Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chandler, Thomas W a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born Dec. 30, 1799. He was converted in 1823, licensed to exhort in 1826, and in 1827 was licensed to preach, and admitted to the Kentucky Conference. In 1840 he was transferred to the Illinois Conference, in 1841, to the Missouri Conference, and in 1846, to the … Continue reading “Chandler, Thomas W”

Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, D.D. A Protestant Episcopal Minister, Was Born In Woodstock on the 26th of April, 1726, and graduated at Yale College in 1745. On his return from England in 1751, he entered upon the duties of a mission at Elizabethtown and Woodbridge, N. J. In the winter of 1763-4 Whitefield visited Elizabethtown, and … Continue reading “Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, D.D.”

Chandler, Theophilus Bradbury a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in East Woodstock, Conn., March 28, 1826. He experienced religion at the age of fourteen; graduated at Wesleyan University in 1850, and in the same year entered the New York East Conference. During the years of 1856-58 he was obliged to retire from regular work, but … Continue reading “Chandler, Theophilus Bradbury”

Chandler, Samuel, D.D. an eminent dissenting minister, was born at Malmesbury in 1693, and completed his studies at Leyden. In 1716 he was chosen minister to a congregation at Peckham, and during his stay there was also a bookseller. In 1718 he was chosen lecturer at the Old Jewry, and, about 1726, pastor at the … Continue reading “Chandler, Samuel, D.D.”

Chandler, Samuel a Congregational minister, was born at Andover, Mass. He graduated at Harvard College in 1735; became pastor of the second parish of York, Me., Jan. 20, 1742; was dismissed in 1751; installed at Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 13, the same year; and died April 16, 1775, aged sixty-three years. See Sprague, Annals of the … Continue reading “Chandler, Samuel”

Chandler, Richard, D.D an English divine and antiquary, was born in 1738 at Elson, in Hampshire, and. was educated at Winchester school and Queen’s College, Oxford. His first work consisted of fragments from the minor Greek poets, with notes, in 1759; and in 1763 he published a fine edition of the Arundelian marbles, Marmora Oxoniensia, … Continue reading “Chandler, Richard, D.D”

Chandler, Leonard Niles a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Mississippi, July 9,1841. He was converted in 1868, and in the same year was licensed to preach, and received into the Little Rock Conference, wherein he labored until his death, Oct. 11, 1871. Mr. Chandler exemplified Christianity by his true, devout … Continue reading “Chandler, Leonard Niles”

Chandler, Joshua a Congregational minister, was born at Andover, Mass., May 17,1787. He graduated at Harvard College in 1807; was ordained at Swansea, N. H., Jan. 20,1819, and remained pastor there until Nov. 6, 1822. The day following he was installed in Orange, Mass., where he continued about five years. He became pastor in Bedford, … Continue reading “Chandler, Joshua”

Chandler, John an English clergyman and poet, was born at Witley, in Surrey, June 16,1806. He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1827; became vicar of Witley in 1837, afterwards rural dean, and died at Putney, July 1, 1876. Besides some prose productions, he published translations called Hymns of the Primitive Church (1837), of … Continue reading “Chandler, John (2)”

Chandler, James a Congregational minister, was born at Andover, Mass., in June, 1706. He graduated from Harvard College in 1728; was ordained minister of the second parish in Rowley, Mass., Oct. 18, 1732, and died April 16,1789. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 454. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature