Sharp, Solomon, a minister of the Methodist Episcojjal Church, was born in Carolina County, Md., April 0,1771. His parents were pioneer Methodists. In 1791, when about twenty years old, he began to travel " under the presiding elder." In 1792 he was admitted to the conference and sent to Milford Circuit, Del.; and he continued in the service, occupying almost all im- portant appointments in New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania down to 1835, when he was reported su- perannuated. He died at Smyrna, Del., March 13, 1836. Mr. Sharp was an original, an eccentric, but a mighty man. " His sermons were powerfid, and delivered with a singular tone of authority, as if he were conscious of his divine commission." He was noted for his courage, and it is believed that he was hardly capable of feeling fear. See Minutes of Conferences, ii, 409; Stevens, Hist, of the M. E. Church, iii, 413-415 ; Sprague, A nnals of the Amer. Pulpit, vii, 217; Manship, Thirteen Years in the Itinerancy, p. 49 ; Simpson, Cychipcedia of Method- ism, s. V. (J. L. S.)
Sharp, Thomas, a younger son of John Sharp (q. v.), and also an English prelate, was born in 1093, entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1708, and took his B.A. in 1712 and M.A. in 1710. He was a fellow of the college, and took the degree of D.D. in 172!). At first chaplain to archbishop Dawes, he was, July, 1720, col- lated to the rectory of Kothbury, Northumberland. He held the prebend of Soulliwell, and afterwards that of Wistow, in York Cathedral, and in 1722 he became arch- deacon of Northumbcrlaiui. In 1755 he succeeded Dr. Mangey in the otHciality of the dean and chapter. He died JMarch 0, 1758, and was interred in Durham Cathe- dral. He published a Concio ad Clerum when he took his doctor's degree:— TAc Rubric in the Book of Com- mon Prayer (\lbi):— Sermons (1703, 8vo) -.—Two Dis- sertations on the Hebreio Words Elohim and Berith (1751, 8v(>). See Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. v.
Sharpe, Guiioonv, D.D., an English clergyman, was born in Yorkshire, in 17 13,an<l,after passing some time at the grammar-school of Hull, went to Westminster, where he studied under Dr. Freind ; but in 1731 he was settled
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with principal Blackwell in Abenleen. Here he re- mained until he had tinished his studies, when he re- turned to England, and in a lew years entered into or- ders. He was appointed minister of the Broadway chapel, in which he continued till the death of Dr. Nicholls of the Temple, when he was declared the doc- tor's successor, and in this station he continued until his death, which occurred in the Temple-house, Jan. 8, 1771. His works were, a Dejhice of the late Dr. Sam- uel Clarke (Lond. 1774, 8vo) : — two Dissertations : Upoti the Ori(/in, etc., of Lunyuuf/es ; and Upon the Oriyinul Powers of Letters (ibid. 1751, 8vo): — two Arguments ill Defence of Christianilij (ibid. 1755-62, 8vo) : — The Rise and Fall of the Holy City and Temple of Jerusa- lem (ibid. 1765-G6. 8vo): — besides various Letters and Sermons.
Sharpness of Death are, in the Te Deum, the pains and agonies suffered by the Redeemer on the cross, but which he overcame at his resurrection, God having raised him up, " having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be holden of it" (Acts ii, 24).
Sharrock, Kobkkt, an English clergj^man, was born at Adstock, in Buckinghamshire, in the 17th cen- tury, and was sent from Winchester School to New Col- lege, Oxford, where he was admitted perpetual fellow in 1649. In 1G60 he took the degree of doctor of civil law, was prebendary and archdeacon of Winchester, and rec- tor of Bisliop's Waltham, in Hampshire. He died July 11, 1684, having the character of a good divine, civilian, and lawyer. His works are. History of the Propuf/ation, etc., of Vegetables, etc. (Oxon. 1666 and 1672, 8vo) : — Hy- pothesis de Ojjiciis secundum Humunce Rutionis I)ic- tata, etc. (ibid. 1660, 8vo, and 1682) : — also ten sermons on the Ends of the Christian Religion (4to). See Chal- mers, Biog. Diet, s, v.
Sharu'hen [some Shar'uhen~\ (Heb. Sharuchen' , ■jH^Tw, rfuge of grace; Sept. ciypoi avTwp [probably reading "(n^nlu]), a town originally in Judah, after- wards set off to Simeon (Josh, xix, 6) ; hence in the Negeb, or "south country." SeeJuiJAH. It seems to be the same elsewhere called Suilhim (Josh, xv, 32), or Shaaraim (1 Chron. iv, 31), but probably by erroneous transcription, m the latter case at least, Knobel (Lxeg. Handb. on Josh, xv, 32) suggests, as a probable identifi- cation. Tell iSherVah, about ten miles west of Bir-es-Seba, at the head of Wady Sheri'ah (the "watering-place"). Wilton locates it near Kuhaibah (Rehoboth), but his reasons are uncritical {The Negeb, p. 217 sq.). See
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Shashabigna, in Hindd mythology, is a surname ofBudd/id, denoting " the possessor of the six sciences."
Sha'shai [many Shash'ai, some Shashu'i] (Heb. Shashay', ^v'*J) whitish [Gesenius], or 7uMe [Flirst] ; Sept. 2£(T£()i one of the " sons" of Bani who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezra x, 40). B.C. 457. See SiiESiiAi.
Sha'shak (Heb. Shashak', p'^"l\ longing; Sept. 'S.iorri'jK), a Benjamite, son of Beriah, descendant of El- paal, and father of Ishpan and many others (1 Chron. viii, 14, 25). B.C. post 1618.