The word translated "scum" (jniihTljchelah) in Ezek. xxiv, 6, ll, 12 means the rust or corrosion of the pot of brass (or rather copper) which typified Jerusalem. Copper is more liable to corrosion than the other met- als, each of which has its own dissolvent ; but copper is acted upon by all those dissolvents, and the corrosion of the Cfipper pot symbolizes the aptitude of Jerusalem to corruptions, which, being shown by Ezekiel to be re- moved only by the agency of tire, was a type of the awfid punishments and fiery purgation awaiting Jeru- salem.
Rust, George, a learned English divine, was a na- tive of Cainbridge, and educated at Christ's College. On the Restoration, Jeremy Taylor, foreseeing the va- canc}' in the deanery of Connor, in Ireland, sent to Cam- bridge to secure a man suitable for that position. Dr. Rust was chosen, and he laiided at Dublin about Au- gust, ICGl. He was preferred to the deanery as soon as it was void, and in 16G2 to the rectory of the island of Magee. The bishop dying (Aug. 13, 1667), the bish- opric was divided, and Dr. Rust became bishop of Dro- more, which position he held until his death, in Decem- ber, 1670. He wrote, A Letter of Resolution concennng Origen, etc. (Lond. 1661, 4to) : — Discourse of Truth: — besides several Sermons. — Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. v.
Rust, Isaac, a German doctor of theology and memlier of the consistor}' in Speyer, was born in 1796 at Mussbach, in Bavaria. In 1820 he was minister in Ungstein, in 1827 he was appointed minister of the French Reformed Church at Erlangcn, in 18-17 he was called to Munich, and was finally made pastor in Speyer, where he died in 1862. He wrote, Philosophie und Christenthum, oder Wissen und Glaitben (Mannheim, 1833, 2d ed.) : — Pi-edigten iiber ausgeicdhlte Texte (Er- langen, 1830) : — Stimmen der Reformation u. der Refor- matoren an die FUrsfen u. Volker dieser Zeit (ibid. 1831) : — De Blasio Pascale Veritatis et IHvinitatis Religion is Christianm Vindice (ibid. 1833), pt. i, ii : — Jesus Christus gestern u. heute u. derselbe auch in Ewigkeil (Munich, 1850), sermons. See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lite- ratur, \, 25, 411 ; ii, 103, 405, 744; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. p. 1101. (B. r.)
Rustic-work, ashlar masonry, the joints of which are worked with grooves, or channels, to render them conspicuous. Sometimes the whole of the joints are worked in this wav, and sometimes oidy the horizontal ones. The grooves are either moulded or plain, and are formed in several different ways. The surface of the work is sometimes left, or purposely made, rough, but at the present day it is usually made even. Rustic- work was never employed in mediajval buildings, but
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it is said to have had its origin in the buildings of Augustus and Claudius at Home. — Parker, Gloss, of Architect, s. v,
Ruter, Calvin W., a minister of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, was born in Bradford, Orange Co., Vt., IMarch I.'), 1794. He was received into the Ohio Conference in 1817, and in 1820 was transferred to the Missouri Conference. When the Indiana Conference was formed in 1832, ]\Ir. Enter was chosen its secretary. He took deep interest in founding the Indiana Asburj^ University, and was for many years one of its trustees. He took a superannuated relation in 1855, and died June 11, 1859. See Minutes oj" Annua I Conferences, 1859, p. 27-1.
Ruter, Martin, D.D., a minister and instructor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Charlton, Mass., April 3, 1785. In 1801 he was admitted into the New York Conference, and in 1818 was appointed in charge of the Newmarket Wesleyan Academy, af- terwards removed to Wilbraham. In 1828 he became president of Augusta College, where he remained until August, 1832. In 1834 he accepted the position of president of Allegheny College, and held it until 1837, when he was appointed superintendent of the Texas mission, where he formed societies, secured the building of churches, and laid out the greater part of the state in circuits. His death took place May 16, 1838. He pub- lished a Hebrew Grammar: — a History of Martyrs : — an Ecclesiastical History : — Sermons : — and Letters. See Simpson, Cyclop, of Methodism, s. v.
Rutgers, Henky, a distinguished Revolutionary patriot, philanthropist, and Christian of New York city, who was severely wounded while serving as an officer ill the war of independence, and always stood high in the confidence of the state and general governments, was born in 1746. Possessed of ample wealth, he was noted for his unceasing munificence to various objects of humane and religious charity. He was one of the first managers of the American Bible Society, and was prominent in all the great benevolent movements of his time. By a timely act of liberality, he was to a large degree instrumental in the revival of Queen's College, which since that date (1825) has been honored with his venerated name as Rulr/ers Collef/e. In the public move- ments of his denomination (the Dutch Reformed), he was " a prince and a great man, whose praise is in all the churches." He died Feb. 17, 1830, in the full con- fidence and triimiph of Christian hope. His last words were " Home ! home !" (W. J. R. T.)