Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adams, Eliphalet an eminent Congregational minister, was born at Dedham, Mass., March 26, 1677, and graduated at Harvard College in 1694. After preaching in various places for ten years without settlement, he was ordained pastor of the church in New London, Conn., February, 1709, and died April, 1753. He was a man of learning, and … Continue reading “Adams, Eliphalet”

Adams, David a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born about 1796, probably in Tennessee. He was converted in Sullivan County, Tenn., in 1815; received license to preach in 1818; soon after was admitted into the Holston Conference, and in it served diligently until his death, at his residence in Knox County, April … Continue reading “Adams, David”

Adams, Daniel S. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Unionville, N.J., in 1828. He was early led to Christ; received very limited educational advantages in his youth; entered Charlotteville Seminary in his twenty-fourth year for a ministerial preparation; received license to exhort in 1853; and in 1854 united with the New Jersey Conference. In … Continue reading “Adams, Daniel S.”

Adams, Cornelius a Congregational minister, was born at Canterbury, Conn., Nov. 9, 1776. He graduated at Yale College in 1803, and was ordained at Scotland, Conn., in 1805. He followed Dr. Cogswell in the pastorate of the Church in the last-named place, and died Nov. 28, 1807. The sermon he preached the Sabbath after his … Continue reading “Adams, Cornelius”

Adams, Charles R. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born May 20, 1816. His early history is unrecorded. In 1842 he was admitted into the New York Conference. A persistent bronchial irritation soon obliged him to superannuate, yet. he continued to preach as his health would permit until the close of his life. On the division … Continue reading “Adams, Charles R.”

Adam’s apple (Pomum Adami) The prominence in the fore part of the throat so called from the belief that a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in Adam’s throat. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Adams, Amos a Unitarian .minister, was born at Medfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1728. He graduated at Harvard College in 1752, and was ordained and installed pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 12, 1753. He died Oct. 5, 1775. He published a number of single Sermons. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, … Continue reading “Adams, Amos”

Adams, Alfred S. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Union, Me., in December, 1824. He was converted when about twelve years of age through the influence of parental instruction, and in 1850 was admitted into the East Maine Conference. In 1854-55 he located and studied at the East Maine Conference Seminary, and in 1856 … Continue reading “Adams, Alfred S.”

Adams, Alexander, Jr. a missionary of the Church of England, was licensed to preach by the bishop of London, Dec. 21, 1748, and was sent to St. James’s Parish. in Ann Arundel Co., Md., where he died, Oct. 20, 1767. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, v,35. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Adams, Alexander, Jr.”

Adams, Aaron a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Steuben, N. Y. June 22, 1796. He spent his early life on his father’s farm; was converted in 1824, and soon after licensed to preach; entered the Oneida Conference in 1830, and on its division became a member of the Black River-Conference. His appointments were Russia, … Continue reading “Adams, Aaron”