Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Spurden, Charles, D.D a Baptist minister, was born in London, England, May 25, 1812. In his twenty-fifth year he entered the Bristol Baptist College. On May 13, 1841, he was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church at Hereford, where he continued until the latter part of 1842, and then, in answer to application from the … Continue reading “Spurden, Charles, D.D”

Spur money a name for a fine levied by custom, on behalf of the choristers of certain old foundations (St. Paul’s, Westminster, Lichfield, and Windsor), on persons entering the Church. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Spunkie among the early Scots and Picts, was the name of a class of teasing spirits who appeared in the form of ignes fatui, and led wanderers astray into swamps and morasses. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Spunge SEE SPONGE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Spue * For SPUE see SPEW Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

S.P.S. = Saint Patricks Missionary Society Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Spry, William a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Queen Ann County, Md., Feb. 23, 1806; converted in 1822; admitted on trial in the Philadelphia Conference in 1832, and appointed to Cecil Circuit; 1833, Salisbury Circuit; 1834, Elkton; 1835, on account of ill health, supernumerary; 1836, Caroline Circuit; 1837-38, Dorchester Circuit; 1839-40, Lewistown; 1841, Easton, … Continue reading “Spry, William”

Sprout Job 14:7 (b) This is a word of encouragement to those who fall or fail in life. It means that that one may revive and produce real fruit and blessing following the failure, A man may be bankrupt in one business, and then find another in which he is very greatly successful. Fuente: Wilson’s … Continue reading “Sprout”

Sprott, Venerable Thomas (Spratt) English martyr, b. at Skelsmergh, near Kendal, Westmoreland; suffered at Lincoln with [the Venerable] Thomas Hunt, 11 July, 1600. Sprott was ordained priest from the English College, Douai, in 1596, was sent on the mission that same year, and signed the letter to the pope, dated 8 November, 1598, in favour … Continue reading “Sprott, Venerable Thomas”

Sprole, William Thomas, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, March 16, 1809. He studied privately, and spent a year and a half (1827-28) at Princeton Theological Seminary, was licensed in 1829, ordained an evangelist the same year, and became pastor of the First General Reformed Church of Philadelphia in 1832; stated supply … Continue reading “Sprole, William Thomas, D.D”