See Renz, De saUationibus Jud. veit. rdig, (Lips. 1738) ; Danov, De choreis sacria Ebr, (Gryph. 1766) ; Spencer, De saltat. veU. Hebr. (in Ugolini Themur. xxx); Zeltner, De choreis vett. If ebr, (Altorf. 1726); Al tenon, De di&reis Paulo interdictis (Misen. 1744); Brdmel, FesUdnze der ersten Christen (Jen. 1701); GrQ- nonberg, De saltadone ChrisHano licita (Rost. 1704, 1719, 17.%) ; Purmann, De saUatume (Frcft 1786) ; Burette (in the Mem. de PAcad, des IntcrMf 93 sq.); Bonnet,
affirmed that during these intervals of vebeDStc^ tation they were favored with wondeffal mm They evinced open contempt ibr the autheritr, fm. and doctrines of the Roman Church, and w«fe «««* ered as possessed with devils. Tlie sane f^sKoa appeared at Straftburg in 1418. — ^Moebeim, CLBiii 416; Gieseler, Ch, Bittory, § 121.
Dancing. A form of religious dandng toi^m made part of the public worship of the early Chrisie. The custom was borrowed from the Jews, ifi ^^ solemn processions choirs of yonng men and mu^ moving in time with solemn music, alwajv brr part. It must not be supposed that the *'RBfl.i dances" had any similarity to modem amnscnri^: they wore rather processions in which all ^ Pii part marched in time with the hymns whid tip sung. The custom was very early laid adde, pr«» bly because it might have led to the adoption rf.^ objectionable dances as were employed in hc®s -f the pagan deities. Prohibitions of dandng » a amusement, abound in the Church finthers jmdiiib decrees of the councils. See Bingham, Or^.Ecd^ xvi, ch. xi, § 15. On dancing as an amuseaeai,* Crane, On Dancing, N. Y. 12mo.
Dandini, Girolamo, a Roman theok>giaai a»i 1* pal legate, was bom at Cesena in 1554. After brie professor of philosophy at the University of Pare. «=• professor of theology at the University of P»dsa.l^ entered the order of Jesuits, and became Its pwtiidi. in Poland and at Milan. In 1596 he m setA i? Clement XI as nuncio to the Maronites in wji^f effect their union with the Church of Rome, hot ia tte mission he was not successfuL He died at Fcrii V 29, 16.S4. He is the author of a woric on Bkke S^ (Cesena, 1651 ; Antw. 1676, fol.). He aUo p«tfeW» report on his mission to the Maronites {Mittkme Jp toUca aiPatriarcha e MaroniH del MoattL^f^i^'' sena, 1666 ; Paris, 1676 ; English, 1698). Accoi^t- the French translator, Richard Simon, Dsndim l^e an incorrect account of the creed of the Manantei- Pierer, Univers, Lex. iv, 686 ; Hoefer, Biof-Ga^^ 910.
Danforth, Calvin, a Methodist Epirtopal m» ter, was bom at Fort Covington, Franklin C"®-?^ Nov. 28, 1809, was licensed to exhort in 1828, HJ^ the Oneida Conference in 1^30, was superannnateu " 1884, went South for his health, and took a stsaW in an academy at Warrenton, Ga., still retainiag^ connection with the Church in the North. In '"
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srved for a time as professor of mathematics in n^^n Bfannal Labor School, but his health soon i. By medical advice he went to St Augustine,
where he died in great peace in May, 1889. Mr. forth endeared himself to thousands by his piety,
for education, love for sonls, and eloquence. — Ue9 cf Oon^ermcei^ ii, 675; Gorrie, Black JHver ! MemariaL
•anforth, Joshua Noble, D.D., a Presbyteri- ilnister, was bom hi Pittsfield, Mass., m 1792. He educated at Williams €k)Uege, and in his last year e determined to devote himself to the ministry. tr three years* study in the Princeton Theological linary (1818-21), he took his first pastoral charge Newcastle, Del. ; his second was at the City of fthington. After a short time spent in the service he American Colonization Society, he became pas- of a Ck>ngregational Church at Lee, Mass., and af- rarda of the Second Presbyterian Church at Alex- ria, Va., where he remained fifteen years. Eveiy- sre his ministry was productive of abundant trmt,
was also a frequent writer in the periodical press. ally he re-entered the service of tiie Colonization iety, and remained in it till a short time before his th, which occurred Nov. 14, 1861, at Washington. Vilson, PrednfUricm Almanac, 1868, p. 298. Danforth, Samuel, a Congregational minister, s bom at Framingham, Sufiblk Co., EngUnd, Sep- iber, 1626, and came with his father to New Eng- d In 1634. He graduated at Harvard in 1643, and s chosen tutor and fellow. In 1650 he was installed league pastor in Roxbury, where he labored during
life, which ended Nov. 19, 1674. He studied as- noroy carefully, and published several alman&cs, d astronomical and theological remarks upon the net (1664).— Sprague, Armals, i, 138. Danforth, Samuel, son of the preceding, was m Dec. 18, 1666, and graduated at Harvard College
1683. He was one of the most learned and emi- nt ministers of his day. In the beginning of the ar 1705, through bis labors, a deep impression was ide upon the minds of his people, and a revival oc- rred, of which an account is given in some letters
Mr. Danforth, preserved in Prince's Christian ffU- y. He published a eulogy on Thomas Leonard, 13, and the election sermon, 1714. He left behind m a manuscript Indian dictionary, a part of which
now in the library of the Massachusetts Historical >ciety. It seems to have been formed from Eliot's idian Bible, as there is a reference under every word • a passage of Scripture. He died Nov. 14, 1727.— Al- n, American BioffrajAy, s. v.