La'had (Heb. id. ^'TO, in pause 1il5, prob. oppress- or, otherwise //rt»?f; Sept. Aoo v. r. Aant^Vulg. Laad), the second named of the two sons of Jahath, of the fam- ily of Zerah, grandson of Judali (1 Chron. iv, 2), B.C. post 1612.
Lahai-roi. See Beer-i.ahai-roi.
Lah'mam (Heb. L«c/i»i«s', D'cnb, prob. an errone- ous reading for Lachmam' , C^rib, their bread, which is read in some MSS., and which the Vulg. and Auth.Vers. follow; Septuag. An^ificVulg. /.(7;p?«f;»i), a city in the plain of Judah, mentioned between Cabbon and Kith- lish (Josh. XV, 40), probably situated among the Philis- tines west of the Highlands of Jud.ta. A writer in Fair- bairn's Dictionai-y, s. v., by a series of arguments resting essentially upon the insecure foundation of the mere or- der of the names in Joshua, seeks to identify Lahmara with the el-IIumani mentioned by Smith in the list in Eobinson's Researches (iii. Append, p. 119); but of this place there is no other trace save perhaps the name Tell-Imam on Zimmerman's Map, some six miles to the S.E. of the vicinity of the other associated names, and apparently out of the bounds of the group, if not of the tribe itself. Lahmam is possibly the present Beit-Le- hia, a short distance N.E. of Gaza (Hobinson, iii. Ap- pend, p. 1 18 ; Van de Velde, Memoir, yi. 1 15).
Lah'mi (Heb. Lachmi', "^wrib, my bread; Septuag.
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Aff^ifi V. r. Aoo^ii, Aaxfii, etc. ; Vulg. Bellilchemiles), a person named (1 Chron. xx, 5) as beinsj the brother of (ioliath, and slain by Elhanan, one of David's heroes; but prob. a corrupt reading for Beth-lehemite, as in the parallel passage (2 Sam. xxi, 19). See Elhanan. It would seem that both these passages should be re- stored so as to read thus : " Elhanan, the son of Jair (or Dodo) of Bethlehem, slew the brother of Goliath of (iath, whose spear-hanille was like a weaver's beam." See Jaih.
Laidlie, Archibald, D.D., a noted minister of the Reformed ( Dutch) Church, was born at Kelso, Scotland, Dec. 4, 1727. After graduating at the University of Edinburgh he was ordained to the Gospel ministry in 175;', and became pastor of the Scotch Church in Flushing, Holland, where he officiated four years, and as a member of the ecclesiastical courts of that country was held in high repute. He there became acquaint- ed with the Dutch Church and language, and was prov- identially prepared for his ministrj^ in America. The bitter controversy concerning the use of the Dutch lan- guage in preaching in the Reformed Church of this country was practically settled by the call and accept- ance of Dr. Laidlie as pastor of the Collegiate Church of Xew York. He was the tirst minister called to preach in the English tongue in this denomination. His first sermon was delivered April 15, 17(j4, from 2 Cor. v, 11. It was two hours long, most carefully prepared, and de- livered to an immense audience with great effect in the Jliddle Dutch Church, which was set apart for his use on a part of each Sabbath day. This event marks a new era in the history of the Reformed Dutch Church, and which Dr. Livingston declared '• shoidd have begun a hundred years before." It would have saved the Church a civd lawsidt, a weary ecclesiastical strife, and a century of growth. Trained in the Scotch theology, and warmly devoted to the Dutch Church, Dr. LaidUe's evangelical and powerful ministry resulted in great spir- itual blessings. He was a winner of souls. A great reviv^al crowned his ministry. Crowds waited upon his preaching. His pastoral tact and success were rcmark- abl?. His brief ministry was interrupted during the Revolutionary War, when he retired to Red Hook, and died there in 1778, at the age of tifty-one, a victim of consumption. His memory is held in great esteem. He was prudent, wise, devout, a peacemaker, and a dauntless herald of the truth. Tlie circumstances of his c:ill, the critical period of his advent, the learning, wis- dom, grace, and success of his ministry, have made his name historical in his Church. He left no printed books, but his " works do follow him." It is related that one of his aged parishioners once said to him, soon after he came to New York, "Ah ! dominie, we offered up many an earnest prayer in Dutch for your coaaing among us, and the Lord has heard us in Enr/lish, and has sent you to us." But his coming illustrated another phase of contradictory human nature in those who had most strenuously insisted upon the retention of the language of the mother country. Some of these very people, of- fendeil and baflled by their more sensible co-worship- pers, actually left the Dutch Church and joined the Episcopal, saying as they departed, " If we must have English, we will have all English." Among them were the Stuyvesants, Livingstons, and other eminent fami- lies of the city, who have ever since been connected with the latter denomination. — Dr. Thos. Do Witt, His- torical Discourse (ISM) : Dr. Gunn, IJ/'e oj' Dr. Lirin/j- stoii; Sprague, Ann. of the Anier. Pulpit, vol. ix. (W. J. R. T.)
Lainez (or Laynes), Francisco, a Portuguese Roman Catholic missionary, was born at Lisbon in 165G. His true name was Francisco Troi/ano. He joined the .Jesuits in 1G72, and was sent to the coast of Malabar in Ki.Sl. He landed at Goa, and settled az Catur, in Ma- dura. It is claimed by his order that lie baptized there 13,G00 inhabitants. After a residence of twenty-two years in India he returned to Rome in 1703, and was