Samuel (see Kitto's Duih/ Bible Illust.) Kitto, s. v.
Hannah, John. I).U.,an eminent Wesleyan minister, was Ix.ni at Lincoln. Lug., Nov. 3, 1792. After receiving a Christian education, he entered the Wesleyan ministry ill 1«14 at IJrnton, Somersetshire. From isio to 1817, inclusive, he was on the Gainsborough Circuit; 1818 to 1820, Lincoln ; 1H2I to 1823, Nottingham ; 1824 to 1826, Leeils; 1827 to iHi'!), third ^Manchester Circuit; 1830 to 1832. Huddersfitld; 1«33, Liverpool; and in 1834 he be- came theological tutor at the Wesleyan Training Insti- tution at Iloxton. In 1842 he was removed to the college at Didsbnry, where he remained as theological tutor till he became a supernumerary at the Confermice of 181)7. In the year that he was removed to Didsljury he was elected i^resident of the Conference (London), and he was again president in 1851, when the Confer- ence met at Newcastle ujion Tvne. He was Conference secretary in the years 1840, 1841, 1849, 1850, and 1854 to 1858. On two occasions he represented the Wesley- an Conference, once with the Kev. K. Keece, and the second time with Dr. J. F. Jobson, at the General Con- ference of the Methoilist Episcopal Churcli in the United States. His full term of service as a Methodist minis- ter extended without interrnption from 1H14 to 1867— fifhl-lliree ,j,',„s. After becoming snpennnncrary in 1867 he coniiimed to reside at Didsburv, under an ar- rangement liberally devised by Mr. Heald and other pronnuent Wesleyan laymen. He died in Didsburv Irom c.mge»tion of the lungs, after a brief illness. Doc. 2'.», 1K67. "For about thirty -three vears he was a chief instructor of the young Weslevaii ministrv, send- ing out such men as Arthur, Hunt. c;alvert, etc.; men who have attested his salutary iiower throughout the I lilted Kingdom, and in the hardest mission fields of the Ciiurch. Neariy three hundred preachers were tranicd by him. His infiuencc over the connection through these men has been beyond all estimation. As a i.rca.dior he was exccedinglv interesting and effective -^not remarkably ' fanciful,' seldom rising into dedama- Uon, but fuU of entertaming and impressive thought
and a certain sweet grace, or, rather, graciousness and unction, which charmed all devout listeners. He was singularly' pertinent, and often surprisingly beautifid in Scripture citation; his discourses were mosaics of the finest gems of the sacred writings. He was a fond stu- dent of the sterlmg old Anglican divines ; he delighted, in his vacation excursions, to make pilgrimages to their old churches and graves, and his sermons abomided in the golden thoughts of Hooker, South, and like tliink- ers. He was constitutionally a modest man, in early life nervously timid of responsibility, but, whether in the pidpit or on the platform, alwaj-s acquitted himself with ability; and often his sensitive spirit kindled into a divine glow that rapt himself and his audience with holy enthusiasm. For fifty-three years his labors for Methodism had no interruption; thej' were unobtru- sive, steady, quietly energetic, and immeasurably use- fid. With Thomas Jackson, he was one of the last of that second and mighty rank of Wesleyan preachers, headed by Bunting, Watson, and Newton, who, when Wesley's immediate companions were rapidly disappear- ing, caught the IMethodistic standard from their trem- bling hands, and bore it forward abreast of the advanc- ing times, and planted it, especially by the missionary enterprise, in the ends of the earth. He was, withal, a model of Christian manners — a perfect Christian gentle- man ; not in the sense deprecated by Wesley in his old Minutes, but in the sense that Wesley himself so com- pletely exemplified. His amiability and modesty dis- armed envy. No prominent man passed through the severe internal controversies of Wesleyan INIethodism with less crimination from antagonists. The whole connection spontaneously recognised him as unimpeach- able, amid whatever rumors or clamors. All instinc- tively turned towards him as an example of serenity, purity, and assurance, in whatever doubtful exigency. The influence of Dr. Hannah's character, aside from his talents, on the large ministry which he educated, has been one of the greatest blessings AVeslej'an Methodism has enjoyed in this generation." — Methodist (newspa- per), Jan. 25, 1868; Annual American Cyclojmdia for 1867, p. 601 ; Weslet/an Minutes, 1868, p. 14.
Han'natllOil (Heb. Channathon', "irsn, gTacious- ly regarded; Sept. 'Avvabwv, v. 'EvvaSui^ awA'A^uoSi), a place on tlie northern boundary of Zebnlon, apparent- ly about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the valley of Jiphthah-El (Josh, xix, 14) ; jirobably among the range of Jebel Jermik, not far from el-^JIugliar.
Han'niel (Heb. Ckanniel', ^Xi|n. r/race of God; Sept. 'Avi>j\,Yii\g. Ilanniel and Haniel), the name of two men.
1. Son of Ephod and phylarch of the tribe of Jlanas- seh, ajjpointed by IMoses at the tlivine nomination as one of the commissioners to divide the promised land (Numb, xxxiv, 23). B.C. 1618.
2. One of the sons of Ulla and chief of the tribe of Asher (1 Chron. vii, 39, where the name is less correct- ly Anglicized " Haniel"). B.C. ante 720.
Ha'noch (Gen.xxv,4; xlvi,9; Exod.^^,14; Numb. xxvi, 5 ; 1 Chron. v, 3). See Enoch 3, 4.
Ha'nochite (Heb. Chanold', isbtt; Sept. 'Ewix, Yulg. Ilenochitce, Eng.Vers. " Hanochites"), a descend- ant of Exocu or Hanoch, the son of Reuben (Numb. xxvi, 5).
Hans Sachs. See Sachs.
Ha 'nun (Heb. Chanun', '(^':'n, favored), the name of three men.