But of all these ancient recorded thet>plianies the most signal and illustrious was undoubtedly that which was vouchsafed in the pillar of cloud that guided the march of the children of Israel through the wilderness on their way to Canaan. A correct view of this sub- ject clothes it at once with a sanctity and grandeur wiiich seldom appear from the naked letter of the nar- rative. There can be little doubt that the cohmmar cloud was the seat of the Shechinah. We have already seen that the term shechinizin;/ is applied to the abiding of the cloud on the summit of the mountain (Kxod. xxiv, ll>). Within the towering aerial mass, we sup- pose, was enfoUled the inner effulgent brightness to which tlie appellation "glory of the Lord" more prop- erly belonged, and which was only occasional/// dis- closed. In several instances in which God would indi- cate his anger to his people it is said that they looked to the cloud and beheld the "glory of the Lord" (Nimib. xi V, 10 ; xvi, 19, 42). So when he would inspire a trem- bling awe of his majesty at the giving of tbe law, it is said the "glory of the Lord appeared as a devouring fire" on the summit of the mount. Nor must the fact be forgotten in this connection that when Nadab and Abihu, the two sons of Aaron, offended by strange fire in their offerings, a fatal flash from the cloudy pillar in- stantaneously extinguished their lives. 'I'lie evidence would seem, then, to be conclusive that this wondrous pillar-cloud was the seat or throne of the Shechinah, the visible representative of Jehovah dwelling in the midst of his people. — Kitto.
See Anon. JJe inj^Z'J (Jen. 1720); Lowman. On the Shechinah ; Taj'lor, Letters of Ben-Mordecai; Skinner, Dissertation on the Shechinah (in \Vtirks,Yo\.\i) -. Watts, Gloi-y of Christ; Upham, On the. Lor/ns ; Bush, Notes on Exodus; Tenison, On Idolatry, Fleming, Christolo- gy , Patrick, Commentary on Exod.; Buxtorf, Hist. Arc. Eoed.ch. xi ; Wells, The Shechinah (in Help for Under- staitdiny the Scripture, p. 4) ; (Am.) Erang. Rerieir, Jan. ISGO. See also Cherub, Cloid; Pii^i.ar.
Shedd, William, a Congregational minister, was liorn at iMount Vernon, N. H., in ]7!)8, graduated at Dartmouth College in lfS19, and ordained an evangelist in 1823. He was minister for one year at Abington, Mass., where he died in 1830. lie wrote Letters to W. E. Channing on the Existence and Agency of Fallen Spir- its, by Canonicus (Boston, 1828, 8vo).
Sheddan, Samukl Siiai;on, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was born in Northumberland Coinitv, Pa., Sept. 13, 1810. His ancestors came from Scotland and settled
on the Susquehanna Kiver in that county, where the homestead of his family remains. He was prepared for college in the Milton Academy, Pa. He entered Jeffer- son College in 1830, and graduated therefrom in two j'ears. He afterwards pursued his theological studies in Princeton Seminary, and was licensed to preach in the fall of 1834. The first fifteen years of liis ministry were spent in connection with the churches of Williamsport, Murray, and Warrior Run, the latter jdace being the home of Dr. Shcddan's childhood, liis father and grandfather were ruling eklers in this Cinirch. From Warrior Hun he was unanimously called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Kah way, N. J. The life of Dr. Sheddan was a most laborious and useful one. During his ministry at Warrior Hun he united the office of teacher with that of pastor, and, by unremitting toil, carried on successfully both his school and bis Church. From among the young men he prepared for college, more than a dozen became ministers of the Gospel. He was a wise counsellor and warm friend of the young men studying for the ministry. He was eminently ju- dicious as an adviser in the matter of new Church en- terprises in the bounds of the Presbytery of Elizabeth, and his services will be held in grateful rememlirance. Dr. Sheddan remained as pastor of the Kahway Church twenty-two years. The position he held among his ministerial brethren in the community where he la- bored and throughout the State of New Jersej' is shown by the profound impression produced by his death, and the tribute of respect paid to his memory by the synod then in session, which appointed a committee to attend his fimeral. He was for several j-ears one of the direc- tors of the Princeton Theological Seminary. He died in Kahway, N. J., Oct. 18, 1874. (W. P. S.)
Shed'elir (Heb. Shedeiir', -^ilX^^'J, darter of light; Sept. ^tcioiip v.T. 'ECtovp), father of Llizur, which lat- ter was chief of the tribe of Heidien at the time of the Exode (Xumb. i, 5; ii, 10; vii, 30, 35; x, 18). B.C. ante 1U58.
Sheep. The following Hebrew words occur as the names of sheep: IN:!, tson (varieties "|1N^, tseon, X3ij, isone, or ri2U, tsoneh), a collective noun to denote "a flock of sheep or goats," to which is opposed the noun of unitj^ ililJ, seh, "a sheep" or "a goat," joined to a maseidine where " rams" or " he-goats" are signified, and with a feminine when " ewes" or " she-goats" are meant, though even in this case sometimes to a masculine (as in Gen. xxxi, 10) : P^N, dyil, "a. ram ;" ^H"i, rachel, "a ewe;" i:353,^'«&^5><"" -'^3,^'«se6(fem.n3p3,or nir23), "a lamb," or rather "a sheep of a year old or above," opposed to nbbJ^ tuleh, "a sucking or very young lamb;" "13, kar, is another term applied to a lamb as it ships C-?) in the pastures. The Chald. ~^S, immdr (Ezra vi, 9, 17; vii, 17), is a later word, apparently indicating lambs intended for sacrifice, while TW^', atti'id, rendered "ram" in Gen. xxxi, signilies a he-goat. See Ewe, Lamb; Kaji.