling, his mind drifted beyond all … Continue reading “Moore, Franklin, D.D”