Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adamson, John a minister of the Society of. Friends, was born in 1784. and died Aug. 12, 1857. Uprightness and integrity marked his Christian character through all his life. As a minister, he was known but little outside his own society, for it was only one year before his death that he was first, recorded … Continue reading “Adamson, John”

Adams, Zenas a Canadian Methodist minister, brother of the Rev. Ezra Adams, was born at Ascott, Ont., in 1795. He was called into the work in connection with the New England Conference in 1814; labored in New Haven and Danville (Conn.), Unity, Salisbury, and Weymouth (Mass.) in 1826, and in the Boston District; located in … Continue reading “Adams, Zenas”

Adams, Zabdiel a Congregational minister, was born at Braintree, Mass., Nov. 5, 1739. He was immediately connected with the celebrated Adams family, his father being an -uncle’ of John Adams. He was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1759. He was ordained as pastor of the Church in Lunenburg, Mass., Sept. 5, … Continue reading “Adams, Zabdiel”

Adams, William.(4), D.D., LL.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born at Colchester, Conn., Jan. 25, 1807. He received his early education from his father, John Adams, LL.D., the eminent. teacher and philanthropist, president of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. It was here the son laid the foundation of that accurate and extensive scholarship in ancient and modern … Continue reading “Adams, William.(4), D.D., LL.D.”

Adams, William (2), D.D. an English divine, was born at Shrewsbury in 1707, and entered Pembroke College, Oxford, at the age of thirteen years. He took the degree of A.M., April 18, 1727, and afterwards obtained a fellowship. In 1732 he was presented to the curacy (or vicarage) of St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury, upon which Occasion … Continue reading “Adams, William (2), D.D.”

Adams, William a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Fairfax Co., Va., June 29, 1785. Educated in a pious household, he was converted at an early age, and commenced preaching in 1813, in Kentucky, whither his family had removed. His mind naturally vigorous, was cultivated by assiduous study, and he became one of the most … Continue reading “Adams, William (6)”

Adams, Ven. John Priest, martyred at Tyburn, 8 October, 1586. He had been a Protestant minister, but being converted, went to Reims in 1579, where he was ordained a priest. He returned to England in March, 1581. Father William Warford, who knew him personally, described him as a man of “about forty years of age, … Continue reading “Adams, Ven. John”

Adams, Thomas a pious and learned English divine, rector of St. Bennet’s, London, was sequestered for his loyalty, and died before the Restoration. He was a great favorite with Southey, who says that he had all the oddity and felicity of Fuller’s manner. His Works, chiefly sermons, were published in 1630 (fol. Lond.). His Exposition … Continue reading “Adams, Thomas (2)”

Adams, Theophilus B. a Baptist minister, was born in New Hampshire in 1798. He entered the ministry, as did most of the Baptist ministers of his time, with but little preparation for the work except a heart warmly interested in the spiritual welfare of his fellow-men. His own experience taught him the value of an … Continue reading “Adams, Theophilus B.”

Adams, Solomon a Congregational minister, was born at Middleton, Mass., March 30, 1797. ‘He graduated at Harvard College in 1820, and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1823. In the autumn of the same year he became principal of Washington Academy at East Machias, Me., where he remained five years. In 1828 he removed to … Continue reading “Adams, Solomon”