Morren, Nathaniel, a Presbyterian divine, noted as the author of valuable Biblical works, flourished in the first half of our century at Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born in 1798, and died in 1847. Jlorren pub- lished, AnniiU of Ike Church of Scotland from 1739 to 1776 (Edinb. 1835, 2 vols. 8vo) ■.—Biblical fheol. vol. i :— Rule of Faith (imr)); and a translation of Kosenmllller's Biblical Geoff, of Central Asia Minor, Pha-nicia, and Arabia (1836-37, 2 vols. 12mo). After his death his Sermons were published with a Mimnir (1848, cr. 8vo). See Lowndes, Brit. Lib. \^. 711 ; AUibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A nth. s. v.
Morrill, Haviu Lawrksce, a noted American phy-
sician, who distinguished himself also as a politician, fig- ured at one time as minister of the Gospel and religious author. He was born in Epping, N. H., June 10, 1772. After receiving a good academic and medical education, he established himself in practice at l^psom in 1793 ; but in 1800 began to study tlicology, and in 1802 accepted a call to the Congregational Church in Goffstown, N. H., where he preached for nine years. He then resumed the practice of medicine from 1807 to 1830. He was at the same time also engaged in political life, and played no unimportant part in the passing history of New Hampshire. Prom 1817 to 1823 he was United States senator; and was governor from 1824 to 1827. He died at Concord, Jan. 28, 1849. Dr. ]\lorrill was connected with many of the charitable, medical, and agricultural associations of his time. He published several sermons, orations, and controversial pamphlets, and was for some years after abandoning public office editor of the Xew Hampshire Observer, a religious newsi)aper. — Drake, Dict.ofAmer. Bio(j. s. v.
Morris, Anthony, a Quaker preacher of some note, was born about 1654 in England, and emigrated to this country about 1680. He settled in New Jersey, and finally removed to Philadelphia, Pa, In 1701 he began to preach, and through fidelity in the exercise of his gift his communications were sound and edifying. Havi.ig a prospect of much religious labor, he circum- scribed his worldly affairs, and devoted his time chiefly to the holy cause he had espoused. He travelled in the work of the ministry in most of the North Ameri- can provinces, and in the year 1715 he visited Great Britain. He died August 23, 1721.— Jauney, llist. of Friends, iii, 202.
Morris, Francis M., a minister of the ^Methodist Episcopal Cliurcli, South, was born in iliddle Tennessee about the year 1830; came to Kentucky in the fall of 1851, and was licensed to preach in 1852. He joined the Kentucky Conference in 1853, and was sent to Mur- ray Circuit; in 1854, to Obion Circuit; in 1855, to Bry- an'sburg Circuit; in 1856, to Ripley Circuit; in 1857, to Maury Circuit; in 1858, to Wesley Circuit; in 1859, to La Grange Circuit; in 1860 and 1861, to Brownsville Circuit; in 1862 and 1863, to Mount Zion Circuit; in 1864, to Salem Circuit, but was prevented from going to his work by the troubles of war then existing; in 1865, to Dresden Circuit, but was prevented from reaching it by the great floods, which swelled aU the rivers of West Tennessee at that time; in 1866. to Pulton Station, where he died, Feb. 13, 1867. Mr. Jlorris was a man beloved and useful, and a fervent and zealous preacher, his ministry being greatly blessed to the Church and the world. Sec Minutes of the Meth. Epis. Ch., South, 1867, s. V.
Morris, Gouverneur, an eminent statesman and orator, who was born at Morrisania, near the city of New York, in 1752, was educated at Columbia (then King's) College, and licensed to practice law in 1771 ; and there- after held several prominent civic positions, among these, in 1777, representing the people of New York in the Con- tinental Congress, and in 1787 was a member of the con- vention which framed the Constitution of the United States. He also represented the American republic in France. He is stated by Thomas Jefferson to have been a disbeliever in Christianity. But this is a mistake ; or, if at one time true, his views altered. He delivered two months before his death (which occurred in 1835) an ad- dress to the Historical Society, in which he points out the superiority of scriptural history to all other historj'. He regarded religious principle, indeed, as necessary to national independence and pe.ace. '-'iherp must be some- thing more to hope than pleasure, wealth, and power. Something more to fear than poverty and pain. Some- thing after death more terrible than death. There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish." See ^Vllen, Biog. Diet. s. v. ; Si)arks, .1 mer. Bio'j. s. v.
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Morris, John G., D.D., an American Lutheran divine of note, was born at York, Pa., in 1803, and was educated at Dickinson College, Pa. (class of 18-23) ; then studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, and in 182G entered the Lutheran ministry. He was at once called as pastor to the First Lutheran Church in Baltimore, and for six years (1859-65) of another Lutheran Church in the same city. He was tlie first librarian of the Peabody Institute at Baltimore; he founded a seminary for young ladies at Lutherville, and was active in several other public enterprises. He was editor of the Luthei-an Observer from 1831 to 1832, and co-editor of the Year-book of the Reforma- tion (18M). He published several translations of German theological works (1824-2G), and wrote him- self, Popular Exposition of the Gospels (Bait. 1810, 2 vols. H\'o):—Life of John Arnclt (1853):— TOe Blind Girl of Wittenberg (1856, 12mo) -.—Catharine cle Bora ; or Social and Domestic Scenes in the House of Luther (185G, 12mo), etc. Dr. Morris also gave much time to studies in natural science, especially entomology, and became quite prominent in this lield. He was ac- knowledged as an American authority, and was hon- ored in various ways by the Smithsonian Institute and other associations. See Allibone, Diet, of Biit. and Amer. Authors, s. v. ; Putnam's Magazine, Feb. 1856, p. 217. (J.H.W.)