Taylor, Thomas House, D.D., a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born of English parents in Georgetown. S. C. Oct. 18, 1799. His early education was acquired at Guilford, Conn.; he gradu- ated from South Carolina College, Columbia, as valedic- torian of his class; studied theology under bishop White ; was ordained deacon in 1821, and priest in 1826. For nine years he was rector of St. John's Church, Colleton, John's Island, S. C. In April, 1834, he became rector of (irace Church, New York city, w here he remained until the close of his life. He died at West Park, on the Hudson, Sept. 9, 1867. Dr. Taylor was a fine schol- ar, a man of marked character, and retained the respect and affection of his people. He held several positions of honor and trust. See American Quar. Church Rev. Jan. 1808, p. 665.
Taylor, Timothy, an English clergyman, was born at Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in 1609, and enter- ed Queen's College, Oxford, in 1620. He became vicar of Almeley, Hertfordshire: subsequently a Presbyte- rian, and then an Independent. In 1668 he removed to Dublin, and became assistant to Samuel Mather, and afterwards to Nathaniel Mather, and died there in 1681. He wrote Defence of Sundry Positions and Scriptures alleged to Justify the Congregational Way (Lond. 2 pts. 4to: pt. i, 1645; pt. ii, 1646). They were answered bj- Richard Hollingworth in his Certain Que- ries (1646, 4to), See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A uthors, s. V,
Taylor, Timothy Alden, a Congregational min- ister and author, was born at Hawley, Mass., Sept. 7, 1809. He graduated at Amherst College in 1835, and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1838. He was ordained at Slatersville, K. I., 1839, where he preached until his death — cut off suddenlv in the midst of his
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usefulness, March 2, 1858. Mr. Taylor was honest and unHini-hincc in his attachment to his principles, earnest and lailhliil. lie was a diligent student, and wrote much tor tlic periodical press. He also published a Me- woir of his brother, Hev. Oliver Alden Taylor (Boston, 12mo, 1853; 2d ed. 1850):— 7'Ae ^ulace (32mo) :— 7'/ie Tiro Mothers (32nio) :—Zion (32mo) ■.—Zioii's Pathway (12mo) -.—Bible ]'iew of the Death J'enaltij (8vo). See Cong. Quarterly, 1859, p. 9(5; AUibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. A uthurs, s. v.
Taylor, Veron D., a Presbyterian minister, was born at iiinesburg, Vt., in 1798; received an academ- ical education ; studied tiieology privately ; was licensed by tlie Addison Congregational Association, Vt., and or- dained by a Congregational council in 182(5. His fields of labor were as follows : Elizabethtown, N. Y. ; Litch- tielii, South Farms, Coini. ; Amenia, N. Y. ; Galesburg, Mich. ; Huntsburg aiul Dover, Ohio; and was Seaman's cha]ilain at Uuffalo, N. Y., and Cleveland, Ohio. He died Sept. G, l«(j4. See Wilson, Frenb. Hist. Almanac, 18GG, p. 22«.
Taylor, William Cooke, LL.D., an Irish author, was born at Yotiglial in 1800, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He went to London in 1829, where he remained until 1847, when he returned to Ireland, to serve the viceregal household in the capacity of statis- tician. He died in Dublin, Sept. 12, 1849. In addition to many works on secular subjects, he wrote, Catechism of the Christian lieli(jii>n (Lond. 1828, r2mo) -.^History of Aluhammedanism and its Sects (1834, 12mo) -.—History of Popery (new ed. 1837, 8vo) : — Illustrations of the Bible and Confirmations of Sacred History from the Monu- ments of Kf/ypt (1838, V2mo)-.— History of Christianity from its Promulyation to its Leyal Establishment in the Roman Empire (1844, 8vo). See Allibone, Diet, of Brit. and A mer. A ulhors, s. v.
Tchu-chor, the prayer-mill used by the Buddhist priests in Chinese Tartary. It is constructed in two forms. (1.) One is a small wheel with flies, which move either by wind or water. On these Hies are written prayers, and it is supposed that all the merit of their recitation is conferred upon liim that sets the wheel in motion. (2.) The other is a huge egg-shaped barrel, as large as a hogshead, upon an upright spindle, com- posed of endless sheets of paper pasted one over the other, and on each sheet is written a different prayer. At the bottom of this pasteboard barrel is a cord, which gives to it a rotary raolion. The lamas make this spin rapidly, and acipiire the merit of the repetition of all the prayers wTiiten on all the jiapers at every rotation of the barrel. Tlie lamas spend much of their time in plying the tchu-chor by way of interceding for the peo- ple. In return they receive from each person a small compensation for their trouble. — Gardner, /■'atVAs of the World, s. v.
Teach (Heb. prop. I"??, but also many other words ; (Jr. prop. ciCdtTKiu, but often other terms). Teaching is an important branch of the commission which Christ gave to his apostles before he left the earth. "Go," said he, " teach all nations," or, as we have it recorded by another of the evangelists, "Preach the Gospel to every creature." In this way they were to make dis- ciples, as the word nahjTii'rraTe imports. It is one of the precious promises of the new covenant that all its subjects shall be " taught of the Lord" (Isa. liv, 13). The Lord .lesus (|Uote<l these words in the diiys of his public ministry (John vi, 45), and describes the effect of this teacliing thus: " Every man, therefore, that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, comctli unto me," which he afterwards exjilains to mean neither more nor less than believing on him. See Pijeaciiing.