Underwood, Alvan, a Congregational minister, was born at West Woodstock, Conn., Sept. 8, 1777. He graduated at Brown University in 1798, studied theology with Kev. Dr. Sanger, and was ordained pastor in his na- tive place in 1801, dismissed in 1833, and thereafter sup- plied for nearly ten years vacant churches, particularly those in Westford and South Killingly, and finally, for a year or more, his former charge in Woodstock, where he died, April 4, 1858. He published a few sermons and tracts. See Cong. Qiiarter/y, 18Gl,p. 355.
Underwood, Henry Benian, a Congregational minister, son of Rev. xVlmon Underwood, was born at Poughkeepsie, N. i'., Dec. 25, 1839. He studied at Monson Academy, Mass., graduated from Williams Col- lege in 1862, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1865, after having spent two years in the Union Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Kingwood, III., Jan. 19, 1866, and was acting pastor there until the ft)llowing year, when he began preaching at East Long- meadow, Mass., remaining two years. His next field of labor was Marlborough, N. H.; then Baxter Springs, Kan. In 1871 he was installed pastor of the church at Hillsborough Bridge, N. H., in which position he re- mained for one year and four months. The last charge which he filled was at Algona, la., where he became acting pastor in 1873, and died Sept. 2, 1875. See Cong. Qaurterli/, 1876, p. 436.
Underwood, Joseph, a Congregational minis- ter, was born at Bradford, Vt., Oct. 2, 1796. He ac- quired his preliminary education at Kimball Union Academy from 1817 to 1820, and at Chesterfield Acad- emy in 1821, and graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1824. His ordination occurred at New Shanjn, Me., and he was pastor there from 1826 to 1831. During 1827-30 he was also serving as acting pastor at Industry. In this latter office he served the Clnireh at North Augusta from 1832 to 1833. He was installed pastor at Williamsburgh, Me., in 1833, and remained tliere two years, during which time he was also acting pastor at Sebec. The two years following he served as a home missionary in Foxcroft, Dover, Atkinson, Milo, and Bradford, when lie was reinstalled at New Sharon, Feb. 22, 1837, remaining there two and a half years. At Millport and Veteran, N, Y., he was installed pastor in
1841, and was dismissed in 1843. As acting pastor, he' preached at llardwick, Vt., for two years, and then, in December, 1846, he was installcil there, continuing in charge until February, 1858. During the following year he was acting pastor at Burke, Vt.; from 1X60 to 1866 at Barnet; and from 1870 to 1872 he again served the Church at Burke. After the last date he resided, without charge^ at Hardwick, of which town he was a representative in the Vermont Legislature in 185(), 1868, and 1869. He died July 27,' 1876. See Cong. Quarterlg, 1877, p. 426.
Undine (from «/?'/«, "wave"), in mediaeval super- stition is a water- sprite, corresponding nearly to the nymphs of classical mythology. Paracelsus has given several minute rides what to do and how to act when one has happened to inarry an L^ndine, and Fricdrich de la Motte Foiique has treated the subject in a German tale entitled Undine.
Ungal-. Several of the water-gods of the ancient Accadian mytholog}' have names beginning with Un- gal, as Ungul-uba,''^ the king of the wave;" Ungal-a- aljhii,"the king of the sea;" Ungal-ariitda, '■^ {he king of the river." See Lenormant, Chuld. Magic, p. 184.
Ungchan, John. See John, Prester.
Unger, Salojion Gottlob, a Protestant divine of Germany, was born April 25, 1752, at Nieder-Pollnitz, near Weida, and died June 16, 1818, at CoUeda. in Thu- ringia. He wrote, Anmerkirngen iiber den Horns oder von der Weissagung Davids mid der Starke ihres Be- weisesfiir die Gottlichkeit nnd Messianitdt Jesu (Leips. 1784) : — De A uctoritate Librorum V. T. in Familia Dei (ibid. 1785): — Die Schriften des alien Bundes, etc. (ibi<l. 1787) : — De Thermis Sidonis Jos. xi, 8, et xiii, 6, Menio- ratis Pauca Disp. (ibid. 1803) : — Lutherns A uctoritateni Librorum Mosis apud Christianos Vindex (ibid.). See Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 461 ; Winer, Ilandb. der iheol. Li- terutur, i, 820, ii, 811. (B. P.)
Ungew^itter, Reinhard Christoph, a Protestant theologian of (iermany, was born at Marburg, Jan. 25, 1715. He studied in his native place, and when twen- ty-one years c>ld he publicly defended his dissertation De Studio Prophetico sobrie Distituendo. After com- pleting his studies, he went to Cassel in 1736, and until the year 1778 he was actively engaged in pastoral du- ties. While on a visitation in his function as superin- tendent and member of consistory, he was paralyzed, and was thus deprived of the power of speech. Although imable to preach, yet he performed the duties connected with his ecclesiastical position, and died Dec. 31, 1784. He published, Krklarung des Briefs des heiligen .fakobs (Lemgo, 1754): — Commentatio de Theologo Tempori Ser- viente (Hersfeldiae, 1755) : — Versuch einer freien Ueber- setzung der beiden Briefe Petri und der drei Briefe ,Jo- hunnis (Frankfort, iloj ) -.^Predigten iiber uichtige Glaubenswnhrheiten nnd Lebenspflichten (Cassel, 1780-81, 2 vols.). See Driring, Gelehrte Theologen iJeutschlands, iv, 551 sq. (B. P.)
Unhallowed Uses. In the consecration of a church orcha|)el among the Episcopalians, the building is said to be separated henceforth " from all nnliallov/ed, ordinary, and common uses." The word " unhallowed," as here used, does not mean simply such things as are morally evil, impure, and contrary to the spirit of re- ligion, which is the popular sense, but strictly all sucli purposes as are not hallowed, made sacreii, and conse- crated to holy purposes.— Stanton, Z'z'rf. of the Church, s. V.