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afterwards the rectory of Houghton-le-Spring; and al- though his Protestant views were well known, the bishop protected him. His enemies now accused him before bisliop Bonner, and he was on his way to trial, and probably to the scaflbld, but was detained bj' breaking his leg on the journey-, till news arrived of Mary's death, and he returned in peace to his rectorj'. The remainder of his life was spent in the assiduous discharge of his parish duties, and in preaching through the country as an itinerant. " The parts of Kedesdale and Tj'nedale, debatable land on the Marches, are par- ticularly named as the scenes of his labors. The peo- ple there, living on the borders of the two counties, had long led a lawless life, subsisting mostly on plun- der. Gilpin went fearlessly amongst them, holding forth tlie commanils and the sanctions of Christianity, and did much to change the character of the country. Hence it was that he was eommonl)' called the North- ern apostle, and his name for generations was repeated with reverence. His own parish of Houghton, 'which included within it fourteen villages, however, was the chief scene of his labors. It yielded him an ample in- come, for Houghton was then, as now, one of the rich- est benefices in the North. He was himself a bachelor. In hospitality he was like what is said or fabled of the primitive bishops. Every fortnight, we are told, forty bushels of corn, twenty bushels of malt, and a whole ox, were consumed in his house, besides ample supplies of provisions of many other kinds. A good portion of this hospitable provision was no doubt consumed by his parishioners, it being his custom, having 'a large and wide parish and a great multitude of people, to keep a table for them every Sunday from Michaelmas to Easter.' But the rectorj'-house was also open to all travellers, and so great was the reverencs which surrounded the master that his liberality was rarelj' abused, even the most wicked being awed by it. His skill in according differences was scarcely less famed than his hospitality and his preaching; and when to this we add that liis benevolence took the wise direc- tion of providing instruction for the young, and that he was assiduous in his attention to the sick and to the poor, we have touched upon all the points which can be prominent in the life of a good pastor. His zeal for education was manifested at once in the education of the poor cbilihrn in liis parish in homely learning, and in patronizing iiromising youth in their studies in the universities. Of these, his scholars, 'he kept full four-and-twent}'^ in his own house, the greater number being poor men's sons, upon whom he bestowed meat, drink, and cloth, and education in learning;' and out of these scholars, and from the grammar-scliool which he founded, we are tcild that 'he supplied the Church of England with great store of learned men.' Of his scholars he always maintained at liis own expense at least six at the universities, and when the}' had com- pleted their studies charged himself with the care of their settlement" (^English Cijclopadia. s. v.). His Life, by bishop Carleton, is one of the most interesting of Christian liiographies. He died March 4, 1.583. See Wordsworth, J-xcl. Bioij. iv, 367; Life, hy W. Gilpin (Glasg. 1824, 12mo) ; Jamieson, Cijclop. Rclig. B'lorj. p. 2'22 ; Hook, Ecd. Biofj. vol. v ; English Cgc/opadia, s. v. See Faith, Rule of.
Gilpiii, Richard, ]\I.D., a Nonconformist divine, was born in Cumberland, England ; studied at Queen's College, Oxford, and became minister of Grej'stock, but was ejected for noncouformit}' in 1G()2, and after- wards practised physic. He died in IGOT. While in the Ciuircli, he was very popular as a preacher. He published Dirmonologia sacra ; or, a Trcaliae of Satan s Temptalions (in three parts, London, 1G77, 4to) : — The Temple Rehnilt (Lond. 1058) :— Sermons (Lond. 1700). — Allilione, Dictionnri/ of Authors, i, 674 ; Darling, Cy- clopcedia Bibliographica, i, 12G0.
Gilpin, William, a descendant of Bernard Gil-
pin, was born at Carlisle, 1724. He became master of the school at Cheam, in Surrey ; afterwards vicar of Boldre", and prebendary of Salisbury. He died at Bol- dre, April 5, 1804. Among his numerous publications are. An Exposition of the N. T. intended as an Introduc- tion to the reading of the Scriptures (Lond. 1811, 2 vols. 8vo, 4th edit.) :— Lifes of the Reformers (Lond. 1809, 2 vols. 8vo) : — Sermons to a Country Congregation (Lond. 1802-5, 4 vols. 8vo) : — Lfe of Bernard Gilpin (Glasg. 1824, 12mo, new ed.) : — Lectures on the Church Cate- chism (Lond. 1779, 2 vols. 8vo) : — Observations on Pic- turesque Beauty (1790, 2 vols. 8vo) : — Mond Contrasts (Lond. 1798, 12mo). — Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. s. v. ; Eose, New Gen. Biog. Lict. viii, 30.
Gils, Antonius Van, D.D., was born July 29, 1758, at Tilburg. His parents were Roman Catholics. He graduated at Louvain with high honor. In 1783 he received spiritual consecration at Antwerp. Af- ter this he was appointed to give instructions in theology, and in 1785 he received his licentiate in theology. Not approving the changes made in the University of Louvain by order of the emperor Jo- seph 11, he resigned his position there, and in 1786 was made chaplain at Eindhoven. From Decem- ber, 1786, to April, 1790, he labored zealously among the Romanists at 's Hertogenbosch. He returned in 1790 to Louvain, where he was made president of the College of Malder and canon of St. Peter. In November of the same j'ear he was taken prisoner by the Austrian troops, and conveyed to ^lechlin. Released from confinement, he defended the university before the Congress, assembled for the regulation of Belgian affairs. In 1791 he was appointed professor, and in 1794 was promoted to the degree of doctor of thcologj'. The French, making themselves masters of Louvain soon after, conveyed him and other pro- fessors as prisoners to Peronne. On his return to Louvain he composed the reph' to the magistrates of the city, declining, on the part of himself and his col- leagues, to attend the opening of the temple of reason. From 1795 to 1813 he experienced various fortunes, being sometimes imprisoned, and for most of the time an exile. After the overthrow of Napoleon he again stood at the head of the University of Louvain. He died at the university June 10, 1834. His principal works are, De twee cosyns: — Eenvondige samenspraeken over de religiezaken van dezcn ii/d (Leuv. 1796, 12mo) : — Motfs de conscience qui empechent les ministres de culte catholique clef aire la declaration exigee par la Ivi du 7 Vend. «w. 7r(Leuv. 1797 ; this was also translated into Flemish) : — De gronden van het Christen-cath. gelonf, te- genover de gronden der philosopihie ('s Hertogenb. 1800) : — Analysis epistolarum B. Panli apostoli ad nsnm semi- narii Sylvm-Ducensis (Lov. 1816, 3 vols. 12mo). See Glasius, Godgeleerd Nedei'land, D. i, biz. 527 en verv. ; also F. V. Goethals, Lectures rekdives a I'histoire des sciences, dcs arts, des maurs, et de la politique en Bel- gique, etc., ii, 298 suiv. (J. P. W.)