Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Millet, Jean Francois Painter, born Gruchy, near Cherbourg, France , 4 October 1814; died Barbizon, France 20 January 1875. He was the son of peasants, but was well educated at home. He studied art in Cherbourg and then entered the studio of Delaroche in Paris. After 1845 he devoted himself to the representation of peasant … Continue reading “Millet, Jean Francois”

Millet, Jean-Franccedil;ois French painter; b. at Gruchy, near Cherbourg, 4 October, 1814; d. at Barbizon, 20 January, 1875. This great painter of peasants was a son of peasants: he himself began life as a tiller of the soil, and he never lost touch with it. But though a family of rustics, the Millets were far … Continue reading “Millet, Jean-Franccedil;ois”

MILLET A kind of grain of which there are several species cultivated in Italy, Syria, Egypt, and India. It is used partly green as fodder, and partly in the ripe grain for bread, etc. Eze 4:9, received an order from the Lord to make himself bread with a mixture of wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, and … Continue reading “Millet”

Milles, Jeremiah, D.D a celebrated English divine and antiquary, was born in 1714, and received his preparatory education at Eton. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and took the degree of M.A. in 1735, and that of D.D. in 1747. His uncle, Dr. Thomas Milles, bishop of Waterford and Lismore, collated him to a … Continue reading “Milles, Jeremiah, D.D”

Millerites, Or Adventists as they are sometimes called, are those millenarians, SEE MILLENNIUM who adhere to the doctrines as expounded by William Miller (q.v.). When in 1833 he first began to proclaim millennial doctrines, the earnestness of his manner, his evident familiarity with the Scriptures and with history, and the bold confidence with which he … Continue reading “Millerites, Or Adventists”

Miller, William A., D.D a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church; was born at Albany, N.Y., in 1824; graduated at Union College in 1842, and at the theological seminary of the Reformed Church at New Brunswick in 1845. He was a grandson of the Old Disciple, and nephew of Reverend John E. Miller, whom we … Continue reading “Miller, William A., D.D”

Miller, William the founder of the Millerites (q.v.), was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1781. He enjoyed but slender educational advantages. During the war of 1812 he served as a volunteer with the rank of captain. About 1833, while a resident of Low Hampton, N.Y., he began his career as an apostle of the new … Continue reading “Miller, William”

Miller, Tobias Ham a Universalist minister and journalist, was born about 1802. In early life he was settled in Maine as an orthodox clergyman, but later he became a firm Universalist. He was the original Uncle Toby of the Boston Carpet Bag; was on the Chronicle (Portsmouth) eighteen years, and the Portsmouth Journal twenty years. … Continue reading “Miller, Tobias Ham”

Miller, Thomas one of the pioneer preachers of American Methodism, largely identified with the spread of Methodist doctrine in Maryland, was born about the year 1770, of Irish parentage, and was reared in the Presbyterian Church. About 1800 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and soon became an official member; in 1808 he was licensed … Continue reading “Miller, Thomas”

Miller, Samuel J an American divine of some note, figured first as missionary to Africa, and later as agent of the Colonization Society. He died in 1818. He was the editor of the celebrated Report of the Presbyterian Church: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Ashbel Green and Others (Phila. 8vo; new ed. 1855. 8vo, page … Continue reading “Miller, Samuel J”