Garnish: riBU, tsapkah', in Piel, to overlay (as usually rendered), e. g. with stones, 2 Chron. iii, 6; in a similar sense, Koujuio, to adorn, Bev. xxi, 19, which is used of decking with garlands, ]\Iatt. xxiii, 29; er of a, furnished apartment, IMatt. xii, 44; Luke xi, 25). In Job xxiii, 16, the tenii is peculiar, !l^£':3, shiphrah', which Gesenius regards as a noun denoting brightness, with which the heavens are clothed ; although Fiirst, with many others, pointing iT^S'^, regards it as a Piel form of "lE-S in the sense of arch, referring to the vaulted form of the skj'. See Astronomy.
GaiTettSOn, Freeborn, a distinguished pioneer preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Maryland August 15, 1752, was converted in 1775, and entered the Conference in the same year. In De- cember, 1784, he was ordained elder by Dr. Coke, and volunteered as missionary to Nova Scotia. In 1788, with twelve young ministers, he opened the work of evangelizing Eastern New York and Western New England. From 1818 to his death, Sept. 26, 1827, he mostly had the relation of Conference missionar}-. Mr. Garrettson was a very widely-useful minister. " He was among the earliest Methodist preachers of American birth, anil, being active and zealous from the commencement of his ministerial career, his life and labors are intimately connected Avith the rise and progress of ]\[ethodism in this countrj'." He preached in almost all tiie Eastern States, from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico, and on all his appointments many souls were converted and many churches built up. Although not a man of great learning, Mr. Garrettson was a man of vigorous mind and powerful character. He was imbued with fervor and zeal; and during fif- ty-two years he was one of the most laborious and ef- ficient evangelists of tlie age. He died greatly honored
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r.nd lamented. — Minutes of Conferences, i, 574 ; Bangs, /./■/'(' (fF. (Jdrrettison (N. Y. 12mo) ; Stevens, Memorials of Metkudism, vol. i ; Methodist Magazine, March, 1828 ; Stevens, History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. (G. L. T.)
Garrison, denoted by four or five Ileb. words from the root -^3, natsab' , to stand firm or erect (i. q. S^"^). 1. 3S"2, matstsah' (fern. ilUS'C, matstsahah' , 1 Sam. xiv, 12), a station, i. e. lit. a standing-place (e. g. where the priesits stood in Jordan, "place," Josh, iv, 3, 9); hence a military' or fortified 2'ost (e. g. the Philistine camp, 1 Sam. x"iii,23; xiv, 1,4, G, 11, 12, 15; 2 Sam. xxiii, 14); metaph. an oj/ice or public "station" (Isa. xxii, 19). 2. — 5Sp, mutstsdb' , a cordon of troops ("mount," Isa. xxix, 3; perhaps also " pillar," Judg. ix,6). 3. 3''^3, netsib', properly a prafect or superin- tendent ("ofiicer," 1 Kings iv, 19; 2 Chron. viii, 10); hence a military 2)0st (1 Sam. x, 5; xiii, 3, 4; 2 Sam. viii, 6, 14; 1 Chron. xi, 16; xviii, 13; 2 Chron. xvii, 2) ; also a monumental " pillar" (q. v.) or cippus (e. g. a statue of salt, Gen. xix, 2G; a sense in which some take the word also in 1 Sam. x, 5 ; xiii, 3, like the stela erected liy Scsoslris in conquered countries in token of subjugation, Ilerod. ii, 102, lOG). 4. An improper rendering, Ezek. xxvi, 11, of nSSw, matstsebah' , which always designates a standing object, either an archi- tectural or monumental column (usually rendered " pil- l:ir;" in the passage of Ezekiel perhaps referring to those of the Tyrian temples ; comp. Herod, ii, 14), or an idolatrous "«?««^e" (q. v.). See Fortificatiox.
Garsis, a town mentioned in the Talmud (0'^p"iy, Erubim, fol. 21, i) as the residence of one Rabbi Joshua ; also by Josephus (Popcri'c-, War, v, 11, 5) as the native city (ttuXiiJ) of one Tephthteus, and situated in Galilee — Schwarz adds {Palest, p. 178) 20 stadia from Seppho- ris (evidently confounding it with the Garisime, ranei- nipi] v.r. rapi'f KiofiT], of Josephus, Life, § 71), but that the site is now unknown.
Garve, Karl Bernhard, a German divine and Christian poet, was born near Hanover, Jan. 4, 1763. He studied theology in the seminary of Harby, and soon after became professor of philosophy and histoiy at Niesky. This he left in 1797, and afterwards served in different functions in Amsterdam, Ebersdorf, Nor- den, and Berlin successively, distinguishing himself particularly in the latter place, where his ministrations were eminently successful, despite the disordered state of affairs during the years 1810-16. He was after- wards at the head of the Moravian community at Neu- salz, on the Oder, which post age and infirmities com- pelled him to resign in 1838. "^He died June 22, 1841. Garve was one of the best of modern German hymn Avriters, especially excelling in versification, and com- bining fecundity and ease of production with rare beau- ty of language and deep religious feeling. He pub- lished Christliche Gesdngc (Gorlitz, 1825), containing 303 pieces, mostly original: — ^^ Briiderffesiinge" (Gna- dau,1827); and left many hjnnns in manuscript. — Her- zog, Real-Encyldopddie, iv, 6G3.
Garver, Danikl, was born in Washington Co., Md., January 9, 1830. He graduated at Pennsylvania College in 1850, and passed his theological studies in the seminary at Gettysburg. He was licensed to preach, and soon after accepted a ])rofessorship in Hli- nois State University. This position he occupied with honor to himself and advantage to the institution for several j'ears. After spending some time in visiting portions of Europe, Asia, and Africa, he returned to this country', and successively preached at Canton, Ohio, and Grcensburg, Pa. He died Sept. 30, 18G5. He was an earnest, impressive, and successful minis- ter of the Lutheran Church, -a man of enlarged mind and liberal heart, whose memory will be cherished with affectionate interest. His only publications a;e. Our