Henschenius, Godfrev, a Dutch Jesuit and ec- clesiastical historian, was born at Venrai, Flanders, Jan. 21, 1601. In 1635 he was appointed assistant to Bol- landus in compiling the Acta Sanctorum (q. v.). After the death of Bollandus in 1665, when only five vohmies fif that work had made their appearance, father Daniel Pai;.4jroch was associated with Henschenius in the task of com]jletiiig it. Henschenius contmued the ^vork un- til his death in 1681.— Alegambe, Script. Soc. Jesu, s. v. ; Hoefer, Kour. Biog. Venirale, xxiv, 231.
Henshavr, John K., D.D, a bishop of the Protes- tant Episcopal Cluu-ch, was born in Middletown, Conn., June 13, 1792, and jjassed A.B. in Middlebiu-y College in 1808. He was bred a Congregationalist, but, under the influence of Kev. Dr. Kewley, then of Jliddletown, he became religious, and entered the Protestant Epis- copal Church. Bishop Grisv.old appointed him a lay reader, and by his zealous labors several congregations were established in different parts of Vermont. On his twenty-first birthday he was ordained deacon, and soon after he was called" to St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., where, on his twenty-fourth birth-day (June 13, 1816), he was ordained priest. In 1817 he was called to St. Peter's, Baltimore, where he served as pastor ^\'ith uninterrupted success for twenty-six years. In 1830 the degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by INIiddle- biuy College. In 1843 he was elected bishop of Rhode Island, and made rector of Grace Chiu-ch, Providence. He was alike energetic and successful in his parish and in his diocese, and during his administration the Church grew not only in numbers, but in power. In 1852 he was called to "perform episcopal functions in the diocese of Maryland during bishop Whittingham's absence : and on the" 19th of July, 1852, he died of apoplexy, near Frederick, IMaryland. Bishop Henshaw was a man of clear, sound, and vigorous intellect: he was trained to patient labor, and his moral power was very great in- deed. These qualities fitted him eminently for hia work, and both within and without the Church he was recognised as in every way worthy to exercise the high funcdons of a Christian bishop. He published several Sermons, Charges, and Discourses:— An Oration deliver- ed before the Associated Alumni of Middlebury College (1827) :— A volume of Hymns (1832) -.—The Usefulness of Sunday Schools .-—Heiishaw's Sheridan (1834) ■.—The'
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ohg;ifor the People of Baltimore (1840, 8vo) :— Memoir of khjht Rev, Richard Charming Moore, D.D. (18-12) :— An Inquiry concerning the Second Advent (1842). feee Sprague, Annals, v, 545; Church Review, v, 397.
He'pha (Heb. Cheyphah', nS'^tl, in the Talmud, Schwarz, Palest, p. 197; mentioned by several ancient writers [Reland, Palcest. p. G99] as lying on the Phceni- cian coast of Palestine ; tlie Sycaminos of the Onomast., the Jerusalem Itin., and Josepiuis [A nf. xiii, 12, 3]), the modern Haifa, a place of considerable trade at the foot of Carmel, on the bay of Acre (Robinson, Researches, iii, 194), with the ruins of Sycammos 1^ mile north-west of the present town (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 320).
He'pher (Heb. Che'jyher, ISH, a well, or shame; Sept. '0(/)f p or "0(pip, "Ecpep and 'Atpsp, but 'BcpaX in 1 Chron. i, 0), tlie name of a city and of three men. See also Gath-iiephek.
1. A royal city of the Canaanites captured by Joshua (Josh, xii, 17) ; probably the same district as " the land of Hepher," in the vicinity of Sochoh and Aruboth, as- signed to Ben-Hesed, one of Solomon's table-purveyors (1 Kings iv, 10). The locality thus indicated would seem to be in the vicinity of Uni-Burj, south of Suwei- cheh.
2. The youngest son of Gilead, and great-grandson of ]\Iauasseh (Numb, xxvi, 32). He was the father of Zelophehad (Numb, xxvii, 1 ; Josh, xvii, 2, 3), and his descendants are called Hepherites (Numb, xxvi, 32). B.C. ante 1618.
3. The second son of Ashur (a descendant of Judah) bv one of his wives, Naarah (1 Chron. iv, 6). B.C. cir. 1612.
4. A IMecherathite, one of David's heroes, according to 1 Chron. xi, 36 ; but the text is apparently corrupt, so that this name is either an interpolation, or identical with the Eliphalet of 2 Sam. xxiii, 34. See Ur.
He'pherite (Ileb. Chepkri\ ''"iSn, Sept. Otptpi), a descendant of Hepiier 2 (Numb, xxvi, 32).
Heph'zi-bah (Heb. Chephtsi-bdh', rra-i^rBn, my delight is in her), a (fom.) real and also symbolical name.
i. (Sept. 'Ei^ifiu,\\Ag. Haphsiba.) The mother of king Manasseh, and consequently queen dowager of king Hezekiah (2 Kings xxi, 1). Notwithstanding the piety of her husband, and her own amiable name, her irreligion may be inferred from the character of her son. B.C. 709-696.
2. (Sept. BsXjjjun ln6v,Y\\\g.Voluntas mea in ea.) A figurative title ascribed to Zion in token of Jehovah's favor (in the return from tlie Captivity, and especially in the Jlessiah's advent), in contrast with her predicted desolation (Tsa. Ixii, 4).
Heraclas, Saint, patriarch of Alexandria, was a brother of Plutarch, who was martjTed about A.D. 204, under Septimius Severus. They had both been lieathen, but were converted by Origen, who Avas then teaching at Alexandria. After escaping from the persecution to which his brother fell victim, Heraclas became an as- cetic, but still continued to study Greek philosophy un- der Ammonius Saccas. He was next associated with Origen as a catcchist, and when the latter was com- pelled to leave Egypt on accomit of his difficulty Avith Demetrius of Alexandria, Heraclas remained alone in charge of the theological school of that city. He re- tained this position luitil he became himself patriarch. He died in 246. The Roman martjTology commemo- rates him on the 14th of July. See Eusebius, Hist. Ec- cles. vi, 15 ; Tillemont, Memoires Eccles. vol. iii ; Baillet, Vies des Saints, July 14th.