Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Burns, William Chalmers, A.M a missionary to China from the English Presbyterian Church, was born in Scotland in 1815. He was converted at the age of seventeen; studied at the Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow; and in 1839 entered upon his ministry at Dundee, where he wielded an influence over the masses unparalleled since the … Continue reading “Burns, William Chalmers, A.M”

Burns, Silas a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Fairmont, Va., Jan. 3, 1828. He joined the Church in 1848, and in 1851 entered the West Virginia Conference, in which he served with zeal and fidelity to the close of his life, Dec. 25, 1854. Mr. Burns was exemplary in his piety alike at home … Continue reading “Burns, Silas”

Burns, Robert a Methodist Episcopal minister was born in South Carolina, April 10, 1794. He spent his youth in Warren County, 0.; acquired a substantial education by diligent personal effort; experienced religion in his seventeenth year; immediately began exercising his gifts in singing, praying, and exhorting; received license to preach in his twenty-second year’ and … Continue reading “Burns, Robert”

Burns, John, D.D a minister of the Methodist Protestant Church, was born in 1807. He was an honored member of the Muskingum Conference, and was one of the best known of his denomination in Ohio; a strong preacher, had good executive ability, and wherever he was stationed the Church prospered. For some years he was … Continue reading “Burns, John, D.D”

Burns, Jeremiah a Baptist minister, was born in South Carolina, Oct. 19, 1779. He united with the Church in 1802, and was ordained not long after. Much of his early life as a preacher. was given to itinerant work. After laboring more than twenty-five years in South Carolina and Alabama, he moved in 1831 to … Continue reading “Burns, Jeremiah”

Burns, James D a Scotch Presbyterian minister, was born at Edinburgh in 1823, and educated there. In 1845 he became pastor at Dunblane, but in 1847 went to the Madeiras for his health, and preached there until 1853, when he returned and settled in Hampstead. He died in 1864, leaving several poems. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Burns, James D”

Burns, James Publisher and author, b. near Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, 1808; d. in London, 11 April, 1871. During the last half of the nineteenth century his work in the cause of Catholic literature and Catholic church music contributed much to the rapid advancement of the Church in Great Britain and to the many conversions that … Continue reading “Burns, James”

Burns, Jabez a Baptist minister, was born in Oldham, Lancastershire, England, Dec. 18, 1805. He was educated at Chester and Oldham, joined the Methodist New Connection early in life, and in 1830 became minister of the United Christian Church at Perth. In 1835 he went to London and took charge of the General Baptist congregation … Continue reading “Burns, Jabez”

Burns, Islay, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was a native of Scotland. He became the successor of McCheney at St. Peter’s, Dundee, and was, a few years afterwards, translated to the professorship of theology in Glasgow Free College. He died at Hillhead, Glasgow, May 20,1872. See Presbyterian, June 15,1872. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Burns, Islay, D.D”

Burns, Francis D.D. a colored bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa, was born in Albany, N. Y., December 5, 1809. His parents were so poor that at five years of age he was indentured as a servant. At fifteen he was converted, and soon after entered the Lexington Heights Academy to obtain the … Continue reading “Burns, Francis D.D. (2)”