Schenk, Hartmann, a Lutheran divine, was born April 7, 1634, at Ruhla, near Eisenach. He studied at Helmstadt and Jena, and was pastor at Bibra and Vtilk- ershausen. His motto was, " Mea Haireditas Servator," and he died May 2, 1G81. He was a man of prayer, who not only prayed himself, but also taught others how to praj'. He wrote some hymns, which are still in use in the German churches. See G. Ludovici, De Hymnis et Ilymnopais Hennebergids ( Schleusingen, 1703), p. 27; Wezel, H:jjmno-p<xograpliia (Herrnstadt, 1724), iii, 49 ; Koch, Gesch. des deutschen Kirchenliedes, iii, 427 ; Knapp, Evangel. Liederschatz, p. 1343. (B. P.)
Schenk, Heinrich Theobald, a Lutheran hymn-writer, was born at Alsfeld, and became head- master of the school at (iiessen, and afterwards chief pastor there, where he died in 1727. He is the autht)r of Wer sind die vor Gottes Throne (based on Rev. vii, 13-17), transl. into English by E. Cox, in Hymns from the German, p. 91, "Who are these, like stars appear- ing." See Koch, Gesch. des deutschen Kirchenliedes, iv, 535 ; Knapp, Evangel. Liederschatz, p. 1343. (B. P.)
Schernierhorn, John F., a (Dutch) Reformed minister, was born about 1785, graduated at Union Col- lege 1809, and entered the ministry of the Congrega- tional Church, which he left in 1813 for the Dutch Re- formed Church. He was first settled at ]\Iiddleburgh, N. Y., 1817-27. In 1817 he visited Upper Canada with Rev. Jacob Van Vechten, and labored three months among the Dutch churches there. He was appointed Secretary of Domestic Missions, 1828 or 1829, by the Northern Board of the Missionary Society of the Re- formed Dutch Church to call forth the resources of the Church and determine the proper missionary fields. Subsequently he was appointed general agent for the whole Church. His energy and zeal gave a new im- petus to the benevolence of the Church. Among the substantial fruits of his labors was the organization of the Reformed churches in Utica, Ithaca, and Geneva, besides others in less prominent places. But serious difficulties embarrassed his administration, and he re- signed the office in 1832. He never afterwards held a pastoral charge, but was frequently a leading member of the ecclesiastical assemblies, and continued to interest himself in the benevolent movements of the Church. In 1832 president Jackson, of whom he was a warm personal and political friend, appointed him one of a commission to remove the Cherokee and Chickasaw In- dians beyond the Mississippi. This work also brought with it some unhappy complications, which hindered his subsequent usefulness. He was a powerful preach- er, a public debater of unusual mental vigor, acuteness,
tact, and argumentative abilitj'. His restless brain was always teeming with great schemes, which often were Utopian in their results. In conversation he was enter- taining and suggestive beyond most men. His sympa- thies were tender; and, when preaching or conversing on the great themes of the Gos|)el, he not only felt deeply, but possessed great power over the hearts and consciences of his hearers. He labored much and successfidly in revivals of religion as a helper to his brethren. In per- son he was very large, robust, and commanding. He died in 1850 after a short illness. See Memoir of Peter Lubagh, D.D., by G. A. Todd, D.D., p. 52, 120, 101-163. (W. J. R. T.)
Schermerhorn, Richard E., a Methodist Epis- copal minister, was born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N. Y., experienced religion at the age of nineteen, was received on trial by the New York Conference in 1826, transferred in the same year to the Maine Conference, admitted into full connection in 1828, and successively appointed to the Scarborough and Gotham circuits, and Belfast, Hallowell, Bangor, Buxport, and Gardiner sta- tions. In 1834-35 he was appointed to Augusta dis- trict, and also elected as delegate to the General Confer- ence. He died April 18, 1836. He was a man well read, of uniform and deep piety, good preaching talents, and successful in the great object of the ministry. See Minutes of Corferences, ii, 409.
Scheuchzer, John James, a Swiss naturalist and physician, was born in 1672, at Zurich, where he was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. He died in 1733. He was the author of several scientific works: Natural History of the Bible, m Latin and Ger- man (1732-37,8 vols. foL): — Natural History of Switz- erland (1708, 3 vols.).
Schian, Joiiann Robert, a German Protestant di- vine, was born Oct. 31, 1828, in Loewen. In 1852 he completed his theological studies at Breslau, was ap- pointed deacon at Liegnitz in 1858, and afterwards first deacon in the same place, where he died, Jan. 16, 1876. He was one of the most prominent ministers in Silesia; and, besides a number of sermons, he wrote. Ratio quae intercesserit inter Melanchthonem et Lutherum explicatur et quid attribuerit ad Ecclesiam Ecangelicam consiituen- dani exponitur (Gottingie, 1855). See Zuchold, Bibli- otheca Theol. ii, 1137; Theoloqisches Juhrbuch, 1877, p. 228. (B.P.)
Schiavone, Andrea Medula (or Medola), an Italian painter and engraver, was born at Sebenico, in Dalmatia, in 1522. He was of obscure parentage, and went to Venice at an early age, where he gained a liveli- hood as a house-painter. In his leisure hours he studied the works of Giorgione and Titian. The latter artist, hearing of his poverty and seeing his ability, employed him, with Tintoretto and others, in ornamenting the grand hall of the library of San Marco. His designs were good, but the drawing so defective as to render him unable to compete successfidly with his rival Tintoretto. It was only after his death that liis works were appre- ciated. His life was miserable. He died in Venice in 1582. His principal works are. The Eternal Father among the Angels: — John the Baptist in the Desei't: — The Visit of the Virgin to Elizabeth : —The Death of Abel: — and The Assumption of the Virgin. Etchings by him are found after his own compositions, and cop- ies of Raphael and others.