xxxvii, 51 ; Theophr. Char. 17; Pausan. x, 24, 5; see 10. Stones for striking fire are mentioned in 2 Mace. Bellermann, Steine zu salbeii [Erf. 1793J), being prob- , x,3.
ably aerolites. 11. Stones were prejudicial to the operations of hus-
6. That the worship of stones prevailed among the bandry; hence the custom of spoiling an enemy's held heathen nations surrounding Palestine (see Biedermann, by throwing quantities of stones upon it (2 Kings iii, iJe Liipidiim Cultu [Frib. 1749] ; Hulling, De Batyl- \ 19, 25), and, again, the necessity of gathering stones Us Veil. [(iron. 1715] ; Falcconet, in the Memoh-es de previous to cultivation (Lsa. v, 2). Allusion is made to r.Xcad.des ]nscr.\i,bVd sq. [see Stone- wokship]), and : both these practices in Eccles. iii, 5 ("a time to cast was borrowed from them by apostate Lsraelites, appears | away stones, and a time to gather stones"). from lsa. Ivii, C, according to the ordinary rendering of 12. The notice in Zech. xii, 3 of the " burdensome the passage; but the original (~pbn bn3-'^p^na)ad- j stone" is referred by Jerome to the custom of liftin
mits of another sense — " in the smooth (clear of wood) places of the valley" — and no reliance can be placed on a peculiar term introduced partly for the sake of alliter- ation. The eljen vuiskUh (r^2w"2 "|3X), noticed in Lev. xxvi, 1 (A.V. "image of stone"), has again been ideniitii-d with the bcptyliu, the doubtful term maskith (comp. Numb, xxxiii, 52, "picture ;" Ezek. viii, 12, "im-
stones as an exercise of strength, which he describes as being practiced in Judica in his day (comp. Ecclus. vi, 21); but it may equalh' well be explained of a large corner-stone as a symbol of strength (lsa. xxviii, 16).
Stones are used n)eta|)horically to denote hardness or insensibility (1 Sam. xxv, 37; Ezek. xi, 19; xxxvi, 26), as well as firmness or strength, as in Gen. xlix, 24, where " the stone of Israel" is equivalent to " the rock of Is-
agery") being supposed to refer to devices engraven on ,^^i„ (.^ y^^_ ^^^^^^ 3 . j^^_ ^^^^ 39). The members the stone. See I1.0U The statue {matstsebah, nnS"?) of the Church are called " living stones," as contributing of Baal IS said to have been of stone and of a conical to rear tliat living temple in which Christ, himself " a slia|)e (Movers, I'hun. i, 673), but this is hardly recon- ' living stone," is the chief or head of the corner (Eph. cilable with the statement of its being burned in 2 Kings ii, 20-22 ; 1 Pet. ii, 4-8). See Corner-stone. x,26 (liie correct reading of which would be matstsebah,
and not matstsfbuth). See Stoneiienge,
7. Heaps of stones were piled up on various occasions : as in token of a treaty ((Jen. xxxi, 46), in which case a certain amount of sanctity probalily attached to them (Homer, Od. xvi, 471) ; or over the grave of some no-
STONE of Dedication. An original stone, in- scribed with the date of dedication, 1192, remains at Clee Church, Lincolnshire. — Walcott, Sac. A rch. s. v.
Stone, Cornelius, a minister of the INIethodist Episcojial Church, was born at Ja\', Me., and after a torious offender (Josh, vii, 26 ; viii, 29; 2 Sam. xviii, 1 *'''""""Sh collegiate and theological education, joined 17 ; see Propert. iv, h, lb, for a similar custom among '''^^ ^^'''"^ Conference in 1841. In 1858 his declining the Komaiis). See Gai.kkd. The size of some of these | '"^''•''^ compelled him to abandon the work of the min- heaps iK-comes very great from the custom prevalent '*"'-^' """^ ''*^''''''' ^" '''*^ I'lternal homestead. He twice
among ihe Arabs that each passer-by adds a stone. Biirckhnrdt mentions one near Damascus 20 feet long. •J f«et high, and 3 feet broa<l {Syria, p. 46). A refer- ( lio- to tliis practice is suppDsed by (iesenius to be con- t.inuil in I'rnv. xxvi, 8, which he renders " as a bag of geniH ill a heap of stone»" (Th<'.i. p. 1263). The Vul- gai>- has a curious version of this passage: " Sicut qui tiiiitit Inpidem in acerviim Merciirii,"
«. The "white Ktoiie" ((|. v.) noticed in Rev. ii, 17 ha.1 Ixeii variously regarded as referring to the pebble »f acquittal used in the Greek courts (Ovid, Met. xv, 4!) ;
represented his district in the State Legislature. He died at Jay, April 5, 1866. ISIr. Stone was highly es- teemed as a faithful minister and an able-^nd discreet legislator. See ^Minutes 0/ Annual Coii/erences, 18G6, p. 106.
Stone, Frank, an English artist, was born atMan- chestiT in 1 WO. He settled in London, and in 1851 was elected an associate of the Royal Academy. Among his religious paintings, Christ and the Woman 0/ Beth- any is much admired. See Thomas, Bioy. Did. s. v.
Stone, Isaac, a Jlethodist Episcopal minister, was
to the lot cast iu elections m Greece ; to both these . born at Iloosick, Rensselaer Co., N, Y., March 28, 1797
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He was converted in 1816, admitted on trial as a travel- ling preacher in lS-22, and tilled succes>iively the fol- lowing circuits and stations : Herkimer, Westmoreland, Canajoharie, Otsego, Black Kiver, Stockbridge, West- moreland, Rome, Yerona, and Lowville, N. Y. In 1836 he was made presiding elder of Oswego District; in 1810-47 he supplied Fulton, Weedsport, Potsdam, and Watertown stations; in 1847 he was made presiding elder of Adams District ; in 1848 superannuate<l, after which he was sel- dom able to preach. lie died Sept. 10, 18o0. He was distinguished for the dei)th and genuineness of his hu- mility ; he was also a man of great kindness, which was manifest in all his public miiustrations and private in- tercourse with his fellow-men. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, iv, 616. (J. L. S.)