Childs, Thomas S a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Beaufort, Brecknockshire. South Wales, October 15, 1827. He was converted when nineteen years of age; licensed to preach two years later; emigrated to St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1849, and in 1853 entered the Philadelphia Conference. He became superannuated in 1861, and died May … Continue reading “Childs, Thomas S”
Childs, Thomas
Childs, Thomas a Universalist minister, was born about 1794. After spending some time as a primitive Baptist preacher, he embraced Universalism about 1852, and from that time preached it to the close of his life, as opportunity afforded. He died at Fayetteville, Tennessee, August 14, 1872. See Universalist Register, 1873, page 123. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Childs, Thomas”
Childs, John Wesley
Childs, John Wesley a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Calvert Co., Md., in 1800. In 1814 he went to Richmond, Va., where he was employed as a clerk. In 1826 he received license as a local preacher; in 1827 he entered the Baltimore Conference on probation; and in 1829 he … Continue reading “Childs, John Wesley”
Childs, John
Childs, John a Methodist Episcopal minister was born in Calsert County, Maryland. He was converted in early life, spent some time successfully in the local ministry, and entered the Baltimore Conference about 1789. He shortly afterwards located, and returned to his agricultural employment. In 1816 he was readmitted into the Conference, and continued in its … Continue reading “Childs, John”
Childs, George W
Childs, George W an American philanthropist, was born in Baltimore, May 12, 1829. He left school at an early age, and drifted into the United States navy, in which service he remained fifteen months at Norfolk, Virginia. When about fourteen he went to Philadelphia, entering the employ of P. Thomson, a bookseller. At eighteen he … Continue reading “Childs, George W”
Childrey, Joshua, D.D
Childrey, Joshua, D.D an English divine and natural philosopher, was born in 1623. He was educated at Rochester, and soon after became one of the clerks of the house at Magdalen College, Oxford. He left the, university on the breaking out of the rebellion, but returned when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament, by which … Continue reading “Childrey, Joshua, D.D”
Children’s Mass
Children’s Mass (Children’s Mass) Old English name for Feast of the Holy Innocents , 28 December . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Children’s Crusade
Children’s Crusade A pious opinion was current in Europe in the Middle Ages that the Holy Land could not be captured except by the pure of heart. In accordance with this belief thousands of children were gathered, under the leadership of a young shepherd of Vendome and a youth from Cologne, for an expedition to … Continue reading “Children’s Crusade”
Children, Song Of The Three
Children, Song Of The Three CHILDREN, SONG OF THE THREE.See Apocrypha, p. 42b. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Children of Truth
Children of Truth A group of religious bodies, including: the Orthodox Society of Friends; the Hicksite Society of Friends, dissenters under the leadership of Elias Hicks; the Wilburite Orthodox Conservative Friends, separatists under the leadership of John Wilbur; and the Religious Society of Friends of Philadelphia who seceded from the Wilburites. The religious movement known … Continue reading “Children of Truth”