Moore, John Weeks. See Moore, IIexry Eaton.
Moore, Martin, a Congregational minister of some note as a religious journalist, was born at Sterling, Mass., April 22, 1790; was educated at Brown University, where he graduated in 18] 0 ; and for nearly thirty years ser^-ed in the ministrj' at Natick, ISIass., and afterwards at Cohasset ; and then was for some twenty years editor of the Boston Recorder. He was also from IHOl to lf<OC vice-president of the "New England Historical and Genealogical Society," Moore died at Cambridge. Mass., JIarch 12, 1866. He wrote, Life of John Eliot (1842) :— Hist, of Natick ( 1817). See Drake, Diet, of A nur. Biog. s. V.
Moore, Nathaniel F., LL,D., an American edu- cator of note, was liorii at Newtown, L. I.. Dec. 25, 1782, and was the nephew of bishop Benjamin Moore (i). v.). Educated at Columbia College, class of 1802, he turned to the bar as his life-work ; but in 1817 was induced to take the adjunct professorship in Greek and Latin, and in 1820 was given the full chair, which lie helil until 1835, when he went to Europe. On his return, in lf<'37, he was made liiirarian. In l.s39 he again went to Eu- rope, and this time travelled also in the Orient. In 1842 he was made ])rcsident of his alma mater; and he served in that capacity until 1849, when he retired to private
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life. His works are of a secular character, and do not 1 concern us here ; but his life-work was eminently Chris- tian and greatly enriched American Christian culture. He died April 27, 1872. Dr. Moore was a man of rare scholarly attainments, and was greatly beloved for his gentle nature and purity of character. See Duyckinck, Cyclopedia of A merican Literature, i, 380-383.
Moore, Philip, a clergyman of the Anglican com- munion, noted for his pulpit" oratory and his scholarship, flourished in the second half of the 18th century. ^ He was born about 1709, was for some time rector of Kirk- bridge, and chaplain of Douglas, Isle of Man, and died Jan. 22, 1783. He is noted as the reviser of the trans- lation of the Bible into JIanks, in which task he had the counsel of bishop Lowth and Dr. Kennicott, and also as the translator of the Book of Common Prayer, and several theological works. See Butler, Memoirs of Bp. Hildeshj, p. 186; General Binrj. Diet. (Lond.1798), xi, 61. Moore, Richard Chauning, D.D., an early bish- op of the Episcopal Church in America, was born in New York Aug. 21, 1762 ; was educated at King's Col- lege, and then practiced medicine for four years, when he suddenly turned towards the ministry, and was or- dained by bishop Provoost of Now York in 1787. He preached at Rye, Westchester Co., N.Y., and then at St. Andrew's, Richmond, Staten Island (the parish embrac- ing the whole of the island), where he labored success- fully for twenty-one years. In 1808 he represented the diocese of New York at the General Conference in Bal- timore, and aided in making a selection of hymns for the Church. In 1809 he succeeded to St. Stephen's Church, New York; in 1814, to the rectorship of the Monumental Church at Richmond, and to the episco- pate of Virginia, for which he proved himself pre- eminently qualified. " Bishop Hobart hesitated not to express the conviction of his thankful heart that the 'night of adversity' had passed, and that a long and splendid day was dawnmg on the Church" (Anderson, Hist. Ch. of Engl, in the Colonies, iii, 277). The efforts of bishop Moore were " unremittingly exerted to build up the nearly exhausted diocese committed to his care ; and so well directed were his labors, and so beneficial his example and influence, that at the time of his death the number of the Episcopal clergymen in Virginia had increased to upwards of one hundred. During the last twelve years of his life his episcopal duties were shared by bishop Meade, who had been appointed his assistant, and who succeeded him in office. He was a prominent leader in the evangelical branch of the Church." He died Nov. 11, 1841. He. published many Charges: — .-1 Sermon on " the Doctrines of the Church'' (1820). A Memoir appeared shortly after his death, by Rev. J. P. K. Henshaw (1843, 8vo). See also Sprague, A nnals of the Aj)ier. Pulpit, v, 367 ; Bishop Wilberforce, Hist. Am. Ch. p. 286, 293; Hawks, Eccl. Hist, of Virginia, p. 251- 260. (J.H.W.)
Moore, Sir Thomas. See More, Thomas. Moore, Thomas Jefferson, a minister of note of the iMethodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Franklin, Ky., March 2, 1824. His parents were useful and devoted members of the Methodist Church. His father died when Thomas was but twelve years of age, and he was obliged to shift for himself. He learned the art of printing, and thus earned a livelihood. In his eighteenth year (1841) he was converted and joined the Church, and soon after felt that his calling was to preach the Gospel. He was licensed, and appointed to the Owensboro' Circuit in 1843. In 1845 he was or- dained deacon, and appointed to Litchfield, and the next year to Henderson Circuit. In 1847 he was ordained elder, and appointed to Salem Circuit. The next year he travelled on the Lafayette Circuit, and the follow- ing year on the Hopkinsville Circuit. After a year's rest he resumed his labors on the Lebanon Circuit, where he remained for two years; he then went to the Jefferson Circuit for one year, and afterwards preached