Lectures, Moyer's, a course of eight sermons, preached annually, founded by the beneficence of lady Jloyer about 17"20, who left by \vi\\ a rich legacy as a foundation lor the same. A great number of English ■writers having endeavored in a varietj- of ways to in- validate the doctrine of the Trinity, this opulent and ortliodox lady was influenced to think of an institution ■which should provide for posterity an ample collection of productions in defence of this branch of the Christian faith. The first course of these lectures was preached by Dr.Waterland, on the divinity of Christ. These lec- tures were discontinued about the middle of the last centur}'. — Buck, Tk. Diet. s. v. ; Eadie, JlccL Diet. p. 450.
Lectures, Religious, arc discourses or sermons delivered by ministers on any subject in theology. Be- sides lectures on the Sabbath day, many think proper to ]ireach on week-days ; sometimes at five in the morning, before people go to M'ork, and at seven in the evening, after they have done. In London there is preaching al- most every forenoon and evening in the week at some place or other. — Buck, TheoL Dirtiunary, s. v.
Lectures, Warburtonian, a lecture founded by bishop Warburton to prove the truth of revealed relig- ion in general, and the Christian in (larticular, from the completion of the prophecies in the Old and New Testa- ment which relate to the Christian Church, especially to the apostas}- of papal liome. To this foundation we o^.ve the admirable discourses of Hurd, Halifax, Bagot, Apthorp, and many others. — Buck, Thcol. Bid. s. v.
Lecturn. See Lectern.
Ledge (only in the plural C^sVlJ, shelahbim', from jb'j, to mortice together ; Sept. tt,txi)IJ-tvct, Yiilg.jtmc- ti(r(t>), \iToii.joints, e. g. at the corners of a base or pedes- tal ; hence perhaps an ornament overlaying these angles to hide the juncture (1 Kings vii, 28, 29). In verses 35, 36, the term thus rendered is different, namely T^, yad, lit. a hand, i. e. a lateral projection, probably referring to side-borders to the same pedestals. The description is too brief and the terms too vague to all<>w a more defi- nite idea of these appendages to the bases in question. See Laveu.
Ledieu, Fran9ois, abbe, a French ecclesiastic, noted
as a writer, was born at Peronne about the middle of the 17th centuni'. In 1()84 he became private secretary of the celebrated French pulpit orator Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, and was by this prelate made canon of the church at Meaux. He died at Paris Oct. 7, 1713. He wrote Memoires et Journal de I'A bbe Ledieu sur la vie tt les ouvrages de Bossuet (Paris. 1856-57,4 vols. 8 vo), upon which the late Sainte-Beuve thus comments: "L'abbe Ledieu n'a pas le dessein de diminuer Bossuet, mais il souvient son illustre maitre a une epreuve a laquelle pas une grande figure ne resisterait ; il note jour par jour a I'epoque de la raaladie derniere et du declin tons les ac- tes et toutes les paroles de faiblesse qui lui echappent, jusqu'aux plaintes et doleances aux quelles on se laisse aller la nuit quand on se croit seul, et dans cette obser- \-ation il porte un esprit de petitesse qui se prononce de plus en plus en avan^ant, un esprit bas, qui n'est pas moins dangereux que ne le serait une malignite sub- tile" {Moniteur, Mar. 31, 1856). Ledieu also left in MS. Memoires sur VHistoire et les Antiquites du diocese de Meaux. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxx, 262.
Ledru, Axdue Pierre, a French priest and natu- ralist, was born at Chantenay, INIain, January 22, 1761. When quite young he entered the priesthood, and dur- ing the Kevolution adopted its principles, and was ap- pointed curate at Pre-au-Mans. Later he was employed as botanist in Baudin's expedition to the Canaries and the Antilles (in 1796). He died July 11, 1825. Ledru wrote several Avorks, for a list of Avhich see Hoefer, Nouc. Biog. Generale, xxx, 267.
Ledwicli, Edward, D.D., an Irish antiquarA'. fel- low of Trinity College, Dublin, subsequently vicar of Aghaboe, Queens County, Ireland, was born in 1739, and died in 1823, He published The Antiquities of Ireland (179-1), a very valuable vrork. He offended many of his countrymen by denying the truth of the legend of St. Patrick.
Lee, Andre'W, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born May 7, 1745 (O, S,), at Lyme, Conn.: gradu- ated at Yale College in 1766; entered the ministry in 1768; was ordained pastor at Lisbon, Conn., Oct. 26, 1768; and died Aug. 25,1832. He was made a member of Yale College corporation in 1807. Dr, Lee published An Inqidrij whether it he the Duty of Man to be willing to suffer JJumnution for the Divine Glory (1786) : — Ser- mons on viD'ious important Subjects (8vo, 1803) ; and sev- eral occasional sermons, — Sprague, A nnals, i, 668.
Lee, Ann, the founder of the sect of Shakers, was born in Manchester, England, Feb. 29, 1736. She was the daughter of a poor mechanic, a blacksmith by trade, and a sister of general Charles Lee of Revolutionary fame. When yet a young girl she married Abraham Standlcy, of like trade as her father, and she became the mother of four children, who all died in infancy. When about twenty-two years of age Jane came under the in- fluence of James Wardley. at this time the great expo- nent of the Millenarian doctrines of the Caniisa?-ds and French Prophets. These religious fanatics, after endur- ing much persecution and great suffering in their na- tive country, had sought a refuge in England in 1705, Gradually they spread their views — communicating in- spiration, as they thouglit — finding ready followers, par- ticularly among the Quakers, and one of this number — James Wardlev— in 1747 actuallj' formed a separate society, consisting mainly of Quakers, claiming to be led by the Spirit of God, and indulging in all manner of religious excesses, similar to those of the Camisards (q, V,) and French Prophets (q. v.). AVardley claimed to have supernatural visions and revelations, and as both he and his adherents were noted for their bodily agitations, they came to be known as Shaling Quakers. Of this sect Ann Lee, now jMrs. Standley, became one of the leading spirits. From the time of her admission she seems to have been particularly inspired for leader- ship and action. Naturally of an excitable temper, her experience in the performance of the peculiar religious