PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
McClintock & Strong Cyclopaedia — Volume 6
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Section 241
By this eminently Christian enactment the General Conference made provision for peace and quiet in view of the threatened withdra\val of a large and powerful portion of the Church. History must, however, record that the Southern delegates, at a meeting held on the day following the adjournment, and without waiting for …
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METPIODIST EPISC. CHURCH 178 M. E. CHURCH IX CAXADA in case they coidd not oflFer arbitration, and no suit I should be commenced, it was recommended to the An- ] nual Conferences to " so far suspend the sixth Kestrictive j Article of the Discipline as to authorize the book agents j at New York and Cincinnati to submit…
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ISOG, aged 71. William M'Keudree..lSOS.— Died iu Tennessee, March 5, 1S35, aped 77. Enoch George 1S16.— Died in Virginia, August 23, 1S2S, aged CO. RobertR. Roberts ...1810.— Died in Indiana, March 28, 1S43, ased 64. Joshua Sonle 1S24.— Eut. M. E. Ch. South, 1S46; died March C, 1807, nged 85. Elijah Hedding 1824.- …
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Early Methodism in Canada, as well as in Europe and the United States, had to contend with great oppo- sition. Its most formidable foes were those who were determined upon the aggrandizement and dominancy of what they called the Established Church, although no such thing as a Church establishment had been con- stituted…
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In the same year a settlement was effected between the General Conference and the English Conference, by which it was agreed that the jNIethodist Ei>isc()pal Church should withdraw its ministers from Lower Can- ada, and give up that province, with all its Church prop- erty therein, to the management of the English Con-…
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M. E, CHURCH IN CANADA 181 M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH Those preachers, travelling and local, who continued to adhere to the Methodist Episcopal Church, therefore exerted themselves to collect together the scattered remnants remaining faithful to the old Church. The winter of 1833-3-i was spent in tliis particular work — no …
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M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH 182 M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH sentative for every five members of the Annual Con- ference, nor allow of a less number than one lor every seven. 3. They shall not change or alter any part or rule of our government, so as to do away I-^piscopacy, or destroy the plan of our general supcrintendency. 4. The…
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In 1785 these rules were suspended, as it was thought they "would do harm," though still the destruction of slaverj' was to be sought "by all wbe and prudent means." In 1796 the following section was inserted in the Discipline : " Qttext. What regulations shall be made for the extir- pation of the crying evil of Afric…
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The General Kules drawn up by Mr. Wesley for the Methodist societies in England were not placed in the Discipline at the time of the organization of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church in America in 1784. They were inserted, with some alterations, by bishops Coke and Asbury in 1789. The bishops took the liberty of inter-…
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desist from the exercise of this office so long as this im- pediment remains." The vote stooil 111 for and G9 af^aiiist — all in the atHrmativc, except one (and he a Kortlierner), being from Northern Conferences, the Bal- timore Conference being e(|ually divided: several from the Northern Conferences, however, voted in…
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"2. That ministers, local and travelling, of every grade and oflice in tbe Jleihodist Episcopal Church, may, as they prefer, remain in that Church, or, without blame, at- tach themselves to the Chr.nli South. ".3. Renolved, hy il . ,^ ', ^ :, -^ . f nl! the Annu.il Confer- ences in General" t"! ii i - i > i ■.lubled, …
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dient and impracticable, the Northern General Confor- ence of 1872 empowered the bishops to send a deputa- tion to the General Conference of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, South, in 1874, to see if fraternal intercourse cannot be established between the two connections. It is hoped that this will take place on a bas…
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t-ere made bv a minority in the IMethodist Church (f the Xorlh-western States, and the Methodist Protestants of the Southern States. The head-quarters of the former were establLshed at S|iringlicld. C)liio; those of the latter at Baltimore, ild. The numbers of the Methodist Protestant Church were at tliat time scat- t…
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METHODISTS, CAMP 187 METHODISTS, FREE Methodists, Camp, is a term of reproach which ill the days of early JNIethodism was fastened upon those Methodists in the Western States of North America who, with a view to promote revivals of religion, adopted camp-meetings, at whicli religious services were con- ducted. Now t…
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METHODISTS, FREE 188 METHODISTS, FREE thfir jii(l;:ment, more fully carry out the purposes and designs of .Alciliodism.* II. (>/■'/. iiiizdlion, JJoclrines, etc. — In the formation of thi' new ( liurch, while everything calculated to sustain and cherish the original spirit of Metliodism has been carefully retained,…
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III. l'r<:«iit Ciiii'liti'in. etc. — The progress of the de- nomination is ra|ii(l. ((msidering the bold stand it makes against many > usioins and usages quite popidar even in the churches, and the nature of the requirements made of those who become members. During the first years of its history' it had to encounter .s…
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cenus : — De Pgthonissa contra Origenem, lost : — Com- mentarii in Cantica Canticorum, of which only fragments remain: — Sivuv, lost: etc. Another work, De Reve- latione, sometimes attributed to him, is more likely from a later INIethodius. The De Libera A rbitrio, De Resui- rectione, De A ngelica Virginitute et Castit…
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A schism breaking out liptweon the Latin and the ] Greek churches, the Moravian prince was inihufd, by political changes, to enter into a closer relation with the Gerniau empire and the "Western Church. IVIethodius and Cyril, in this emergency, proved themselves to be men who valued Christianity more highly than sect. …
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Methodology (jikdocog and Xoyog) is the scien- titic plan of investigating any department of knowledge. In the science of theology, it is the practical applica- tion of encyclopedia. The one leads to the other. A clear insight into the nature and connections of any science will lead to a right mode of treating it; and …
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Metochita, Theodorus (GfoCwpocoMfroYfVTjc), a Greek theologian, flourished in the da,ys of the emper- or Andronicus the Elder, who appointed him the chief loyothete, or chancellor, of the Church at Constantinople, and intrusted him with several missions. Amid all his official tiuties, Metochita found time to compose su…
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Metrical Psalms and Hymns. Several of the r.salin.s were transliited into Enfjlish metre, during the latter part of tlie reign of Henry YIII, by Sir liiomas "Wyatt, anil printed in 1549. This version, however, is supposed to be lost. It has been thought that a refer- ence to some metrical psalms existed in the 7th sect…
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1. Coins and Weif/h(s. — 1. Names of the ])rincipal Hebrew Standards. — The following are the regular gra- dations, beginning with the highest : (1.) The talent, "SS, kikMr, strictly a circle, hence any round object; and thus a circular piece of money. It was of two kinds, the talent of gold (1 Kings ix, 14) and the t…
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II. Measwes of Dimension or Extent. — These are chief- ly taken from some natural standard, such as the va- rious portions of forearm and hand, or the distance of travel, etc. ; so, among other nations, the foot, fathom, etc. In the descriptive portion of this and the follow- ing section we freely borrow from the artic…
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explained by Gesenius {'J'/iesaur. p. 114) of the knuckles, I and not of the '-armholes," as in the A. Y. of Jer. xxxviii, j 12, where our translators have omitted all reference to ' the word yadeka, which follows it. A " cubit to the ' knuckles" would imply the space from tlie elbow to the ' knuckles, and as this cubi…
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(3.) We now turn to collateral sources of information, which we will follow out, as far as possible, in chrono- logical order. The earliest and most trustworthy testi- mony as to the length of the cubit is supplied by the existing specimens of old Egyptian measures. Several of these have been discovered in tombs, carrj…
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Reverting to the Hebrew measures, we should be dis- posed to identify the new measure implied in 2 Chron. iii, 3, with the full Egyptian cubit ; the " old" measure and Ezekiel's cubit with the lesser one, either of 26 or 24 digits; and the "cubit of a man" with the third one of which Thenius speaks. Bcickh, however, id…
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3 / 54 talents in silver 1 cubit \m inches)= V — — ; — ■ — ; — ^ — -. — . weight ol 1 cul). mch of silver As the talent contained 3000 shekels, and as silver weighs 2051 grains per ounce, we have, by substitution, 1 cnbit='y/ 72.000 shekels silver 2651 grains or, assuming the ancient sliekel to have weighed (as …
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METROLOGY 197 METROLOGY Of 125 Roman paces (Plin. ii, 23), or 606| feet of our measure. It thus falls below the furlong by 53^ feet. The distances between Jerusalem and the places Betha- ny, Jamnia, and Scythopolis, are given with tolerable exactness at 15 stades (John xi, 18), 240 stades (2 Mace, xii, 9), and 600 s…
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We turn to the statements of Josephus and other early writers. The former states that the bath equals 72 xesicB (Ant. viii, 2, 9); that the hin equals 2 Attic choes (^ibid. iii, 8, 3 ; 9, 4) ; that the seah equals U Ital- ian modii (ibid, ix, 4, 5); that the cor equals 10 Attic medimni (ibid, xv, 9, 2) ; and that the i…
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The value of the Attic metret'es has already been stated to be 8.GG9G gallons, and consequently the amount of liquid in six stone jars, containing on the average 2^ metretm each, would exceed 110 gallons (John ii, G). Yerj' possibly, however, the Greek term represents the Hebrew hath, and if the bath be taken at the lo…
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MetrophanSs (Mr]Tpo<pavr]q), a Greek theologian, bishop of .Smyrna, flourished in the 9th century. He is particularly known for his opposition to Photius. He was already bishop of Smyrna when his friend, the pa- triarch Ignatius, was replaced by Photius, and, although he at first recognised the new patriarch, he subseq…
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The otHce originated in the Roman countries, when the chief city of a province was called fiifrpoTroXif;. The date of its origin cannot be exjictly fixed, but "the third century," says Coleman {Manual of Prelacy and Ritualism, p. 235), " may be regarded as the period in which it was chiefly consolidated and established…
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Mets, Laikent nt:, a Flemish prelate, was born at (irammont about l.o20. He studied theologj' at Lou- vain, became a curate at Dciuse, almoner and canon of METSIAH 201 MEUILLON" Saint-GuJula's church at Brussels, and shortly after the opening of the year 1562 he was appointed vicar to cardinal de Granvelle, archbis…
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METZ, Council of {Concilium Metense). Church councils were held at Metz as early as A.D. 590. At this time ^gidius, archbishop of Rlicims, was deposed and banished for high-treason against king Childebert. Of far greater importance, however, was a council held here in A.D. 835, which revoked the excommunication of Loui…
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Meuschen, Joiiann (Ji:i:n.\!!i). a learned Gorman Protestant theologian, was born at ( )snabrilck, in West- phalia. ]\Iay 4, 1680, a son of the minister Johann Con- rad ^leuschen at the St. Catharinenkirche. He com- menced his education at the gymnasium of liis native town; in 1699 entered the University of Jena, where…
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Mexico, a federal republic of North America, and by far the most powerful representative of the Spanish American states. I. General. — Mexico is situated between latitude 15° and 32° north, and longitude 97° and 117° west. The area is estimated by Behm and Wagner (JJevulkerung der Erde, Gotha, 1872) at 776,280 square …
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MEXICO 204 MEXICO papal nuncio in Mexico ; but the negotiations for a new couccjrdat failed from reasons that have not yet been fully cleared up. ,\lter the re-establishraent of the re- publican government under Juarez, the Church again complained of the liberal policy i)ursued by the govern- ment, and these complai…
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[ by Maximilian (Dec. 27, 1864), and it was provided that they should receive salaries from the state : but the bishops refused to accept this arrangement. Monks and mms were verj' numerous in Mexico during the Spanish rule. In 1810 the Franciscans had 6 provinces, the Dominicans 3, the Augustinians 2, the Carmelites a…
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Zacatecas was transferred by the American and For- eign Christian Union to the Board of the Presbyterian Church, which in the same year also stationed mission- aries at San Luis Potosi and in the city of Jlexico. In 1873, there were in all from ten to fifteen little congre- gations connected with the missions of the Pr…
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Meyer, Hermanus, D.D., a noted Dutch Reformed minister, was born in Bremen, Lower Saxony, July 27, 1733. He was educated at the Latin school and gym- nasium of that Saxon city, and subsecjnently at the the- ological academy in Groningen, where in 1758 he became a candidate for the ministry. Having received a call to th…
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Meyer, Johann Hermann, a German Protestant theologian, was b(irn at Hamburg October 6, 1737, and was educated at the University of llelmstjidt. He was appointed minister at Hamburg in 17t;6, in 1778 at Hendsl)iirg. He was elected deacon in 1771 by the pa- rishioners of tlic Nicolai Kirche at Kiel, and made, in 1778. ar…
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Mez'ahab (Heb. Mey-Zahab', ntlT i^, water of gold, i. e. of a golden lustre ; Sept. Mai4ow/3, but omits in Chron.; Vulg. Mezaab), the father of Matred and ma- ternal grandfather of Mehetabel, which last was wife of Hadar, or Hadad, the last mentioned of the early Edom- itish kings (Gen. xxxvi, 39; 1 Chron. i, 50), B.C.…
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houses and thy gates ;" from the Jerusalem Targum. Jon- athan ben-Uziel, Jerusalem Talmud (I'esuch, i, 1), IJaby- lonian Talmud {Erubin, 9G b; Aboda Sara, 11 a), etc. These authorities, moreover, show that the Hebrews, at least after the Babylonian captivity, and at the time of Christ, wrote the passages containing thi…
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nication with a stranger who was utterly ignorant of every language except his own, and eventuallj"^ to mas- ter that language sufficiently for all the purposes of con- versation. He has left an account of his mode of study during these years, which is not a little curious and in- teresting, " The hotel-keepers," he sa…
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which he not only reads, but speaks. Among the Ham itic languages, he knows Coptic, Ethiopia, Abyssinian, Amharic, and Angolese." What is especially notable in this marvellous gift possessed by Mezzofanti is that his knowledge of each among this vast variety of languages was almost as perfect as though his attention ha…
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nor and Sir William Jones are not claimed to have gone beyond twentj'-eight; -while Mithridates and Pico of jMirandola have been made famous by twenty-two. In general learning ^lezzofanti's attainments were highly respectable. He was a well-informed theologian and canonist, and an impressive though not eloquent preach…
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larger than life stood round it, and on each side two rows of gilt idols, with twenty arms each. On either side of the temple, running from end to end, were ten platforms rising like steps one behind the other, on each of which stood fifty images of Quanwon as large as life — 1000 in all, each on its separate pedestal,…
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Mib'sam (ll^h. Mihsam' , ^'^'Z'Z, fragrance), the name of two men. 1. (Sept. Mo(T<Ta/i v. r. in Chron. Mrt/3ffdv.) The although most mistakenly, formed in honor of Jehovah, whom tlicy thus sought to serve by means of a local worship, in imitation of that at Shiloh (see Kitto's />ai7y liible lllustra. ad loc). This wa…
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MICAH 21^ MICAH carried off to Laish, and the "molten" one remained be- hind with Micah (xviii, 20,30; comp. 18). True the Sept. adds the molten image in ver. 20, but in ver. 30 it agrees with the Hebrew text. (3.) But the transaction becomes still more remark- able wlien we consider that this was no obscure or ord…
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2. The son of Mephibosheth, or Meribbaal (son of Jonathan and grandson of king Saul), and the father of several sons (1 Chron. viii, 84, 35 ; ix, 40, 41). B.C. post 1037. In 2 Sam. ix, 12, he is called Micha. 3. The first in rank of the priests of the Kohathite family of Uzziel, under the sacerdotal arrangement bv Dav…
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Why any discrepancy should be perceived between the statement in Jeremiah, that " ^licah the IMorasthite prophesied in tlie days of Ilezekiah king of Judah," and the title of liis book, which tolls us that the word of the Lord came to him '-in the days of Jotham, Aliaz, and Hezekiah," it is difiicult to imagine. The fo…
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It is remarkable that the prophecies commence with the last words recorded of the prophet's namesake, Mi- caiah the son of Imlah, '• Hearken, O people, every one of you" (1 Kings xxii, 28). From this, Bleek (^Einlcd- ttiiif/, p. 539) concludes that the author of the history, like the ecclesiastical historians, confound…
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The predictions uttered by Micah relate to the inva- sions of Shalmaneser (i, 6-8 ; 2 Kings xvii, 4, 6) and Sennacherib (i, 9-16 ; 2 Kings xviii, 13), the destruc- tion of Jerusalem (iii, 12 ; vii, 13), the captivity in Babylon (iv, 10), the return (iv, 1-8; vii, 11), the es- tablishment of a theocratic kingdom in Jeru…
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V. The style of Jlicah is rich, full, and musical — as nervous, vehement, and bold, in many sections, as llo- sea, and as abrujit, too, in transitions from menace to mercy. He i)rescnts, at the same time, no little resem- blance to Isaiah in grandeur of thought, in richness and variety of imagery, and in roimdness and …
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6. The father of Abdon (2 Chron. xxxiv, 20) ; else- where called MiCHAiAH, the father of Achbor (2 Kings xxii, 12). 7. A Levite of the descendants of Asaph (1 Chron. ix, 15) ; elsewhere properly called Micha (Neh. xi, 17, 22). Micai'ah, the prevailing form of the name of sev- eral persons (one a Levite, 2 Chron. xiii…
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the name of prophets of the Lord." The prophets unan- imously gave a favorable response ; and among them, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made horns of iron as a symbol, and announced, from Jehovah, that with those horns Ahab would push the Syrians till he consumed them. For some reason which is unexplained, and can no…
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It only remains to add, that the history of Micaiah offers several points of interest, among which the two following may be specified : 1. Micaiah 's vision presents what may be regarded as transitional ideas of one ori- gin of evil actions. In Exodus, Jehovah himself is rep- resented as directly hardening Pharaoh's he…
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MICHAEL 219 MICHAEL days, and on the last day, when they came opposite to the tomb of Hadrian, Gregory beheld the archangel Michael hovering over the city ; and he alighted on the top of the mausoleum and sheathed his sword, which was drippingwith blood. Then the plague was stayed, and the tomb of Hadrian has been c…
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MICHAEL AND ALL AXGELS 220 MICHAEL ANGELO •wings. When introduced in pictures of the Madonna and Child he presents the balance to Christ, who seems to welcome the happy soul. Whether with or without the balance, he is always the lord of souls in pictures of the death, assumption, or t^loritication of the Virgin Mary,…
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MICHAEL ANGELO 221 MICHAEL APOSTOLIUS occasion to the reconstruction of St. Peter's on its pres- ent sublime plan, in order the better to adapt it to the colossal dimensions of the proposed monument. In 1506 Michael Angelo, incensed by the indifference of the pontiff towards him, quitted Rome; but after a short time…
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