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subject had called forth in himself he communicates ad- mirably to others. In his whole manner — the same at nine years old as at fifty — there is a freshness and vi- vacity which instantly put the spirits into free and agile motion — an effect somewhat similar to that play of in- tellectual sprightliness which some minds (obviously the greatest only) have the indescribable faculty of creating. But the crowning excellency remains ; nothing is intro- duced in the shape of counteraction. There are no speeches which make his sincerity questionable; no ab- surdities to force suspicion as to accuracy in theological knowledge, or inattention to the analogy of faith ; no staggering, and untoward, and unmanageable inconsist- encies ; nothing by which ' the most sacred cause can be injured;' or the highest interests of men placed in jeopardy ; or which can render it imperative, exactly in proportion as the understanding is influenced, to repress or extinguisli the sentiments, 'in order to listen with complacency to the Lord Jesus and his apostles' " (Fos- ter, J'Jssnjjs, p. 440). His most important work is An ExjMsitum of the Old and Xeiv Testament (many edi- tions; best, London, 1849, 6 vols. 4to ; New York, 6 vols, imp. 8vo). It was completed by Henry up to Acts ; the rest was framed on his MSS. by a number of ministers. It is a popular rather than a scientific commentary, abounding in practical wisdom ; and it has been more widely circulated than any M'ork of the kind, except, perhaps, Clarke's Commentary. He also published a Life of P/iilip Ilenrij, and a number of sermons and practical writings, wliich may be found in his Miscella- neous Works, edited by J. B.Williams (Lond. 1830, imp. 8vo; N. Y. 1850, 2 vols. 8vo). See Williams, Life and Writings of M. Henri/ (prefixed to his Miscel. Works) \ Tong, Life of M. Henrij (1716, 8vo; also reprinted with the Exposition'); AWibonc, Diet iornm/ of A ut ho rs, 1,824: ; Literftry and Theolofical Review, i, 281 ; Kitto's Journal of Sacred Lit. ii, 222 ; Buguc and Bennett, History oj the Dissenters, i, 493.
Henry, Paul Emile, a Protestant writer, was born at Potsdam jMarch 22, 1792. He was of French ex- traction, and studied at the French College in Berlin. He afterwards devoted himself to the study of Hebrew. He was consecrated minister at Neufchatel in 1813, vis- ited Paris in 1814, during the occupation of the city by the Allies. Having returned to Berlin, he was appoint- ed catecliist of the Orphan Asylum, pastor of the church of Frederickstadt in 1820, and director of the French Seminary. He died at Berlin Nov. 24, 1853. He wrote Das Leben Johann Ccdvin's (Berlin, 1844 ; Hamb. 1835- 44, 3 vols. 8vo; 184G,8vo; tmnsl.hy Htehhin'j;, Life and rimes (fCalrin, Lond. 1849, 2 vols. 8vo). He publish- ed also a (ierman translation of the Confession of Faith of the French Reformed Church (Berlin, 1845). He in- tended publishing a collection of Calvin's letters as a continuation of the Life of that reformer, but died be- fore it was completed. See Haag, La France Protes- tante ; Hoefer, Xouv. Biog. GenercUe, xxiv, 225.
Henry, Philip, an English dissenting divine, was born Aug. 24, 1631, at the palace of Whitehall, where his father was page to James, duke of York. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Clirist Church, Oxford, where he obtained a studentship in 1648. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1657, and settled at Worthenbury, Flintshire. He married Miss i\Iathe\vs, a lady of fortune, and became possessed of the estate of Broad Oak, Shropshire. He was driven out of his church by the Act of Uniformity in 1662. " Our sins," he said, " have made Bartholomew-day, in the year 16G2, the saddest day for England since the death of Edward the Sixth, but even this for good." By the Conventicle and Five-mile acts he was driven from his house, and compelled to seek safety in conceal- ment. In 1687, when king James proclaimed liberty of conscience, Mr. Henry immediately fitted up part of his own house for worship. His labors were not con- fined to Broad Oak, but it was his habit to preach daily
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at different places in the neighborhood. But his labors hastened his rest; for, when writing to a friend who anxiously inquired after his health, he says, " I am al- ways habituall}^ wean,-, and expect no other till I lie down in the bed of spices." He died June 24, IG'.Ki, ex- claiming, '"O death, where is thy sting V" An account of his Life and Death was written by his son Matthew, and has often been reprinted (see Henry, Miscellaneous Works, vol. i ; N. York, Carters, 1855, 2' vols. 8\-o). A volume of his Sermo7is, with notes by Williams, was first published in 1816 (London, 8vo), and has siaice been reprinted in the Miscellaneous Works of Sir. Henry, above cited. See Life by Matt. Henrj- ; Jones, Christian Biography ; Bogue and liann^tt. History (f the Disstnt- ers, I, 433.
Henry, Thomas Charlton, a Presbyterian min- ister, was born ill I'liiladcliihia Sept. 22, 1790, and was educated at ^liddleliury t'ollcge, Yt., where he gradua- ted in 1814. Alter studying theologj' at Princeton, he was ordained in 1816; became pastor of a Presbyterian chiu-ch in Columbia, S. C, 1818 ; and removed to the Second Church, Charleston, in 1824. In 1826 his health failed, and he spent several months travelling in Eu- rope. He died in Charleston of yellow fever, Oct. 5, 1827. He published A Plea for tile West (1824) :~An Inquiry into the Consistency of Popular Amusements with Christianity (Charleston, 1825, r2mo) : — Etchings from the Religious World (Charleston, 1828, 8vo) : — Letters to an Anxious Liquirer (1828, 12mo; also London, 1829, with a memoir of the author). — AWihone, Dictionary of A uthors, i, 826 ; Sprague, A nnals, iv, 538.