Egyptian Bats, and their Heads in full size. 1. Tai'hozoua Perfomtus; 2. Rliinolojihus Tridzns.
eral species of these animals are found in Egj'pt, some of which occur doubtless in Palestine. Mo/ossus Rup- pelii, Vespertilio pipistrellus var. Aegyp>tius, V. ouritus var. Aegijpt., Taphozous perforatus, Nycteris Thebaica, Rhinopoma mieruphylhtm, Rkinolophus tridens, occur in the tombs and pyramids of Egypt. See Zoology.
Batanaea. See Bashan.
Batchelder, George W., a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Philadelphia, June 15, 1836. He was educated at the Pennington Seminary, N. J., and afterward was engaged as classical teacher at Case- ville, Pa., and New Egypt, N.J. In 1857 he entered the itinerant ministry, and was appointed to Prince- ton, N. J. Here his preaching made an extraordinary impression, and Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of A.M. His next appointment was State Street, Trenton, and his last Bayard Street, N. Bruns- wick. He died of consumption at Princeton, March 30, 1865. He was a young man of rare promise, of deep piety, of fine culture, and of extraordinary elo- quence.— Minutes of Conferences, 1864, p. 20.
Batchelder, William, born at Boston, March 25, 1768, was a Baptist minister of considerable note. His parents dying when he was but 13, he began a roving life, in the course of which he had many re- markable adventures ; among others was the being elected captain, or master of a ship which had lost its officers, before he was 16. Becoming connected with the Baptist Church, after some years spent in preach- i ing, he was, in 1796, ordained pastor of a church at J Berwick, which place he chose, it is said, "as the least attractive, where the greatest good could be done." In 1805 Mr. Batchelder removed to Haverhill, -where he labored till his death, April 8, 1818, which was ' caused by over-exertion in raising funds for Water- vine College. Mr. Batchelder was a man of fine pres- ence and of great popularity. — Spraguc, Annals, vi, 319.
Bate, James, an English divine, was born 1703, educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and in 1731 became rector of Deptford. He died 1775, having published A Rationale of tM Literal Doctrine of Original Sin (Lond. 1766, 8vo), with a number of occasional sermons. — Darling, Cycl. Bibl. i, 197.
Bate, Julius, brother of James, born about 1711, and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He be- came rector of Sutton, and died 1771. He was an in- timate friend of Hutchinson, whose ethical principles he imbibed and defended. He wrote An Inquiry into the Similitudt s of Cod in O. T. (Lond. 1756, 8vo) :— The Integrity of the, Hebrew Text vindicated against Kennicott (Lond. 1754, 8vo): — .4 New Translation of the Penta- teuch, with Notes (Lond. 1773, 4to), "so literal as to be nearby unintelligible" (Monthly Rev."); with several controversial essays against Warburton, and minor tracts. — Darling, s. v. ; Allibone, s. v.
Bateman, James, a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Maryland 1775, converted in 1800, enter- ed the itinerant "ministry in the Philadelphia Confer- ence in 1806, located in 1814, re-entered in 1817, and preached until his death in 1830. As a man he was amiable, urbane, and generous ; as a Christian, gentle, candid, and full of charity ; as a preacher, sound, ear- nest, and warm ; and as a presiding elder, discreet, firm, and wise. His life was useful and loving, and his death triumphant. — Minutes of Conferences, ii, 118.
Bates, Lewis, an American Methodist minister, died in Taunton, Mass., March 24, 1865, aged 85 years. He was a descendant in the seventh generation of John Rogers, the martyr. At the age of thirteen he was converted, and in 1801 he, with two others, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Springfield, Vt.. thus originating the church in that place, and on Decem- ber 5, 1802, he consecrated himself to the ministry. In 1804 he was admitted ou trial in the New York
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Conference; in 130C he was admitted into full con- nection in the New England Conference, and ordain- ed deacon l>y Bishop Asbury, and appointed to Tuf- tonborough, which was set off from the New York Conference. In 1807 he was at Scarborough and Livermore, Me. ; in 1808, ordained elder, and sta- tioned for the third time at Tuftonborough ; in 1809, Pembroke ; 1810, Barnard, Vt. ; 1811, 1812, Salisbury and < rreenland Circuit. In 1813 he located. In 1817 he was readmitted to the New England Conference, and sent to Vershire Circuit, Vt. ; 1818, 1819, Landaff, N. II. : 1820, New London Circuit. In 1821 he was appointed to Norwich; 1822, Warwick, R. I. ; 1823, 1824, Barnstable, Mass.; 1825, 1826, Wellfleet; 1827,
i em, N. II. ; 1829, Easton and Stoughton ; 1830, Easton and Bridgewater; 1831, Bristol, R. I.; 1832, Mansfield; 1833, 1834, East Weymouth ; 1835, Saugus; 1836, 1837, Pembroke ; 1838, 1839, Scituate Harbor; 1840, N. W. Bridgewater, etc.; 1841, Taun- ton First Church ; 1842, Nantucket ; 1843, Falmouth ; 1844, S. Dartmouth; 1845, Pembroke; 1846, 1847, West Sandwich ; 1848, Hull and Cohasset; 1849, Chil- mark, Martha's Vineyard. This was his last appoint- ment from the Conference. In 1850 he asked a super- annuated relation, and located in Taunton, where he remained till his death, beloved and respected by all who knew him. His ministry was every where ef- fective, and many were converted to God through his labors; among them several who became preachers of the Gospel. He was sixty-one years a preach- er, forty-two of which were spent as an itinerant, moving almost yearly, most of the time with a large family. During the years he was superannuated, whenever his health would admit he was active in visiting the churches, preaching, and attending prayer and class-meetings. — Christian Advocate, May 18,1865 ; Minutes, 1865, p. 43.