Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Stebbins, Stephen J. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at South Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y., in 1808. He professed conversion May 10, 1828, and soon after joined the Church. He was licensed to preach in 1836, and in 1839 was received into the New York Conference. After several years he was transferred … Continue reading “Stebbins, Stephen J.”

Stebbins, Lorenzo D. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born Sept. 2, 1817. He was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, and graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1842. In 1844 he joined the Black River Conference; in 1853 became professor of mathematics to the New York Conference Seminary; in 1854 was appointed … Continue reading “Stebbins, Lorenzo D.”

Stebbins, Dixon a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a native of Wilbraham, Mass. Of his early life and conversion we are without information. He was received into the Providence Conference in 1842, and preached, with intervals of ill health, until 1853, when he received a superannuated relation. He died at Hanson, Sept. 27, … Continue reading “Stebbins, Dixon”

Stebbing, Henry (1), an English divine, was successively rector of Rickinghall, Suffolk; preacher of Gray’s Inn, London; and chancellor of the diocese of Salisbury. He was noted as a controversialist, being opposed to Hoadly in the Bangorian Controversy, and to Warburton’s Divine Legation of Moses. He died in 1763. Among his published works are, Polemical … Continue reading “Stebbing, Henry (2)”

Stearns, William Augustus D.D., LL.D., an eminent Congregational minister and educator, was born at Bedford, Mass., March 17, 1805. In his father’s house industry and economy, study and piety, culture and kindness, went hand in hand. At the age of six he recited the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism entire at one standing in the Church. At … Continue reading “Stearns, William Augustus”

Stearns, Timothy a Presbyterian minister, was born at Billerica, Mass., Jan. 23, 1810. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., graduated at Amherst College, Mass., in 1833, spent a year as teacher in the Female Seminary at Chillicothe, O., graduated at the Andover Theological Seminary, Mass., in 1837, was licensed by the Andover Congregational … Continue reading “Stearns, Timothy”

Stearns, Silas a Baptist minister, was born at Waltham, Mass., July 26, 1784. Although born of Unitarian parents, he was led to Christ by the preaching of Dr. Stillman, a Baptist preacher, by whom he was baptized in 1804. He pursued his studies under Rev. Dr. Baldwin, of Boston, and was licensed to preach Sept. … Continue reading “Stearns, Silas”

Stearns, Shubael a noted Baptist minister, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 1706. He was converted under the preaching of Whitefield about 1740, and became. connected with the Separatists in 1745. In 1751 he embraced the views of the Baptists, was immersed at Tolland, Connecticut, and on May 20, was ordained for the ministry. … Continue reading “Stearns, Shubael”

Stearns, Samuel Horatio a Congregational minister, son of the preceding, was born at Bedford, Mass., Sept. 12, 1801. In 1816 he entered Phillips Academy, Andover, where he underwent a change of heart, and made a public profession of religion in June, 1817. He entered Harvard College in 1819, from which he graduated in 1823. After … Continue reading “Stearns, Samuel Horatio”

Stearns, Samuel a Congregational minister, son of the preceding, was born at Epping, N.H., April 8, 1770. He fitted for college at Exeter Academy, entered Dartmouth in 1790, whence he removed in his junior year to Cambridge, and graduated at Harvard in 1794. He studied theology under Rev. Jonathan French, of Andover, and was ordained … Continue reading “Stearns, Samuel”