he was induced to exhort, and in a short time to preach. His audience gathered in a deserted weaver's shop, which was furnished for the purpose with seats and a desk. He soon gathered the masses, and in a very brief period had an organized society of twenty-six members. He was zealous in good works, and rich in his personal religious experiences. Wesley's attention was called to Moore, and in 1780 he ordered him to take the field as an itinerant of the Londonderry Circuit. He soon pro- gressed in his work, and finally Wesley called him to London, where he became the constant companion of the great religious reformer of the 18th centurj'. The two men of God met together in the morning at five o'clock to answer letters ; they travelled together, and Moore became the counsellor of the Connection. Wes- ley himself had so high an estimation of Moore's talents and character that he endeavored to procure him ordi- nation in the national Church ; and, when disappointed in this, he himself set Moore aside for the sacred work, assisted by two presbyters of the establishment, Peard Dickinson and James Creighton. Visiting Ireland now and then, he helped to build up the interests of Meth- odism in that country. Indeed, one of the principal Methodist chapels in Dublin now stands a monument of his successfid labors in the Irish capital. Like the other Methodist preachers, Moore frequently addressed the people in the open air, and shared the usual persecu- tions of his ministerial brethren. When the controver- sies arose in the Wesleyan Connection on Church poli- ty, Moore proved himself worthy of the trust reposed in him bj' Wesley. Conservative by nature, he had so carefully cultivated his judgment as to make a compe- tent counsellor for the Methodist bodj^, and to his un- tiring efforts the successful issue of the conferences and controversies from 1791 to 1797, resulting in the defi- nite outlines of a Wesleyan polity, are largely due (see Wesleyan Magazine, 1845, p. 314; Smith, History of Wesleyan Methodism, vol. ii. Append. 9 ; Life, by J\Irs. Smith, ann. 1794, p. 164). Wesley's estimate of IMoore is especially manifest in the fact that he suffered Moore to be a witness to his conference with the lady of his early affection, who, when the Christian laborer in his eighty- fifth year happened to be near her, had sent word for his presence (Stevens, Hist, of Methodism, ii, 406) ; and also in his appointment of this companion of his youth as one of the trustees of his manuscripts and books. Moore's love for Wesley is manifest in the biogra- phy which he furnished of the founder of Methodism in conjunction with Dr. Coke (q. v.). Henry Moore lived to be " the last survivor of the men whom W^esley had ordained ;" and by his pen and his preaching " pro- moted Methodism through nearly seventy years, and died in his ninety-third year (1843), its most venera- ble patriarch" (Stevens). Besides a Life of John and Charles Wesley and the Family (1824, 8vo), Moore pub- lished. Private Life and Moral Rhapsody (1795, 4to) : — Reply to a Pamphlet entitled " Considerations on a Sep- aration of the Methodists from the Established Church'^ (1794, 8vo) -.—Memoir of Henry Fletcher. See Life of Rev. Henry Moore, by Mrs. Richard Smith (daughter of Adam Clarke) (Lond. 1844, 8vo) ; Stevens, History of Methodism, ii, 190 sq.; iii, 52, 56, 75; ^mit\\, History of Wesleyan Methodism, vol. i, bk. ii, ch. v-vii ; Tyerman, Life of Wesley, vol. iii (see Index). (J. H. W.)
Moore, Henry Eaton, an American composer of music, both sacred and secular, was born at Andover, N. IL, July 21, 1803, and took up the study of music while engaged in the printing business. In 1826 he began to teach it, and then published several valuable contribu- tions to the science of this fine art, among which are of interest to us, A'^. H. Coll. ofCh. Music: — Collect, of An- thems, Choruses, and Set Pieces: — The Northern Harp, a Collection of Sacred Harmony. He died at East Cam- bridge, Mass., October 23, 1841. A brother of his, John Weeks Moore, who was born at Andover April 11, 1807, has published .4 Cyclop, of Music: — Sacred Minstrel ; etc. See Drake, Diet, ofAmer. Biog. s. v.
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Moore, Humphrey, D.D., a Congregational rain- I ister, was bom in Princeton, Mass., about the year 1779; graduated at Harvard College in 1799 ; in 1802 was or- i dained pastor of the Congregational Church in Milford, I where he preached for a period of more than thirty j years. He died April 8, 1871. Dr. IMoore was a man ! of more than ordinary ability, and his influence extend- ed widely throughout the southern portion of Kew Hami)shire. Apjileton's Anmidl Ci/clop. 1871, p. 572.
Moore, Jacob, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was born in Sussex Co., Del., in 1791 ; was converted while young ; entered the Philadelphia Conference in 1815 ; was presiding elder of the West Jersey District in 1823^; on Chesapeake District in 1825-6 ; and died at Dover, Del., April, 1828, He was a pious and exemplary minister, a vigorous and suc- cessful student, and abounded in labors and usefulness, in spite of ill-health and great discouragements. See Minutes of Annual Couftrences, ii, 39.