Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Millstone (; in Rev 18:21 Textus Receptus , following B, has ; L WH [Note: H Westcott-Horts Greek Testament.] , following A, have ; C has ; Lat. mola) The mill of the ancients (as of many Syrians to-day) was a quern-two circular stones, of which the upper and smaller rotated upon the other. The … Continue reading “Millstone”

Mills, William Robert a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Alexandria, Virginia, July 5, 1816. He enjoyed the advantages of a liberal academical training, and was for some time a student at William and Mary College. At an early age he was converted, and shortly after became fully persuaded of a divine … Continue reading “Mills, William Robert”

Mills, William an early minister of the Methodist Church, was born in Monmouth County, N.J., August 26, 1747; entered the United States army in 1776; suffered various vicissitudes during the war until he was carried a prisoner to Europe, whence he returned after the war; was converted through Methodist instrumentality in 1792; entered the itinerancy … Continue reading “Mills, William”

Mills, Thornton A., D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born in Paris, Kentucky, September 1810. He early enjoyed excellent educational advantages; graduated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1830; studied theology for a short time in Lane Theological Seminary. and afterwards privately, and was licensed in 1833. He labored for some time in Frankfort, Kentucky, and … Continue reading “Mills, Thornton A., D.D”

Mills, Samuel John (1) a Congregational minister, was born May 16, 1743, in Kent, Conn. He graduated at Yale College in 1764, and was ordained June 29, 1769, in Torringford, Conn., where he resided until his death, May 11, 1833. He published a few occasional sermons, and two sermons on the religious sentiments of Christ, … Continue reading “Mills, Samuel John (2)”

Mills, Samuel a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Northampton County, N.C., in 1780; was converted in 1800; entered the itinerancy in 1804; was stationed at Columbia in 1806, at Charleston in 1809, at Milledgeville in 1810, and at Camden in 1811, where he died, June 8, 1811. He was a plain, … Continue reading “Mills, Samuel”

Mills, Nathaniel B an early and eminent minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born in Newcastle County, Delaware, February 23, 1766; was converted in 1783; entered the Baltimore Conference in 1787; in 1790 was stationed at Hartford, Connecticut; in 1804 at Baltimore; filled various important circuits, etc., until 1835, when he became superannuated.’ … Continue reading “Mills, Nathaniel B”

Mill’s methods Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena. Method of AgreementIf two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon. Method of … Continue reading “Mill’s methods”

Mills, Henry, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born at Morristown, N.J., March 12, 1786; pursued his preparatory studies in his native town; graduated at Princeton College in 1802; for a considerable time taught in the academy at Morristown, and also at Elizabethtown, N.J.; was tutor for two years at Princeton College; studied theology with the … Continue reading “Mills, Henry, D.D”

Mills, Cyrus Taggart, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Paris, N.Y., May 4, 1819. He graduated from Williams College in 1844, and from Union Theological Seminary in 1847; was ordained in 1848, and in 1849 went out as a missionary to Ceylon, having charge of the Battacotta Seminary. In 1855 failure of health obliged … Continue reading “Mills, Cyrus Taggart, D.D”