Haevernick. See IIavkrxick.
Hafenreffer, IMattiiias (also Haff'vnreffer),a. Lu- theran tl.eologian, was born Jimc 24, lotil, at Lorcli, in Wiirtembcrg, and died Oct. 22, 1G19. at Tiibingen. He studied ]ibilosophy and theology at the last-named place, and in 1590 was made court -preacher and comisellor of the Consistory at Stuttgart; in 1592 became professor of theology, and in 1617 chancellor and provost at Tu- bingen. To a profound and comprehensive learning, he united a sweet and peace-loving disjiosition, which led him to keep aloof for the most part from the theo- logical strifes of his age, and to find his jileasurcs in di- recting and stimulating the studies of his iiupils, to whose aiTectionate appreciation of him Val. Andrea and others bear testimony. His chief work. Loci 1Iif<ilof/ici ccrfn vwllwdo etc raiinne in tres lihros tribiiti (Tiibingen, IGOO; an improved and enlarged cd. 1G03). publislied at the request of Frederick, didic of Wiirtemberg, for the use of prince John F'rederick, was regarded as a model not only of Lutheran orthodoxy, but also of clearness and definiteness in conception, and expression and sim- plicity in stylo. It was the text-book of theology at Tiibingen up to the end of the 17th centur}', supplant- ing Heerbrand's Compenditnn, which had h)ng been of almost symbolical authority there. By royal decree it was, in 1(512, made the official text-book of dcignii-.tics in the University of Ujisala and other Swcdisli in.-litu- tions of learning. Charles XII is said to have ahiiost known it by heart. Hafcnrcflicr wrote also some con- troversial works against the Koniraiists and Calvinists, and a work entitled Temphon KzcchiiTut (Tubingen. l(i 1 3, fol.).— Hcrzog, Real-Enc;illopcidie, v, 4G9. (J. ^^^ M.)
Haffner, Lsaac, a French Protestant minister and distinguished humanist, was born at Strasburg in 1751. After studying at Paris and visiting several of the (Ger- man iniiversitics, he was ordained, and soon acquired great reputation as a preacher in Strasburg. He be- came subsequently dean of the theological faculty of that city, and died there INIay 27, 1831. He had "been instrumental in restoring in part the old university of Strasl)urg imder the title oi Protesiant Theohf)ical Acad- emy, which was afterwards changed to Proteslcmf Semi- nan/. At the inauguration he delivered an address, printed under the title /Ms Secoitrs que Veiiide des lan- f/ucf, de rfiistoire, de la philosophie et de la liiterature of- fre a la (lieohr/ie (Strasb. 1803, 8vo) ; he wrote also Be 1. Education litteruire, ou essai sin- Voi-r/anisution d'mi (''abliitiement pour les hav/es sciences (Strasb. 1792, 8vo). Discourses delivered on the amiiversary of his 50th year in the ministry were published under the title j'ubi/e d'llaffner (French and German, Strasb. 1831, 8vo). See
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Obcrlin, Almanack (VAhace ; jM. Hcnrion, Annales hio- f/raphiques (1831, 1851), vol. ii; llocfcr, Xoui; £io[/. Gen xxiii, 80.
Haft (2JS3, nifstsab',frm), the handle of a weapon e. g. of a dagger (Jiulg. iii, 2-2). See Kxifk.
Haftorah (also Ilaftarolh) is the name applied to fifty-four portions or sections of the Pentateuch selected by "the Jews for Sabbath reading in tiie synagogue, un- der xVntiochus Epiphanes, who forbid them reading the law. Previous to his time the Pentateuch was divided into sulfas. In Palestine the number of sections re- quired three years for the public reading of the whole Pentateuch, but in Babylonia, the reading, arranged as above referred to, was done in one year. — Furst, Kuliur- ffeschic/ite. i, GO; Etheridge, Introduction to Ihbr. Lit. p. 201. See HAi'HTARAir. (J.H.W.)
Ha'gab (Ileb. Chwjab', 35n, a locust ; Sept. 'A>(i/3), one of the Nethinim whose descendants returned from Babylon under Zerubbabcl (Ezra ii, 46). B.C. ante 530. See Hag ABA.
Hag'aba (Heb. Chagaha', X^JH, a locust, a Chal- daizing form ; Sept. 'Ayafia v. r. 'Ayy«/3«,Vulg. Ilagaha, Neh.vii,48) or HACx'ABAK (Heb. r/i«^H6«//, USan, id. ; Sept. 'Ayn/3a,Yu]g. Haguba, Ezra ii, 45), one of the Nethinim whose descendants returned from the captiv- itv with Zerubbabel. B.C. ante 536. See Agabus;
llAGAli.
Hagany, John B., D.D., an eminent minister of the ■Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in the city of Wilmington, Delaware, August 26, 1808, of Metho'- cUst parentage, and entered the itinerant ministry in 183 J. His ministry was from the first very success- ful. Diuring his long career of thirtj'-iour years he filled many of the most important stations of his Church in the MidiUe States, among them PottsviUe, Pa. ; St. George's, Ebenezcr. and Trinity chiu"ches, Philadelphia ; the Vestry Street, ISIulberry Street, St. Paul's, and Bed- ford Street churches. New York City; Sands Street, Brooklyn, and Thirtieth Street, New York, where he closed his labors with his life, June 28, 1865.
Dr. Hagany was an eloquent preacher. He had a sweet-toned voice, a calm rather than a fervid temper- ament, a ((uick, tender sjTiipathy, by which he was readily affected himself, and could readily affect others to tears. His memory was retentive, and enabled him to command instantly all his resources. In the early Methodist literature, and the English classics of the 17th century, he was unusually well read, and his cita- tions from his favorite authors pleasantly spiced his conversation. Withal there ivas a vein of humor run- ning through his speaking and writing which gave a flavor to both. His literary remains consist chiefly of essays contributed to religious and other periodicals. One of these, on John Wesley, furnished to Harper's MagarAne, is one of the most striking characterizations of the great reformer extant. On the last Sunday of his life, June 25th, he preached to his congregation from the text, "Let me dis the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." Not having finished his discourse, he announced that he would conclude it the next time he preached. On the evening of that day he was too unwell to go into the pulpit. On Wednesday afternoon he was sitting in his chair, reading from the sermons of Rev. Jonathan Seed, an old favorite of John Wesley. IMeeting in Seed with a passage which greatly pleased him, he called his wife, and began reading it aloud to her. While reading he was seized with a spasm of pain in the chest: the book was dropped, he leaned his head upon his hand, his arm ujion tlie table before him, and in a few minutes it was all over. He had nearly completed his fifty-seventh year, and the thirty-fourth of his ministrj-. ' ((J. R. C.)