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McClintock & Strong Cyclopaedia — Volume 4
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EAD, 1. Hamaker, Heinrich Arens, a Dutch Orientalist, was born at Amsterdam Feb. 25, 1789; became profess- or of Oriental languages in the Academy of Franeker in 181.5, assistant professor in 1817, and in 1822 profess- or ordinarius of the same in the University of Leyden, where he died Oct. 10, 1835. He was a man of …
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li(M,K oi. Hamann, Jouann Gkoiso, an eminent German writer and poet, was born at lviinigsl)erg, in Prussia, on the 27lli of August. 17.'?0. His early education wasmis- ccllnueous, and to it lie attritintcd the want of taste and elegance of \\\s nt vie. At last, when about sixteen years old, ills fnthcr decided on send…
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Ralishakch, the Assyrian general, endeavored to terrify king llczeki;ih into unconditional surrender, he said, "Have till' gilds of the nations delivered them which my thflKTs have destroyed, as (Jozan, and Ilaran, antl KizcphV AVhcre is the king of Hamath, and t lie king of Arpliad, and the king of the city of Sepharv…
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I cheapness (Pococke, Travels, ii, pt. i, p. 143 sq.; Burck. hardt, Travels in Syria, p. 146 sq. ; Handbook for Syria and Palesilne,u,6-2Q; Richter, 11' «///*«/( /-^ew, p. 231; corap. : Rosenm tiller's Bib. Geogr. ii, 243-246; Biblioth. Saa-a, I 1848, p. 680 sq.; Kobinson's Res, new ed. iii, 551, 568). " The ENTKANCE…
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Ha'mathite (Hebrew Chamathi', with the article "'r^tnri ; Sept. o 'A|<o3i'), a designation (Gen. x, 18 ; 1 Chron. i, IG) of the last named of the families descended from Canaan (q. v.) ; doubtless as having settled (found- ed) the city Hamath (q. v.). The Hamathites were thus a Haniitic race, but there is no reason to …
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Hamilton, Patrick, the first Scotch reformer, nephe-^v to James, earl of Arran, was born in 1503, and was educated at St. Andrew's, after -which he went to Germany, M-here he imbibed the opinions of Luther, and became professor at Marburg. On his return home lie was made abbot of Feme, in the shire of Koss, where he pr…
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The erudition of Hamilton commenced early, and was extended throughout his life. It was vast, curious, and recondite. It produces amazement by the continual ar- ray of forgotten names and unexplored authors — onine iynotum pro mirabili. But it is needlessly ostentatious and frequently deceptive. It is received without …
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history of philosophy more grotesque, more inconclu- sive, and bettor calculated to mislead, than the array of the hundretl and six witnesses to the universality of the philosophy of common sense. What these depo- nents unanimously attest is not the truth of Reid's char- acteristic dogmas, but the necessity of admittin…
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W'riiinr/s. — The published works of Hamilton embrace the. lectures on logic and on metaph3^sics ; an edition of Kc'il, never completed; an edition of the works of Du- g ilil Stewart ; and a volume ai Dkcussions on Philosophy iiud Literature, Education and University Reform (1852 ; 2il edit, enlarged, 18.j3; reprinted …
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On Sir William Hamilton's principles, the only object of philosophy is the determination of the limits'and re- quirements of thought, or, as he phrases it, "the Condi- tions of the Thinkable." On this subject he has left an admirable and most suggestive paper; but his whole scheme of speculation is without any basis fo…
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Hamline, Leoxidas Lent, a bishop of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, was born in Burlington, Conn., jMay 10, 1797. His early education was obtained with some view to the Christian ministry; but, arriving at manhood, he studied law, and was admitted to tlie bar in Lancaster, Ohio. He married in Zauesville, Ohio, and se…
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Ham'math {\\eh.Chammath',V''lZ'n,u-arm&\>nngs; Scjit. 'Ajid?; V. r. [l)y incorporation of the following name] '<2jt(«3'«raK-^c', Vulg. Kmath), one of the "fenced cities" of Xaphtali, mentioned between Zer and Rak- kath (.Josh, xix, 35) ; generally thought to be the hot .•spring referred to by Joscplms {War, iv, 1, 3) u…
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Hammerlin or Hammerlein, Felix (Lat. Mal- leolus), a Swiss theologian, was born at Zurich in 1389. He studied canon law at Erfurt, was in 1421 appointed caiion of Zofiiigen, and in 1422 jirovost of Solothurn. With the income of these offices he bought a large li- brary, and applied himself earnestly to studA^ He sub- s…
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Hammol'eketh (Ileb. ham-Mole'keth, 'T^'zhiz'n^ which is the art. jirefixed to P^pb, mole'keth, fern. part. = "the Queen;" Sept. ?'/ MoXf^s^.^'ulg- translates re- gina), a woman introduced in the genealogies of Manas- seh as daughter of IMachir and sister of Gilead (1 Chron. vii, 17, 18), and as having among her three c…
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Hamon. See Baal-iiamon; Hamox-gog. Hamon, Jkan, a distinguished French moralist, wa.H born at Clierboiu-g in 1618. He was a graduate physician of the University of Paris. He had already established a great reputation, and was offered a good charge by liis jnipil, M. de Harlay (afterwards president of the Parliament); …
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4 HAMPDEN CASES 55 HANANI expression of censure; and further, that many who cen- sured Hampden " objected to the university as au arbi- ter of doctrine in the case of Tract xc, and of Mr. Ward's Ideal of the Church." The opposition, as in the former case, arose mainly from political opponents and from Tractarians. …
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7. One of the chiefs of the people who subscribed the solemn covenant cka^vn up by Nehemiah (Neh. x, 22). In ver. 26 his name appears to be repeated in the same list. B.C. cir. 410. Hanan'eel (Heb. CAaTjane/^^Niitn, which Cod has graciously f/iVfM ; Sept. 'Av«/<f»)\, Vulgate Ilanaved^, a tower (3'^S'2) of Jerusalem, s…
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I had been prostrate since Necho's overthrow, Jer. xlvi, 2) upon tlie ruins of the Babylonian empire. The lean- ing to Egypt indicated by Hananiah's prophecy as hav- ing begun in the fourth of Zedekiah, had in the sixth of his reign issued in open defection from Nebuchadnez- zar, and in the guilt of perjury, which cost…
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JIANDEl). Hands are the symbols of human action ; pure hands are pure actions; unjust hands are deeds of injustice; hands full of blood, actions stained with cruelty, and the like (Psa. xc, 17; Job ix, 30; 1 Tim. ii, 8; Isa. i, 15). Washing of the hands was the symbol of innocence (Psa. xxvi.C); Ixxiii. 13). Of this P…
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The hand of God is spoken of as the instrument of power, and to it is ascribed that which strictly belongs to God himself (Job xxvii, 11 ; Psa. xxxi, 16; xcv, 4; Isa, Lxii, 3 ; Prov. xxi, 1 ; Acts iv, 28 ; 1 Pet. v, 6). So the hand of the Lord being upon or Avith any one de- notes divine aid or favor (Ezra vii, 6, 28 ;…
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In (Jol. ii. 13, 14, <4i,c law of commandments con- tained 11. onhnances" (Ephcs. ii, 15) is designated "the handicriting of ordinances that was against us," which Jesus blotted out, and took away, nailing it to his cross ; phraseology which indicates the abolition, on the part of the Saviour, of the Mosaic law (Wolfi…
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1. The preparation of //■(-/; for use either in war, in agriculture, or for ilonustic i)'ii|iii>cs, was doubtless one of the earliest aiiplicatiuns of lalmr ; and, together with iron, working in brass, or, rather, cojiper alloyed, with tin, bronze (""linS, Gesenius, Thes. Ihb. p. 875), is men- tioned in the same passag…
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2. The work of the carpenter (CSS Ui'^H, t'iktwv. Carpenter?. (Wilkinson.) 1 the seat of a chair, « ; /,/,!eps of chair; w,w, adzes; r,asquare; w,ir.an planing or polishing the leg cf a chair. artifex Ugnarius') is often mentioned in Scripture (e. g. Gen. vi, 14; Exod. xxxvii; Isa. xliv, 13). In the pal- ace built b…
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5. The perfumes used in the religious services, and in later times in the funeral rites of monarchs, imply knowl- edge and practice in the art of the "apothecaries" (D'^rtiS'^, nvpi\\joi, jngmmtarit), who appear to have formed a guild or association (Exod. xxx, 25, 35 ; Neh. iii, 8 ; 2 Chron. xvi, 14 ; Eccles. vii, 1 ;…
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HANDLE 62 HANES ly rendered), a spear or javelin (Ezek. xxxix, 9). See Au.MOIi. I Hands, Imposition of. See Imposition of ! Hanus ; Ordination. Handschuh, John Frederick, was the fifth of the knew that a miracle had been wrought by his power ; and cfticacv— a mode of speaking in unison at least with the Ijelief …
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l)l:ick fcroMlc Sl;i tiau Lady at a party. handing them round to visitors. into tlie golilet. The same black slave also carried the fruits and otlier refreshments; and the peculiar mode of boldiug a ])late with the hand reversed, so generally ndoi.led by women from Africa, is cliaractcristically shown in the Theban …
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2. The "hangings" (D'^"bp, kelaim' ; Sept. iirnVi, Vulg. icntoria) were used for covering the walls of the tabernacle, just as tapestry was in modem times (Exod. xxvii, 9; xxxv, 17; xxxviii, 9; Numb, iii, 26; iv, 2G). The rendering in the Sept. implies that they were made of the same substance as the sails of a ship, i…
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Samuel (see Kitto's Duih/ Bible Illust.) Kitto, s. v. Hannah, John. I).U.,an eminent Wesleyan minister, was Ix.ni at Lincoln. Lug., Nov. 3, 1792. After receiving a Christian education, he entered the Wesleyan ministry ill 1«14 at IJrnton, Somersetshire. From isio to 1817, inclusive, he was on the Gainsborough Circuit;…
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1. (Sept. 'Avvuiv and 'Avav.') The son and suc- cessor of Nahash, king of the Ammonites (2 Sam. x, 1- 4 ; 1 Chron. xix, 2-6). David, who had in his troubles been befnended by Nahash, sent, with the kindest inten- tions, an embassy to condole with Hanun on the death of his father, and to congratulate him on his own acce…
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2. " The Reading of the Law and Prophets" as indica- ted in the Hebrew Bible, and practiced ly the Jius at the present day.— As has aheady been remarked, this divi- sion into fifty-four sections is to provide a special lesson for every Sabbath of those years which have fifty-foiu: Sabbaths. Thus tlie intercalary year, …
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world to the Exodus, was read in the first year; Exod. xiii, 17-Num.^•i, 27, embracing the laws of both Sinai and the tabernacle, formed the lessons for the Sabbaths of the second j'ear; and Numb, vii, 1-Deut. xxxiv, 12, containing both historij (i. e. the history of thirty-nine years' wanderings in the wilderness) and…
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evermore.' "Whereupon he again pronounces the f<il- lowing benediction — ' Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast chosen us from among all nations, and hast given us thy law. Blessed art thou.O Lord, giver of the law;' to which all the congre- gation respond ' Amen.' He Ishen reads the seventh…
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4. The Orif/in of this Institution.— The. origin of this custom may easily be traced. The Bible emphatically and repeatedly enjoins upon every Israehte to study its contents (Deut. iv,9; xxxii,46), Moses himself ordered that the whole law should be read publicly at the end of every Sabbatic year (xxxi, 10-12), whilst J…
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5. LiteratU7-e.—M!iimori\AQS,Jod Ha-Chezalca Bikhoth Tepktllcii Bartolocci, Bibliotheca Magna Rabbinica, ii, 593 sq. ; Zunz, Die Gottesdienstlichen Vortrdge der Ju- rfe?ijCap.i, ¥xsMk^\,Vorstudien zu der Septuaginta (Leip- zig, 1841), p. 48 sq. ; Rapaport, Erech Millin, p. 66 sq. ; Munatschrijl fiir Geschichte vnd Wiss…
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i Modliar. About the time of the Christian sera it ap- HARARITE 10 HARBAUGH poors to have been inckuled iii the kingdom of Euessa (Mos. Chor. ii, 32), which was ruled by Agbanis. Af- terwards it passed with tliat kingdom imder the domin- inn of the lionians. and appears as a Koman city in the wars of Caracalla (:Mo…
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Harbaugh, Hexry, a prominent minister and writer of the German Keformed Church in the United States, was bom Oct. 28, 1817, near Waynesborough, Pa. He was descended from a German family, whose name was Her- bach, and which had come to this coimtry in 173G from Switzerland. His father was an elder in the German Reformed…
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Harding, Stephen, a religious reformer of the 12tli century, was of a noble English family. After making a pilgrimage to Rome, he entered the Benedic- tine convent of St. Claude de Joux. He subsequenth' was chosen abbot of the monastery of Bozc, -ivith a view to the reformation of its discipline. From Beze he was trans…
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HARDY 72 lished the foUowing, which are likely to hold a durable place in theological Uterature, viz., .4 History of the Thir- t,j-m„e A rtides (Cambridge, 1851 ; 2d ed. revised, 1859 ; reprinted in I'liUadelphia, 12mo) -.—Twenty Sermons for Tuu-ii Comjrerjiilions (1853, cr. 8vo) :— 1 History of the Christum Church, M…
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^ llai( sequent rejection of the hart a^ lood, per\adcd many nations of antiquity, Avho derived their origin, or their doctrines, from a Shemitic source; and that, among others, it existed among the British Celtfe, probably even before they had any intercourse with Phoenician merchants. Thus the Turks and Armenians ab…
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In 1827 he published the first edition of Guesses at Truth, but his name was first distinguished in the liter- arj' world as one of the translators of Niebuhr's History of Rome, in conjunction with ]\Ir. Connop Thirlwall, the present bishop of St. David's. Their version was made from the second German edition, Avhich m…
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Harhai'ah (Ileb. Charhagah', rr^nin, zeal of Je- horah; Sept. ' .Kpax^a,:), the father Jf'Uzziel "of tlie goldsmiths, whicli latter re]>aire(l part of the walls of .Icrusalem after tlie Captivity (Neh. iii, 8). B.C. ante Har'has il Kings xxii. 14). See Hasuaii. Har'hur (Heb. Chm-hur', ^n^n../;>,yr, as in Deut. -xxvii…
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That this condition of persons existed in the earliest states of society is clear from Gen. xxxviii, 15. From that account it woidd ajipear tliat the " veil" ^vas at that time peculiar to harlots. Judah thought Tamar to be such " because she had covered her face." Mr. Bucking- ham remarks, in reference to this passage,…
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The words ^lIJH'n rniT^l^ A.V, "and they washed his armor" (1 Kings xxii, 38), should be, "and the har- lots washed," which is not only the natural rendering, but ill accordance with the Sept, and Josephus, Since the Hebrews regarded Jehovah as the husband of his people, by virtue of the covenant he had made with them…
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In the New Testament Tropvi; occurs in Matt, xxi, 31 32; Luke XV, 30; 1 Cor. vi, 15, 16; Heb.xi,31; James II, '-0. In none of these passages does it necessarily im- ply prostitution for gain. The likeliest is Luke xv, 30 It 18 used symlmlically for a citv in Kcv. xvii, 1, 5, 15 IG; xix, 2, where tlie term and aUthe att…
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EON. The following questions relative to harmonies de- mand attention ; and in treating them, we avail our- selves chiefly of the art. on the subject in Kitto's Cyclo- jja'dia, s. V. 1. Have all or ani/ of the evangelists obser\-ed chro- nological arrangement in their narratives? It was the opinion of Osiander and hi…
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With regard to John's Gospel, it has little in common with the rest except the last two chapters. It is obvi- ous, however, that his arrangement is chronological. He carefully marks, in general, whether one, two, or three days happened between certain events. His gos- pel is therefore of great use in compiling a sj-nop…
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able that the most ancient hj^jothesis is correct, al« though the circumstances urged against it are neither few nor feeble. The following arguments, however, seem to determine the question in favor of the I'assorer: ]. Had any less noted festival been meant, it would, as in other cases (see chap, vii, 2 ; x, 22), have…
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Flight into Egypt Bethlehemite massacre Return from Egypt Boyhood of Jesus Mission of John Baptism of Jesus Temptation of Christ. John's testimony Christ's first disciples Water changed to wine Visit at Capernaum Traders e.xpelled Visit of Nicodemus Further testimony of John , John imprisoned Samaritan w…
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HARMS 82 HARMS Anger (1851),Tischendorf (1851), Strong (English, 1852; Greek, 1854), Stroud (1853), Douglas (1859). Other sim- ilar works are mentioned in l-'ahritius. Ji'tbliittheca Grte- c«, vol. iv, cd. llarlcs; Walcli. JiihUulliird Theolofjica, vol. iv; Jlichaelis, Inlnxl vol. ill, ed. .Alarsh; Hase, Le- Im-u Je…
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And now, having regulated affairs immediately around 1 him, this extraordinary man began to feel the care of the whole worid upon his mind. He felt responsible even for Africa and the East Indies. But how to bring the moral force of his little German village to bear upon the continent of Africa was the problem. The res…
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three hours' length closed with singing and prayer. At seven in the evening two Inindred villagers assembled in the hall of the parsonage, and he preached to them in Low German, after which he held a missionary con- cert, reading letters from his missionaries, dated from Africa, Australia, and the United States. He see…
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Harue'pher (Heb. Chame'pher, ^SSnO, perhaps snortr; Sei>l. 'Apj^ff^rtV), Vidg. lldriKiphi;)', one of the sons of Zophah, a chief of llie tribe of Aslier (1 Chron. vii, 3(!), B.C. between U\\-> and 10."):5. Harness occurs in several senses in the Eng. Vers, as the rendering of ditTerent Heb. words. 1. "IDX {(isar', pr…
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HARODITE 85 HARP Mile of Gilboa rises over the fnuntain steep and rujiged. Some have thought it strange that the Midianites should not liave seized on this fountain ; but, as many of the Israelites probablj' lurked in the mountain, the IVIidian- f ites may have deemed it more prudent to encamp in the 1 open plain t…
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Harp is the rendering in the Auth.A^ers. of the fol- lowing terms in the original : usually "lii2, kinnor' (whence the Greek Kivvpa). the lyre or eythara (inva- riablj- rendered " harp"), N. Test. KiBcipa (1 Cor. xiv, 7; Rev. V, 8; xiv, 2; xv, 2), whence the verb KiBapit^io (1 Cor. xiv, 7 ; Rev. xiv, 2), and the compou…
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Two'instruments of the IjTe species are delineated on a bass-relief of the Assyrian monuments, representing the return of a monarch celebrated by a procession of musicians (Layard, Nineveh and Bab. p. 388 sq.). The \ Ancient Assyrian Lyre. Ancient Assyrian Lute and Harp, ancient Babylonian instrument is probably tha…
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Speculum Perfniionis (Venice, 1524, 12mo; transl.into Italian, 154G, 12mo) ■.—Expliralio succincfa et perspicua Novem Rupium (of Suso), -wTitten first in Low Dutcli, then transl. into Latin by Surius, and inserted in the 0])era omnia of Henrv Suso (Cologne, 1533, 1555, 1588, and 1615, 12mo; Naples, 16.58, 12mo) :—De M…
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Harris, John, D.D., F.E.S., an English divine, was bom about 1667. He studied at St. John's College, Cam- bridge, and became successively rector of St. Mildred's, London ; perpetual curate of Stroud, prebendary of Roch- ester, and fellow, secretar\^, and vice-president of the Royal Society. He died in 1719. Dr. Hams wa…
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Harris, Thaddeus Mason, D.D., a Unitarian di- vine, was born in Charlestown, iNIass., in 17G8, graduated A.B. at Harvard in 1787, and became pastor at Dorches- ter in 1793. He was librarian of Harvard College from 1791 to 1793, and afterwards librarian of tlic Massachu- setts Historical Society till his death in 1842. …
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Har'sha (Heb. Charsha', Sd"iri, a Chaldaizing form, vorhr or cnrhautcr ; Se^it. 'Apaa and 'Aluaav), one of the Nethinim whose descendants (or rather, ])erhaps, a ])lacc whose inhabitants) returned from Babylon with Zcrui)babcl (Ezra ii, 52 ; Nch. vii, 54). B. C. ante 536. Scliwarz {Palest, p. 116) thinks it maybe ident…
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Hart, Oliver, a Baptist minister, was born in War- minster, I'a., July 5, 1723, joined the Baptist Church in 1741, was licensed to preach in 174G, and was ordained in 1749. In that year he became pastor of the Baptist church in Charleston, S. C, and remained in that olhce thirty years, with eminent success both as ])re…
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