5. It is asserted that neither in the Jewish nor the Roman census would it have been necessary for the wife to travel with her husband in order to appear personally before the registrar (reiisitoi-).
This objection is, perhaps, the most frivolous and vex- atious of all. If JIary were herself of the house and lineage of David, there may have been special reasons for her appearance at Bethlehem. In any case, the Scripture narrative is consistent with itself. Nothing could be more natural, looking to the unsettled state of Palestine at this period, than that Joseph should keep his wife under his own protection instead of leaving her by herself, in an obscure village, exposed to danger and reproach. In proportion to the hopes he had been taught to cherish of the birth of a Son of David ; in proportion, also, to his acceptance of the popular belief that the Christ was to be born in the city of David (Matt, ii, 5; John vii, 42), would be his desire to guard against the accident of birth in the despised Nazareth out of which "no good thing" could come (1,40). — Smith.
The literature connected with this subject is, as might be expected, very extensive. JIvery commentary con- tains something on it. Meyer, Wordsworth, and Alford maj^ be consulted as giving the latest summaries. A very full and exhaustive discussion of all points con- nected with the sulyect is given by Spanheim, Diihia Evamj. ii, 3-9; and Kichardus, Diss, de Censu Auffiis/i, in Menthen, Thesaurus, ii,428; comp. also EUicott, Uul- sean Lictiires, p. .57.
Tayggtd, in (Jreek mythology, was a daughter of Atlas and I'leiuiie, mother of Lacedaemon and Eurotas by Jupiter. She became one of the Pleiades after death. Others affirm that she was transformed into a cow by Diana, in order to escape the embraces of Jupiter. The mountain Taygetus was named after her. See Smith, Vict, of rliiss. Jiio;/. and Mijthol. s. v.
Taylor, Charles C, a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, died Feii. 2, lH.55,at Kalamazoo, Mich. In 1844 he went to ^lichigan and took charge of St. An- drew's Church, Ann Arlior; and in July, 1853, became rector of St. Luke's Cliurch, Kalamazoo, where he labor- ed until the last. He had frequently represented his diocese in the General Convention, and had for a long
time been a member of the standing committee. Tic was a faithful and eloquent preacher. See .4 mer. Quur. Church Eerieu; 1855, p. ItJl.
Taylor, Chauncey, a Congregational minister, was born in Milliatnstown, Vt., Feb. 17, 1805. After preliminary sluily at Hinesburgh, he entered the Uni- verMty of Vermont, from which he graduated in 1831, and then studied theology with Rev. Ira Ingraham, of Brandon. Jan. 21, 1835, was the date of his ordination, when he was installed pastor at Cliitlcnden, and re- mained until 1837. One year, from 1838, he jireached at James's Island, near Charleston, S. C. ; from 1839 to 1841 he was acting pastor at Chittenden, Yt. The two years following he was without charge, living at one time in Winooski and at another in Milton. From 1843 to 184G he was acting pastor at Alburgh. In the latter j'ear he was reinstalled at Chittenden, where he remained until August, 1854, when he went to Langdon, N. H., and served there as acting pastor for two years. Then he became a home missionary at Algona, Kossuth Co., la., beginning his ministry there in 1850. gathering a Church in 1858, and being installed in ]8()7. After serving this congregation until July, 1873, he was dis- missed, and never resumed the care of a jiarish. He died there Feb. 29, 187G. See Con(/. Quar. Rev. 1877, p. 42G.
Taylor, Cornelius H., D.D., a Presbyterian min- ister, was born in 1821. Soon after the coni|)letion of his theological studies he became pastor of the Church of Huron, O. From thence he removed to Illinois, and was installed pastor of the Church at Alton, where he labor- ed ten years. In 18(58 he received a call from the Third Presbyterian Church at Cincinnati, O. He was a lead- ing man in the Church in all places where he labored. He died at Cincinnati, Feb. 25, 1875. See Preshyterinv, March 13, 1875. (W. P. S.)
Taylor, David, one of Wesley's early helpers, be- gan to preach the Gospel in Cheshire and Derbysliire about the time that Wesley began his public labors. Many were saved through his instrumentality, among whom was John Bennett. He lived for a time in the family of lady Huntingdon (q. v.). On one occasion he was waylaid, with Charles Wesley, and severely wounded. He eventually erred with respect to mar- riage, not submitting to the mode prescribed by law, and his usefulness became neutralized tlioreby. He united with the ^Moravians, but soon left them and at- tended the meetings of the Quakers. He afterwards returned to his old friends the Methodists, and attempt- ed to preach once more ; " but, alas !" says Atmore, •• liis gifts were gone." He died, in obscurity, about 1780. See Atmore, Meth. Memorial, s. v.; Smith, Hist. Wesl, Methodism, i, 182, 191-196, 201.
Taylor, Ed^ward, a Congregational minister, was born (according to president Stiles) at Coventry, Eng- land, in 1642, and received an excellent education in his native country. Upon the restoration of Ciiarles, he resolved not to conform, and sailed for the United States April 22, 1668, arriving at Boston July 5. On July 23 he entered Cambridge University, from which he graduated in 1671. Invited to preach at Westfield, he consented, and arrived there Dec. 3, 1671. The pau- city of population and the insecurity of person and property delayed for a long time the formation of a Church ; but this was done Aug. 27, 1679, O. S., and Mr. Taylor was ordained as its pastor. He continued to labor here until his death, June 29, 1729. He left in manuscript, A Commentary on the Four Gospels, theo- logical treatises, sermons, and poems, none of which have been published. See Sprague, A nnuls of the A mer. Pulpit, i, 177.