Stlllnian, Samuel, D.I)., a Raptist minister, was »«>rn in l'liila<li Ipliin. Pa., Feb. 27, 1737. He preached Im lirst Hermon Fel>. 17, 17.58, and was ordained at Charh-Kton, S. ('., as an evangelist, Feb. 26. 17.">9. He 8ul)<M><)ueiiily settled in James Island, near Charleston. Some eighteen mom lis afterwards he removed to liorden-
town,N. J.,where he remained two years in charge of two different congregations, and then became pastor of the First Haptist Church of Boston, INLiss., in January, 1765. He was made A.^I. in 1761 by Harvard University, hav- ing also received this degree from the Philadelphia Col- lege some time previous. In 1764 his name appears in the first list of trustees of Brown University, of which he was elected fellow the following year. He was al- ways willing to co-operate in all public efforts made for the good of his country or his race, and was at one time (in 1788) member of the Federal Convention for Boston. He labored unceasingly until his death, March 12, 1807. Dr. Stillman published a large number of Sermons, and some Discourses. A report of some of the former was published after his death (1808, 8vo). See Sprague, .4 nnals of the A mer. Pulpit, vi, 71.
Stillman, Stephen L., a minister of the Method- ist E|)iscopal Church, was born April 15, 1795, at Bur- lington, Conn. He made a profession of religion at the age of twelve, but did not openly profess Christ until six years after, when he joined the Baptist Church. He united with the IMethodist Episcopal Church in 1817, and was licensed as a local preacher, Feb. 5, 1822. He was received on trial into the New York Conference in 1823, ordained deacon in 1826, and elder in 1828. In 1841 he was transferred to the Troy Conference, and till- ed important stations until 1854, when he was left, at his own request, because of failing health, AvithoLit an appointment. He settled in Bethlehem, near Albany, and in the following year was appointed chaplain of the Albany Bethel for Sailors and Boatmen. In 18.56 he again took an effective relation, and continued to re- ceive appointments until, in 1865, he became supernu- merary, and in 1866 superannuated, but with an ap- pointment to Washington Avenue (afterwards Trinity), which he held at the time of his death, April 2, 1869. His best monument is the unwritten labor of his life. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1869, p. 116.
Still-tyde. See Holy Week.
Still "Week, a term used in Northumberland to designate Holy Week, probably because both bells and organs were anciently silent during that sacred season.
Stilted-arch, a name proposed by Prof. Willis for an arch which has the capital or impost mouldings of the jambs below the level of the spring- ing of the curve, the mouldings of the ar- chivolt being continued vertically dowi; to the impost mouldings. This mode of construction was frequently employed at ■ -i j a i, the latter end of the Norman style, es- '^^ '®" ^^'"'■ pecially as a means of maintaining a uniform height, when arches of different widths were used in the same range.— Parker, Closs. of A rchitect. s. v.
Stilwellites, a name given to the adherents of Mr. Stilwell, who seceded from the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York city. They established congre- gations called for a time Independent Methodists. Mr. Stilwell had for several years been dissatisfied with the Church economy, and had evidently been preparing for a change, and expected to take with him the proper- ty of the Church. In 1820 the New York Conference ]iassed resolutions looking to the bet ter security of church property and asking for suitable legislation. Mr. Stil- well used this measure to excite a prejudice in the minds of people, and, under the plea that the ministers were endeavoring to control the Church property, succeeded in inducing about three liuiulred members to secede. After a few years, his cougregalion iiecanic strictly Con- gregational. A few who seceded joined the Keform movement when it arose, and afterwards identified them- selves with the Methodist Protestant Church. He suc- ceeded in inducing a colored Church, with a congrega- tion of about one thousand, to withdraw from the IMeth- odist. Episcopal Cburcli. This cMingrcgation afterwards formed the African Zion Methodist Episcopal Church.
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The churches of Mr. Stihvell gradually declined, and all traces of such an associated movement have long since passed away. See Simpson, Cyclop, of Melhodism, s. v.
Stimson, D.win, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was born at Hopkinton, Mass., Oct. 17, 1777. In 1)S03 he joined the New England Conference, was ordained deacon at Lynn in 1805, and elder in 1H07. He was located from 1813 to 1825 ; but rendered effective service from then till IKI-iO, when he became superan- nuated. He died at Charleston, Me., Aug. 4, 1859. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 18G0, p. 161.
Stimiila, the name of Semele, according to the pro- nunciation of the Romans (Livy, xxxix, 12 ; Augustine, l)e Cic. Dei, iv, 16 ; Ovid, Fast, vi, 503). Others take the name to designate a goddess who excites men to undertake all manner of bold enterprises (Augustine, De Cu\Dei,iv, 11).
Stineley, Const antine, a minister of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, was born in Wiirtemberg, (ier- many, May 20, 1829. He was educated in the Koman Catholic Church, and was thoroughly acquainted with its institutions. He came to America, June 15, 1849, and in September, 1850, settled in Liberty, Mo. Here, in November, 1850, he united with the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and in 1855 entered tlie itinerant minis- try, in which he continued until his death, Jan. 4, 1869. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1869, p. 261.