Sauras, a Hindu sect who worship only Survapati, or the sun-god. They are few in number, and scarcely differ from the rest of the Hindus in their general ob- servances. Their mark on the forehead is made in a particular manner, with red sandal-wood, and their neck- lace is of crystal. Thej' eat one meal without salt ev- ery Sunday, and on every occasion of the sun's entrance into a sign of the zodiac ; and they cannot eat till they have noticed the sun. — Gardner, Faiths of the World, s. v.
Saure, Conrad, a minister of the German Reformed Church, was born in Germany, and emigrated to this countr}' in 1845. He studied theology privateh', and commenced preaching in Cincinnati in 1856; two years later he was regularly' ordained, and installed as pastor of tlie Salem church. His first sermon, it is said, was preached to six hearers. At the time of his death, in 1873, his congregation numbered between seven and eight hundred members. He was an acceptable and earnest preacher, and a faithful, laborious, and successful pastor. See the Ref. Ch. Mess. June 4, 1873. (D. Y. H.)
Sauriii, Elie, a French Protestant theologian, was born Aug. 28, 1639, at Ussean, Dauphiny. He was the son of a village pastor, who conducted his education, and at last sent him to study theology at Geneva. Admit- ted to the ministry in 1661. he preached first at Vente- rot, and was called to the church at Embrun in the suc- ceeding year. Having refused to uncover his head be- fore a priest who was carrying the sacrament to a sick person, Sanrin was banished from the country. He re- tired to Holland, where he took charge of a church at Delft, in 1665. He was employed to examine the re- ligious opinions of the mystic Labadie, and offered to refute them publicly. So well did Saurin succeed that he procured the deposition of his opponent, and, in order that he should not be suspected of any personal interest in the affair, obtained for Labadie the church at jMiddle- burg. In 1671 Saurin accepted the place of Wolzogen at Utrecht. Here he lived for two years, during the French occupation, in continual agitation caused by his disputes with Jurieu. He began the contest by stating that some of the doctrines of Jurieu were heterodox and very dangerous. Efforts were made to reconcile the two pastors, and the synod of Leeuwarden forbade their writing against each other on pain of excommu- nication, Init all to no effect. The last j'ears of Saurin were devoted to the publication of theological works, lie died at Utrecht, on Easter-Sunday, 1703. We have from his pen, Examen de la Theologie de Jurieu : — De- fense de la Doctri?ie de VEglise Reformee, etc.: — Traite de r Amour de Dieu : — Reflexions sur les Di'oits de la Con.<!ciei)r.e : — and a posthumous work, Traite de VA mour du Prochain. — Hoefer, iVoui*. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Saurin, Jacques, the most eloquent preacher of French Protestantism, was born at Nimes Jan. 6, 1077.
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In his eighth year his famih', fleeing from the persecu- tions of Louis XIV, settled in Geneva. (Quitting school at the age of sixteen, he joined a regiment of Savoy- anls in tlie general war against the French tyrant, and served nearly four years, till the Peace of Eyswick, in 1G97. On his return, he took up the study of theology under Tronchin, Pictet, and Turretin. It was only after many inner struggles that he conquered his frivolity and scepticism, and passed through the throes of the new birth. Once clearly converted, his life and influ- ence were radically changed. His subsequent renown for eloquence began to take form even bel'ore his grad- uation. His mere schoolboy exercises in sermonizing attracted great attention. luitering the ministry in 1700, he took charge of a society of French Walloons in London, and preached with great success for four j-ears. In 1705, while on a journey of recreation in Holland, he preached a few sermons and made such an impression as to occasion a call to labor at tlie Hague. This call he accepted ; and here, for the remainder of his life — twenty-flve years — he labored with equal fame and use- fulness. He soon became known as " the great Saurin," the "Chrysostom of Protestantism.'' The large church in which he preached was constantly overcrowded. It was not merely his eloquence, his flne manner, liis melo- dious voice, which thus held and charmed for a quarter of a century all classes of society, but it was chiefly the weighty substance of what he said and the holy earnest- ness with which he said it. Learned men (Clericus) and cold critics often went to hear him with deep preju- dice, but uniformly they came away glad and captivat- ed. The celebrated Abbadie exclaimed, after tirst hear- ing him, "Is it a man, or is it an angel!" Saurin was not a mere preacher, but also an organizer. He found- ed schools and asylums, and planned a grand scheme of missionary work throughout the Dutch colonies. He was also a sj-stematic writer. In 1722 he issued an ed- ucational work, A brege de la Theologie et de la Morale Chrelienne. In 1724 he issued his Catechisme, which enjoyed a long popularity in Holland and at Geneva. In 1725 appeared at the Hague UEtat dii Chrisiiumsme en France, a collection of letters in favor of his fellow- Protestants of France. A work which appeared between 1720 and 1728, Discours Ilistoriques, Critiques, Tlieolo- giques et Morceaux sur lesEvenements les plus Mhnorahles du Vieux et du Nouveati Testament, though an able work in itself, had the unfortunate result of calling upon Sau- rin such a scries of envious criticisms from his brother- pastors as to embitter his last years and even to hasten his death. It is a memorable in.stance of the well-known odium l/ieoluf/icnm. It had no other basis or pretext than a few unguarded expressions in regard to the so- called falsehood of necessity.