Snare (usually the rendering in the A. Y. of trip, CJ]?^, or wjri, all kindred roots signifying to catch by the foot in a s[)ring- noose; occasionally of ns, etc.; ^p6\oi;, Trnyi'f,), a gin, net, or trap, especially of the fowler (Isa. viii, 14; Amos iii, 5); also such a one as seizes and holds beasts or men l)y the foot (.Job xviii, 9; Jer. xviii. 22 I. They were set in the jiath or hidden in the grountl (I'rov. vii, 23; xxii, 5; I'sa. cxl, 5; cxix, 110; Jer. xviii, 22). The form of this spring or trap- net appears from the original word pach (Amos iii, 5 ; l'»a. Ixix, 23). It was in two ])arts, which, when set, were spread out upon the ground and slightly fastened with a slick (traji-siick), so tiiat as soon as a bird or l>east touched the stick, the parts tiew up and enclosed the bird in the net or caught the foot of tlie animal (.Job xviii, it). In I'sa. Ixix, 23, " Let their table before them U'come a net," here the shiilrhdn is the Oriental cloth or leather spread upon the ground like a net. The origi- nal term is liguratively put for any muse of destruction (.Ioi»h. xxiii, 13; Hos. v, 1; .Job xxii, 10). Thus is uitunlly rendered I'sa. xi, )), "I'pon the wicked (iod hliall rain snares, lire, and brimstone." But the Hebrew word might here l>e rendered coals, burning coals, and tlieu lli/httiiiit/. Still the Hignilications uels, snares, mav here W4ll Ik; retained as an emIiUin of destruclicm to the wicked. The "snares of death" (2 Sam. xxii, G; I'sa. xviii, 5) are poetically jiut in ap|)osition with the cords (A. V. improperly "sorrows") of Sheol. See Nkt.
Slieath, llii iiAKi), a Methodist Episcopal minister, was lx.ru in Ir.lau.l, Dec. 2, 1751. He emigrated to America in 177 I. embraced religion iu 17M2, and entered the itineraiuy iu 17;»G. For twenty-eight years his la- Utnt were unremitting, and he censed not until he was literally worn down in the glorious work. He died Oct.
24, 1824. He %vas known for his integrity, benevolence, and Christian character. See Minutes of Annual Con- ferences, i. 475 ; Meth. May. viii, 287 ; Bangs, Jlist. of 'the M. J-:. Church, u,S07.
Sneed, (iiiOisGE W., a minister of the Methodist Ejiiscopal Cluirch, South, was born in Davidson Coun- tv, Temi., Dec. 2G, 1799, and professed faith in Clirist in 1822. Some years subsequently he received a license to preach, and joined the Tennessee Conference. With- in its bounds he labored for many years, and became superannuated about 1848. Removing to Texas, his health failed, ami he died suddenly about 1851. See .^/iiiules (f Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, 1851, p. 337.
Suell, Thomas, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born in Cummington, Mass., Nov. 21, 1774; gradu- ated at Dartmouth College in 1795, and was ordained ])astor at North Brookfield, Mass., in 1798, where he coiitiiuied pastor until his death. May 4, 18G2. Dr. Snell's inrtuence upon the Church, town, and brethren in the ministry was much felt. He was a pioneer in temperance and slavery reform, and was much inter- ested in missionary and educational movements. He published several sermons, conversations on baptism, etc. See Conyreyational Quarterly, 18G2, p. 317-332.
Suethen, Nicholas, an influential minister of the Methodist Protestant Church, was born at Fresh Pond (now tilen Cove), L. L, Nov. 15, 17G9. Remov- ing to Belleville, N. .J., he there experienced religion, and began to speak and pray in public. In 1794 he en- tered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and preached for four years in Connecticut, Vermont, and Maine. In 1798-99 he preached in Charleston, .S. C, and in 1800 was chosen as travelling companion to bishop Asbnry. He was elected secretary of the General Conference of 1800, and was also a member in 1804 and 1812. He took a prominent part in favor of limiting the episcopal prerogative, a delegated General Conference (his plan for which was adopted in 1808), and was an early advocate of anti-slavery principles. He located in 180G, and removed to his farm on Longa- nore, Frederick Co., Md. By his marriage he became the holder of slaves, whom he emancipated as soon as the law would permit (1829). In 1809 he re-entered the itinerancy, and was stationed in Baltimore, George- town, and Alexan<lria, and while at Georgetown was elected chaplain of the House of Representatives. He located again in 1814. In 1829 he removed to Indiana, and upon the formation of the Methodist Protestant Church (q. v.) he united with it, and in connection with it continued to travel and preach till within a short time of his death. In 1834 he became one of the editors of The Methodist Protestant, in Baltimore. In 183G the Methodist Protestants started a college in New York, of which ]Mr. Snetheii took charge. The enterprise did not succeed, and in 1837 he returned to the West and took charge of a IMainial Labor jNIinisterial College at Lawrenceburg, Ind., but that institution also failed. !Much of his sul)se<)uent labor was performed in Cincin- nati. He died May 30, 184.5. Mr. Sncthen was a clear and forcible writer and an eloquent minister. He be- came a contributor to The Wesleyan Repository \u 1821, and afterwards to its successor. The Mutual Bii/hts. In 1800 he wrote a h'eply to l)'Kelly\i Apoloyy, and in 1801 his .inswer to 0' Kelly's Rejoinder: — Funeral Oration on liishnp Aslmry (181G) ; — Lectures on Preachiny (1822): — Essays on Lay Representation (1835): — Lectures on Biblical Subjects (183G): — Sermons (184C), edited by W. (i. Snethen.