Kgyptian Kite (JHlviis JErjijptiu ).
ticed in various stages of plumage as Milvus Ictinus, Milvus Etolius, Savigny ; Falco A^gyptiacus and Falco ForskcMii, Gmelin ; Falco cinereo -ferrvgineus, For- jkahl; Falco Arda, Savigny; ])Tohah\y, also, Falco jm- rasilicus, Lath. Tlie bill of this species is dark ; head and throat wliitish, with brown streaks; body above dark gray brown, pale ferruginous below ; tail but pligbtly forked ; legs yellow. It is found in liiero- glvphic paintings, colored with sufficient accuracy not fo be mistaken. The other species, which we figure below as Milvus ater, is the black kite, Falco melanop-
Common Kite (.l/iVyws Atci).
terus^ Daudin ; Elanus Ccesius, Savignj' ; Falco Souni- nensis, Latli. ; Le Blac, he Vaill., and the Kouhidi of the Arabs. It has the head, neck, and back dark rusty gray ; scapulars bordered with rusty ; wing-coverts and primaries black, the last-mentioned tipped with wliite ; tail rust}^ gray above, white beneatli ; bill dark ; legs yellow. The manners of both species are much tlie same : it is likely that they are equall v abun- dant at Cairo, and spread into Palestine. — Kitto, s. v. Daah. See Hawk.
Gleiidy, John, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was born in Derrj', Ireland, June 4, 1755, and was educa- ted in the University of Glasgow, where, after devoting some time to the study of theology, he was licensed and ordained. He subsequently accepted a call from the Church in Londonderry, where ho remained till the Irish insurrection of 17tl8 obliged him to leave his native land. He arrived in Norfolk, Va., in 1799, and shortly after supplied the congregations of Staunton and Bethel, in Augusta Co., for nearly two years. He made the acquaintance of Washington and Jefferson, and was held in high estimation as a minister. In 1S03 he was inducted as pastor of the Second Pres- byterian congregation at Baltimore, and served tlie House of Representatives and the Senate as chaplain. He died Oct. 4, 1832. He published A n Oration in Com- memoration of Washington, 1800 : — A Prayer offered on the 4th of July, 18'21. — Sprague, Annals, iv, 229.
Glenorchy, Lady Wiliielmina Maxwell, dis- tinguished for her benevolence and piety, was born at Preston, Scotland, Sept. 2, 1741. Her early years, though sedulously watched over by her kind and in- telligent mother, were nevertlieless too much devoted to the follies and gaj-ety of fashionable life. When she had attained the age of twenty -three years, her mind was aroused by a serious illness to reflections on her present character and future prospects; and iiiu.— ing on the first question in the Assembly's Catechism, "What is the cliief end of man?" — " It is to glorify God, and enjoy him forever," she asked herself. Have I answered the design of my being ? Have I glorified God? Shall I enjoy him forever? Thus reflecting, she gradually felt the sinfulness of her nature, per- ceived the total alienation of her heart from God, and applied to her heavenly Father through Christ for par- don and grace. The remainder of her life was distin- guished by the consistency of her deportment. She employed much of her time in acts of benevolence ; in wise and pious conversation ; in an extensive, judi- cious, and profitable correspondence ; and in every oth- er means for promoting the conversion of sinners and the edification of saints. For such benevolent actions, she was called a Methodist, and represented as a wild enthusiast ; but such opposition her principles enabled her patiently to endure, and, through evil and good re- port, to pursue her work of faith and labor of love. She was an intimate friend of Darcy Lad}' Maxwell, and, like her, a friend to Mr. AVesley and his preach- ers. In 1774 she opened a chapel in Edinburgh called "Lad}- Glenorchy 's chapel," where Mr. Jones, of Plym- outh, preached for over fifty years. She built also several places of worship in the country. Though her health declined, her activity and usefulness were una- bated, till, on the 17th of July, 1786, she was summon- ed to her reward. She bequeathed, b}' lier will, five thousand pounds for the education of 3'oung men for the ministry in England ; five thousand pounds to the society in Scotland for the propagation of Christian knowledge ; and the greatest part of the residue of her [iroperty to charitable and pious purposes. See Me- moirs of Lady Glenorchy, in Burder's Pious Women. — Jones, Christian Biography ; Jamieson, Religious Biog- raphy, p. 228 ; Stevens, History of Methodism.
Gloria in Excelsis Q'Glory he [to God'] on high''), the name of one of the most ancient doxologies of the Church, It is called doxologia major, to distinguish it
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from the Gloria Patri ; and is also called hymnus an- (jelicus (the angelic hymn), because the first part of it was sung by the angels at Bethlehem. The latter ])ortion is ascribed to Telesphorus, about A.D.loO; but this is doubtful. The whole hymn, with very little difference, is to be found in the Ajiostolical Constitu- tions, and was establislied to be used in the church service by the fourtii Council of Toledo. It is used by lioth the Greek and Latin churches. " In tlie Eastern Church," says Palmer, "this hymn is more than 1500 vears old, and the Church of England has used it, either at ths beginning or end of the liturgy, for above 1200 years." In the Roman Missal it stands at the begin- ning of the Office for the Communion, as it does also in the first Common Prayer of king Edward VI, where it immediately follows the Collect for Purity. In the present prayer-book of the Ciiurch of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church it stands after the com- munion, as it does also in the Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Greek form of the hjmin, as restored by Bunsen (^Aualecta Anteniccena, iii, 87), is as follows: " Ao^a tv vxpiffToiQ Oaij Kcti tni -yije tlpijvr], iv av'iipwTroiQ ihcoKia. Xivovjitv ae, tv\oyoiJ^fv at, irpoaKvvovn'iv af tv\apiaTovidv trot Sid t))v neyaXrjv (Tov do^av. Kvpie [SacriXtv iTroupdvie, Btoi; Trart)p irav- TOKpdrojp' Kvpie v Btog' Kvpii v'tt fiovoytvi)' Irjaov Xpiffre' 'O djivbg tov dtoii' o inog tov Trarpog' O a'i- pwv rug uixapTiag tov Koa^oV i\ii](7ov ■tip.ug' 'O u'i- pLov Tug uf.iapTiag tov k6<t/j.ov tKsijaov tipag, Tvpoa- Sii,ai tiiv 5ct]cnv j'/juoJV 'O KaOtijiivog ti' £t^i(f Toi) ttci- Tpog' t\ai](Jov I'ipcig. "Ort crv d fiuvog icyiog' av d f.i6- vog Kvpiog' 'h](jovg Xptarog' tig S6S,av Qtov iraTpvg. 'A.pl)v." The English form: "Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good-will towards men. "We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorifj' thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glorj', 0 Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 0 Lord, the onl3'-begotten Son Jesus Christ ; 0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, re- ceive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercj^ upon us. For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only, O Christ, witli the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God tiie Father. Amen." — Hook; AVheatly, Co)7i- i,wn Prayer, ch. vi, § 27 ; Palmer, Orig. Litunj. ii, 158 ; I'mcter, On Common Prayer, p. 353; Bingham, Orig. Eccles. bk. XV, chap, iii ; Daniel, Thesaurus Ilymuoloyi- cus, ii, 267 ; Evangdical Quar. Rev. April, 1861), p. 250. See Angelical Hymn; Doxology.