Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Blake, William (1) an English painter and de-signer, was born Nov. 28, 1757, studied under Bazire, Flaxman and Fuseli, and died Aug. 12, 1828. His genius was undoubted, but his mind was ill-balanced; and in his illustrations of Young’s Night Thoughts, Jerusalem, Blair’s Grave, and the Book of Job, we are sometimes surprised by the … Continue reading “Blake, William (4)”

Blake, Thomas D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Farmington Falls, Me., Feb. 4. 1811. He was converted in early life, and became a local preacher when about seventeen; and in 1848 entered. the Providence Conference, in which he did valiantservice until failing health obliged his superannuationo in 1856. He died Jan. 26, 1858. … Continue reading “Blake, Thomas D”

Blake, Thomas an English Puritan divine, was, born in Staffordshire in 1597, and educated at Christ: Church, Oxford. He entered the Established Churchbut in 1648 became a Puritan, and was made pastor of St. Alcmond’s in Shrewsbury. He afterwards became pastor of Tamworth in Staffordshire, where he was also one of the committee for the … Continue reading “Blake, Thomas”

Blake, Samuel Vinton a Methodist Episcopal; minister, was born in Easton, Md., Jan. 15, 1814. He was converted in youth; received license to exhort in 1833, to preach in 1834; and in 1835 entered the Baltimore Conference, in which he labored diligently until his death, May 9, 1871. Mr. Blake was energetic, sincere, industrious, exemplary … Continue reading “Blake, Samuel Vinton”

Blake, Orvil a Free-will Baptist minister, was born in Cornwall, April 8, 1824. In 1826 he removed with his parents to Brimfield, O. He became a Christian in early life, and began to preach at about the age of twenty among the Calvinistic Baptists. He afterwards joined the Free-will Baptists, became a preacher among them, … Continue reading “Blake, Orvil”

Blake, Mortimier, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Pittston, Maine, January 10, 1813. He graduated from Amherst College in 1835; was principal of Franklin Academy, Massachusetts, for three years, while studying theology with Reverend Elam Smally, D.D.; taught in Hopkins Academy, Hadley, one year; was ordained pastor at Mansfield in 1839; installed over Winslow … Continue reading “Blake, Mortimier, D.D”

Blake, John M a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Sanbornton, N. H., June 8, 1819. He experienced religion in 1837; received license to exhort in 1850; and in 1851 entered the New Hampshire Conference. In 1856, because of ill-health, he was compelled to superannuate, and continued in that relation until his sudden death, July … Continue reading “Blake, John M”

Blake, John L. a learned divine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Northwood, N. H.. in 1788, and graduated at Brown University in 1812. He was for about twelve years the principal of a young ladies’ school, during which time he published a number of popular text-books. A peculiar feature of his books, … Continue reading “Blake, John L. (2)”

Blake, James an American minister, was a native of Dorchester, Mass., and graduated at Harvard College in 1769. He died in 1771, aged twenty-one. A volume of his sermons was published after his death. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Blake, Horace Thompson a Presbyterian minister, was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1819. He graduated from Amherst College in 1838; pursued his theological studies at Union Theological Seminary for one year, and died at Worthington, Mass., June 2,.1841. See Gen. Cat. of Union Theol. Sem. p. 31. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature