MOON or Lunette (Isa. iii, 18). See Tire.
MOON, NEW. See New Moon.
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Moor, Michael, a Roman Catholic divine, who | flouri.-hiil ill Iji'^land from KUO to 172(J, was a native ' of Duliliii. Irclaiiil. and spent some time in France, at i one time tilling the post of principal of the College of j Navarre. In England he was regius professor of phi- ' losophy, Greek, and Hebrew. He wrote, De Kxistentia ' Dei et JIumuna Jinmortalitale (Paris, 1G92, 8vo) : — IIoi- \ tatio ad Stiidium lAmjucB Gnpcce et Jlehiaicie (1700, 12mo) : — Vera Sciendi Methodus (Paris, 1716, 8vo) ; against the philosophy of Des Cartes. See Harris's Ware's Ireland, s. v. ; Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. A uthors, s. V.
Moor, Thoroughgood, a missionary of the An- glican establishniciit to the "Iroquois or Praying In- dians," flourished near the opening of the 18th century, in the vicinity of the place now known as Albany, the capital of the state of New York. Mr. Moor arrived in New York from England in 1704, and, after a stay at Albany long enough to accjuire the Indian tongue, he at ' once set out upon his work, and for many years labored ] among the Iroquois. His success was limited because of the opposition manifested by lord Cornbury, at that time governor of the New York aiul New Jersey colonics. Moor for some time braved all opposition, but, encoun- ^ tering the ill-will of the governor, he was incarcerated, and after his escape from prison went to sea, and was lost on liis homeward voyage. See Anderson, Hist. Col. Ch. iii, '115 sq. ; Hawkins", Uist. p. 264 sq., 271, 281.
Moore, Aaron, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Cliuicli, South, was born in Ohio April 2, 1813; joined tlie Cliurch when about twenty years old, was admitted into the Louisville Conference in 1846, and remained a regular minister of the Gospel, tilling many important ajipointments with great acceptability until the fall of 18oi», when, his health failing him, he ac- cepted a sui)erannuated relation, and retained it till the time of his death, which occurred in Madisonvillc, Ky., Oct. 15, 1863. See Min. A mi. Con/. M. E. Church, South, ii (1858-65), 481.
Moore, Benjamin, D.D., a bishop of the Protes- tant Ivpiscopal Church, was born at Newton, N. J., and was educated at King's (now Columbia) College, New York, wlicrc he graduated in 17G8, and then devoted his time to tlie study of theology, supporting liimsclf by private instruction in Greek and Latin. In May, 1774, he went to England to enter into holy orders, and in June of that year was ordained deacon and priest by the bishop of London, and on his return to America offici- ated in Trinity Church, New York, of which he became rector, Dec. 22, 1800. The extent of Dr. Moore's labors, and his popularity in this position, were beyond all prec- edent, and when, in 1801, the diocese needed a bishop, he was elected and consecrated. He was also made president of Columbia College in tliis year, and so re- mained until 1811, continuing all the while the duties of his ministry, and even until his death, Feb. 27, 1816. From 1811 to the hour of his death. Dr. Ilobart, who afterwards succeeded him, acted as his assistant bishop, bishop Jloore having been struck with paralysis, and thus disabled from discharging any longer the duties of his office. Bishop Jloore was an accomplished .scholar and an able pulpit orator. He was, with one single ex- ception, the last of the venerable men in the diocese of New York who liad derived their ordination from the parent (,'liurch of England. He published two sermons in the . I itxriain Preacher (vols, i and ii, 1791) : — ,4 <!>>;■- nion before the General Convention (1804): — .1 Pamphlet in Vindication (f l-'.piscopal Services (2 vols. 8vo). His Posthumous Sermons were published under the direction of his son, Clement C. Moore, LL.D. (N. Y. 1824, 2 vols. 8vo). See Sprague, A nnal-s of the A mer. Pnljiit, v, 209 ; - Bishop A\'hite, Memoirs of the K/iiscopal Church (18;5(! ), | p. 32 ; Moore. Hist. ifColnnihia t'olUfje ; Anderson, //isl. of the < ■olonlal ( •hun-h, iii, 01 1 sq. ; Drake. Diet, of A mer. ■ Biof/.s.y. (.I.II.W.) j
Moore, Charles, a clergyman of the English Es- 1
tablishment, eldest son of archbishop Moore, was edu- cated first at ^Vestminster School, and next at Trinity College, Cambridge, wliere he took his degrees and ob- tained a fellowship. He flourished in the second lialf of the last century, first as rector of Cuxton, in Kent, then as vicar of St. Nicholas at Rochester, and latex as one of the six preachers of the cathedral of Canterburj'. He wrote, A Visitation Sermon preached before his Fa- ther (1785, 4to) :— .4 full Inquiry into the Subject of Su- icide (1790, 2 vols. 4to): — The good Effects of a united Trust in the A rm of the Flesh and the A rm of the Lord, a Sermon (1804, 8vo) -.—Female Compassion illustrated, a Sermon (1806, 8vo) -.—Personal Refoim the cmhj effect' ual Basis of National Reform, a Sermon (1810, 8vo). See Bioj. Diet, of Living Authors (Lond. 1816, 8vo), p. 239.
Moore, Clement Clarke, LL.D., an American scholar, noted for his knowledge of cxegetical theology, son of Benjamin Jloore, was born in New York July 15, 1779; was educated at Columbia College, class of 1798; then entered on the special study of Hebrew, and after a while secured the appointment as professor of Bib- lical literature in the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, New York; in 1821 was transferred to the chair of He- brew and Greek literature, and later to Oriental and Greek literature. \Vhile in connection with the '■ Gen- eral Seminary" of his Church, as it came finally to be known, he donated to it the large plot of ground upon which its buildings now stand. In 1850 lie received the title of emeritus professor, and lived to take an interest in the institution he had served so many years, and so acceptably, until July 10, 1863, his death occurring at Newport, R. I., whither he had gone to spend the sum- mer recreating. To Dr. Jloore belongs the honor of having published the first American contributions to Hebrew philology, viz. a Ilebreiv Lexicon, with Aotes, a Grammar, and a complete Vocabulari/ of the Psalms (N. Y. 1809, 2 vols. 8vo). He also publ'ished his father's sermons, and contributed valuable works to the depart- ment of belles-lettres (for which see Allibone, iJict. of Brit, and Amer. Authois, s. v.). See Drake, Diet, of A mer. Biog. s. v.