Rietschel, Ernst FiUEuracH August, an eminent German sculptor, was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, Dec. 15, 1804. He studied under Ranch at Berlin, and in Italy. Settling in Dresden, he became professor in the Academy of Arts. Among his works are, j\Iarif Kneeliuf/ over the Bead Body of Christ: — a bust of l.u- ffter: — the Four Hours of the Bay .-—colossal statues of Goethe and Schiller (at Vv'eimar), and the Christ-amjel. He died at Dresden in 1861,
Rietter, Anton, a German Roman Catholic theolo- gian, was born at Stadt-am-Hof in 1808. He studied at Regensburg and Munich ; was appointed professor of moral philosophy at Amberg in 1835, at Regensburg in 1842, and at Munich in 1852. He died at Stadt-am- Hof, Nov. 6, 1866. He wrote, Bas Lebeu, das llW/c und die Wurde Jesu Christi (Regensburg, 1846) -.—Ber Weg derLiebe (ibid. 1856) -.— Der heil. Liebe natiirliches Licht, etc. (Munich, 1857) -.—Bie Moral des heil. Thomas von Aquin (ibid. 1858) : — Breviarium der christlichen Ethik (Regensburg, 1860). (B. P.)
Rigand, Stephen Jordan, D.D., the eldest son of John Francis Rigand, was educated at, and afterwards fellow and tutor of, Exeter College, Oxford. He be- came second master of Westminster School, and head- master of Ipswich School, Suffolk; mathematical exam- iner in 1845, and one of the select preachers of Oxford University in 1856. He was appointed bishop of An- tigua in 1857, and died there, of yellow fever, IMay 16, 1859. He published Sermons on the Lord's Prayer (Ipswich, 1852, 8vo), and edited vol. i,, and published vols, i and ii, of the Correspondence of Scientific Men. See Alliijone, Bict. of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.
Rigby, Alfred A., a Methodist Episcopal minister, of whose early history nothing is known. He fought in the Union army during the Rebellion, and it was while in military service that he connected himself with the
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Church. He was licensed to preach soon after his re- turn from the war, and in 1870 was received on trial in the Des Moines Conference and appointed to Wheeling Circuit. But overwork and overstudy brought on dis- ease, and he died at New Vernon, July 9, 1872. See Jliiitites of Annual ConJ'trenns, 1872, p. 103,
Riggen, John Wesi.ky, a minister of the Methodist Episeojial Church, South, was born in Maryland Aug. 2<j, 1794. Ilis parents migrated to Mason County, Ky., and, being poor and in a new country, were unable to give hira a proper education. In 181G he was con- verted, and joined the ]Methodist Episcopal Church, He commenced as a local preacher in 1823, and in 1827 was ordained deacon. He joined the travelling connection in 1834, and was ordained elder in 1835. He was a member of the Kentucky Conference until his deatli, Sept. 30, 184.5. See Mimtles of Annual Con- ferences, M. E. Church, South, 184(5, p. 5G.
Riggs, Adam S., a minister of the IMcthodist Epis- copal Church, South, was born in AViUiamson County, Tenn., near liigg's Cross Koads, June (i, 1816, and pro- fessed conversion June 19, 1836. He united with the Church on the 25th of the same month ; was licensed to preach Sept. 21, 1839; was received on trial in the Tennessee Conference in 1839, and served as an itinerant preacher thirty-one years. After an illness of a little over three weeks, he died Oct. 29, 1870. Mr. Riggs was an able and judicious officer of the Church ; a wise counsellor; modest, firm, and faithful. He was honored by his brethren, and was chosen several times as a dele- gate to the General Conference. See Minutes of Annual Cotferences, M. E. Chuixh, South, 1870, p. 586.
Riggs, Joseph L., a Presbyterian minister, was born at New Providence, N. J., March 19, 1809. He graduated at Amherst College, Mass. ; studied theology in Andover Seminary, Mass., and in Princeton The- ological Seminary, N. J., and was licensed and or- dained Aug. 27, 1845. His fields of labor were, Wells, Bradford Co., Pa.; Millerstown, Pa.; Cumberland, 111.; and as city missionary in Elmira, N. Y., where he died, Aug. 20, 18C5. Mr. Higgs was a faithful preacher, and he loved the work to which he had devoted himself. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, p. 223.
Riglliel Lambo, in Jlongol mythology, is the sa- cred mountain, in the main identical with the Hindi! Meru, and varying from it only in minor particulars which grow out of the fancy of the worshippers of the Lama.
Right, as an adjective, describes the quality of an ac- tion as in conformitj' with moral law ; as a substantive, the claim of a person upon others consequent upon the equal subjection of all to moral law. A right action (rectum) is an action agreeable to our duty, Ijut a man's riijht (jus) has a very dill'crent meaning. What I have a ri(jht to do, it is the diilji of all men not to hinder me from doing, and what I have a ri'jht to demand of any man, it is his duty to perform. A man's ririht is that which is vested in him by society, and because its laws may not always be conformable to the supreme rule of human action, viz. tlie Divine Law, the two words may often 1)0 properly ojiposed. We may say that a poor man has no ri'iht to relief, but it is ri;iht tliat he should have it, A rich man has a rit/hl to destroy the harvest of his fields, but to do so would not be right. See Flem- ing and Kraulh, I)i<t. of Phil. Science, s. v.