James, John Angell, an eminent Congregational minister, born at Blandford, Dorsetshire, June (J, 1785, was educated at the college at Gosport, and entered tlie ministry when onl.v seventeen years old. He was a verj' popular jircacherj and, before twenty, was settled as pas- tor of the "Church Meeting in Carr's Lane," Birming- ham, where he remained till liis death, October 1, 1859. " In the course of years Angell James came to be consi<l- ered the most important and influential ])ublic man in connection with his own denomination, and on account of his evangelical views of religion, he was also much esteemed both by the Low-Church party in the English Establishment, and by Dissenters generally in Scotland anil America." Mr. James published, besides a multi- tude of sermons, tracts, addresses, a number of small re- ligious volumes, the best known being the A nxious In- quirer, Christian Fellowship, and Christian Professor, which had, and still have, a vast circulation both in En- gland and in this countrj'. See Dale's Life and Letters of John Aw/ell James (London, 1862) ; Pen-Pictures of popular Em/lish Preachers (London, 1853, p. 274 sq.) ; A>«' York Literary and Theological Review, i, 595. (J. H.W.)
James, John Thomas, an English prelate, born in 178(), was educatcil at Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed bishop of Calcutta in 1727, and died in 1829. lie published several works of travels in the northern and eastern portions of Europe. — Allibone, /)iV/. of Authors, \^.'i:r2.
James, Peter, a minister of the IMethodist Episco- pal Church South, was born in Pennsylvania in 1789, and removed to Virginia in 1799, and from thence, a year later, to Mississippi. In 1812 he joined the jNIississippi Conference. He filled several prominent ]iositions with- in the limits of his Conference, and was for a time pi'e- siding elder. The ISIemphis Conference being formed out of a part of the IMississippi, he was invited to join the latter, which he did ; but his health declining, he be- came a superannuate. He dicdlMarch 18, 18G9. "Peter James possessed but limited literary attainments; but, by dint of ap]ilication, he became an able minister of the (Jospel. In all the relations of life he maintained his in- tegrity as a Christian, and exemplified the virtues and graces of our holy religion." — Min. A nn. Couf. M. E. Ch. k iii, 340.
James, Thomas, D.D. (1), a learned divine and an able critic, was liorn at Newjiort, Isle of Wight, in 1571. He studied at Winchester School and New College, Ox- ford, of which he became fellow in 1593. He was ap- pointed keeper of the Bodleian Librarj- at its foundation in 1602, and afterwards subdean of Wells, and rector of Mongeham, Kent. He died in 1G29. Dr.James, it is
said, was one of the most learned critics ol his day. His principal works are, Jielinni I'apale, sine concordia dis- cors Sixti V ad Chinintis VIII, circa Hieronymianam edHio„r,.,, etc. ( Loud. 1600, 4t(); 1841, 12rao) :— .4 Treatise of till Cnriiijiiiiiu of Hcripture, Councils, and Fathers, hy the I'll lull s, I'lHitors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome for Maintenance of Popery and Irreligion (Lond. 1612, 4to ; reprinted 1688, 1843).— AUiboue, Diet, of Authors, i, 952.
James, Thomas (2), a minister of the IMetliodist Ei>isc(ipal ('liiircli Siuth, was born in ^Madison County, Tenn., October 19, 1«32. He joined the Church at thir- teen years of age, was admitted to the St. Louis Confer- ence in 1852, and appointed to Carthage Circuit. He then removed first to IVIount Vernon Circuit, next to Os- ceola Circuit, then to Fredericktown, and finally to Ozark Circuit. He died in the midst of the work in the fall of lSb7.— Min. Ann. Conf. Methodist Episcopal Church South, ii, 14.
Jameson, Mks. Anna, an English authoress, de- serves our notice as the writer of a series of Avorks on Christian art and archanilog)' of most superior order. She was born in Dublin ]\Iay 19, 1797, and was married in 1827 to Mr. Jameson, a barrister, but soon after sep- arated from her husband, and devoted herself to litera- ture. She died March 17, 1860. Her works of interest to- us are. Sacred and Legendary A rt (Lond. 1848, 8vo) : — Legends of the Monastic Orders (1850): — Legends of the Madonna (1852): — Scriptural and Legendary I/is- tor>i of our Lord, etc., as represented in Christian A lis (I860).
Jami is a Turkish name for the temples in which worship is performed on Fridays (the worship itself bearing the name of ,Iema-namazi), it being unlawful to use the lesser temples (mosques) on that day. Tlie first Jami, called Selalyn (i. e. royal), being founded by a sul- tan, was built by Orkhan the Second, sultan of the Turks, who began his reign in 1326. — Broughton, Bib. lli.<t. Sac, i, 501.
Jamieson, John, D.D., a divine and philologist, was bom at Glasgow March 3, 1759. He became min- ister of the Anti-Burgher Secession Church in Scotland, and was stationed first at Forfar (in 1781), and after- wards (1797) for forty-three years at Edinburgh. He died in 1838. His principal works are, .4 indication of the Docti-iiKS of Scripture and of the Primitive Faith concei-ning the Deity of Christ (Edinb. 1794, 2 vols. 8vo) : " a very able and learned reply to l*riestly's history of early opinions:" — An Alarm to Britain, nr <in Impiiry into the Causes of the rapid Progress (f Injiil' li/i/ (IVrth, 1795, 12mo) : — Sermo}7s on the Heart (iMlinli. 17s',)-90, 2 vols. 8vo): — The r.-c oj' .Sum d /l/.iliiry,confrming the Doctrine of Ren lulimi { VA'v.\\>. l^d'J. 2 vols. 8vo) :— .4 n Historical Accou lit of tin um-ii ui ( 'iihlns oflona, and of their Settlement in I'liijluiid. SmlliunL mid Ireland (l^dinb. 1811, 4to), etc. His npinatioii. liowcvcr, rests chiefly on his Etymologicid ] lirtiniKtry nj'tln Scottish Language (1808-1809), of which he published an abridgment in 1818, and to which he added a supplement in 1825. See Darling, Cyclop. Bihliog. s. v. ; Allibone, Diet, of A uthors, s. V.