Shuck, John Lewis, a minister of the Baptist de- nomination, was born in Alexandria, D. C, Sept. 4, 1812. Havinif received an apijoiniment as a missionary of the Baptist (Jeneral Convention to labor among tlie Chi- nese, he reached the field of his labors — ^lacao — Sept. 17, 18.30, where he ren^ained nntil March Ki, 1842. when he removed to Hong-Kong, and afterwards to Canton. Mr. Shuck returned to the United States in 1845, the year in which the separation took place between North- ern and Soutliern Baptists. He was honorably dis- missed from the ^Missionary Union, the name by which the Xorthern organization was known, and in 1846 be- came a missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention. Bj- this society he was sent to labor among the Chinese of California. Having spent several years in this work, he returned East, and died at Barnwell Court-house, S. C, in October, 18G3. (J. C. S.)
Shiickford, Samuel, a learned English divine, the time and place of whose birth are unknown. He was educated at Cains College, Cambridge, graduating in 171(5. He became successively curate of Shelton, Norfolk, prebendary of Canterbury (1738), and rector of All- hallows, London, He died in 1754. He pub- lished a few occasional Sermons (Camb. 1723, 4to; 1724, 4to; 1734, 4t(), and later); but he is princi|)ally known for his llistorij of t/ie World. Sacred diid Pro/ime (Lond. 1743, 4 vols. 8vo, and often since), intended to serve as an introduction to I'rideaux's Comiertloii, but he oidy lived to bring it down to the time of Joshua. See Allibone, Die/, of Brit, and A me?: A uthors, s. v. ; Hook, Eccles. Biofj. s. v.
Shu 'ham (Heb. Shiclxim', SrilTL", perhaps/)tV-<%5'pr [(Jesen.]. or humiUlij [Fiirst] ; Sept. Sa/ie v. r. ^a^iHSi); Vulg. Sii/idm'), the son of Dan, and progenitor of a fam- ily named after himself (Ximil). xxvi, 42); elsewhere ((Jen. xli, 23) called HfsiiiM ((j. v.).
Shu'hamite (Heb. with the art. /i<iiifi-S/iuc/tnmi', ''"Cn^'i'n, ))atronymic from S/iuham; Sept. o 2«/<ft V. r. ^afiitCi'i), the descendants (numbering 44()0 at the Eisode) of Shuham ((j. v.) the sou of Dan (Numb, xxvi, 42, 43).
Shu'hite dleb. with the art. hash-Shuchi', "^nVi-ri, patronymic from Shiitih ; Se[it. o lavxai v. r. l'ai/;^f(, l£.av\iri}c, etc.), an ethnic appellative frecpient in the book of .lob (ii, 11; viii, 1; xviii, I ; xxv. 1 ; xlii, 9), but only as the epithet of one person. Bildad ((j. v.). The local indications of the Ixiok of .loli point to a re- gion on the western side of Cbaldiea. bordering on Ara- bia; and exactly in this locality, above Hit and on Ixilh sides of the Euphrates, are found, in the Assyrian in- Bcriplions, the Tmik/it, a powerful people. It is proba- ble that these were tlie Shuhites, an<l that, having been conquered by the Babylonian kings, they were coinifed by Ezekiel among the tribcK oftlie ( 'lialdiwnis. Having lost their independence, they ceased to be nolit^'d; but it was no (Iduht from them that tlie country on the Euphrates immediately abo\-e Bal)ylonia came to be designated as So/niif, a ti-rm a\>\)\\c(\ toil in the I'eutin- gerian TuUles. The Shuliiies appear to have been de-
scendants of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. xxv, 2; 1 Chron. i, 32). — Smith. Others, however, think that SdcrtPd (Sa/c/ca(a), which Ptolemy (v, 14) places east- ward of B.itanrea, is more probably their representative. See AiiAniA,
Shukra, in llindil mythology, is the planet Vetnis, or the genius who governs and possesses it — a grandson of Brahaspadi, the jilanet .lupiter, and father of the beau- tiful Dewajani and a ))owerful Brahmin.
Shu'lamite (Heli. with the &n. hash-Sluihimmith' , r^535Vi"n, i. e. ihe Shuldinmitess ; Sept. i) 'S.ovXaf.iiTii; v. r. yiovjiai'dTic, etc.; Yulg. Sulamilii and Siivdmitis), one of the personages in the poem of Solomon's Song, who, although named only in one passage (vi, 13), is, according to most interpreters, the most prominent of all the characters, being no other than the bride her- self. The name — after the analogy of Shunammite — denotes a woman belonging to a place called Shtikm. The only place bearing that name of which we have any knowledge is Shunem itself, which, as far back as the 4th century, was so called (Euseb. Omwutst. s. v.). C)n the theory that Shulammite and Shunammite are equivalent, some have supposed that the female in ques- tion who was the object of Solomon's passion was Alii- shag — the most lovely girl of her day, and at the time of David's death one of the most prominent persons at the court of Jerusalem. This would be equally appro- priate whether Solomon were himself the author of the Song or it were written by another person whose object was to personate him accurately. — Smith. See Solo- mon. But this is abhorrent to the whole tenor of the Canticles, and is opposed to the C)riental usage with re- gard to the harem of a deceased king. See Aijishao. It is far more reasonable to suppose tliat the title the Shnldmmitess was a ]ioetical term applied to the bride in imitation of Solomon's name, as they are thus but masculine and feminine forms for " peaceful." See Can- ticles.
Shulchan Aruk. See Karo, Joseph.
Shultz, Thoaias. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Hamburg, (Germany, July 11, 182L He came to New York with his parents in 1834, was licen.se<l to preach in 1845, and employed to commence a mis- sion at Bloomington, la. In 184t; he was admitted on trial in the Illinois Conference, and ap|iointed to the Galena mission; in 1X47 to the Beardstown mission; and in 1848 to Burlington, where he died March 20, 1848. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, iv, 285.