"Walker, Samuel, a Church of England divine, was born at Exeter, Dec. 1(5, 1714: entered Exeter Col- letje, Oxford, in 1732, and took his A.B. degree in 173(5 ; and in 1737 was ordained to the curacy of Doddis- combsleigh. In the loUowinn; year he travelled in France, and added music to his acquisitions; and in 183!) returned and resumed his ministry as curate of Lan- liverv in Cornwall. Subsequently he removed to the curacy of Truro, where his spiritual life underwent a radical change for the better. He died July 19, 1761. Mr. Walker was attractive and commanding in person, expressive in features, frank and courteous in conver- sation. His tracts are considered of great value, espe- cially The Christian ; n Course of Practical Sermons (17.55), thought to be the best in the English language. His posthumous works are. Fifty-two Sermons on the Catechism (17G3) : — Practical Christianity: — The Cov- enant of Grace: — The Christian Mirror: — The Refiner, or God's Method of Purifying his People: — The Chris- tian Ai'mor: — Distrust Removed. See Christian Ob- server, Feb. 1877, p. 150 ; Christian Remembrancer, 1838, p. 709; Church of England Magazine, i, 4G8; Sidney, Life, Ministry . iiud Remains of Samuel Walker (1835).
"Walker, Saunders, a Baptist minister, was born March 17, 1740, in Prince William County, Va. He was a brother of Rev. Jeremiah Walker. Although he had not the intellectual ability of this brother, inilike him he passed through life with no stain left upon his character. He is spoken of .is a remarkable instance of the transforming intlucnce of the grace of (Jod. "Before his conversion he was of a turbulent, unmanageable temper, and was much addicted to the vices naturally attendant on such a disposition. But the Divine Spirit not only changed his heart, but his nature too; so that he was ever after distinguished for the meekness and gravity of his deportment. The meek Saunders Walker was a ]iroverbial expression among all who knew him." In the twenty-seventh year of his age he began to preach the (iospel, and continued in the office of the ministry for thirty-eislit years. For some time he had charge of a Church in Bute County, N. C. In 1782 he removed to Georgia, wdiere he remained during the rest of his life. For a time he and Hev. Daniel jMarshall were the only ordained ministers in the up]H'r part of the state. It was a period of great (tolitical excitement, and party spirit ran very hit;h. Mr. Walker was often called to mediate in cases of political animosities, and to reconcile those who had become alienated. The gentleness of his character, and his freedom from the bitterness which turns friends into enemies, eminently litted him to be a jieacemaker, and he had the blessing which our Lord pronounces on those who are peacemakers. After a life of great usefulness in the cause of his IMaster, nearly forty years of which were spent in the active duties of the ministry, he died in 180.5. See Benedict, History of the Baptists, ii, 329. (J. C. S.)
"Walker, Simeon R., a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Cluircli, Sdiith, was born in MacXairy Coun- ty, Teun., Jan. 3, lt<34. He professed religion at the age of fifteen, and was received into the ^Memphis Conference in 1854. lu 1858 lie was transferred to
the Wachita Conference and appointed to the Hamp- ton Circuit, where he died, June 23, 1859. Mr. ^^'alke^ was a pious man, full of zeal and love for the Church. He died of hemorrhage of the lungs. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, 1859, p. 182.
"Walker, Thomas (l), a minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Leeds, lingland, in 1794. He did not enjoy many educational advantages, yet he was instrumental in doing much good. His life was char- acterized by much simplicity, anil by a cheerful, humble willingness to do what he could in the service of the Saviour. He died at Leeds, June 24, 1851. See An- nual Monitor, 1852, p. 91.
"Walker, Thomas (2), an English Wesleyan min- ister, was received into the Church in early life, into the ministry in 1824, and died April 3, 1829. He was zealous in his labors. See Wesleyan Minutes, 1830, p. 55G.
"Walker, Thomas (3), an English Wesleyan min- ister, was converted in his fifteenth year, entered the ministry in 1824, retired in 1847, and settled in York, where he died, July 7, 1848, in the fiftieth year of his age. "His qualifications for the work of the ministry, and the uprightness, integrity, and kindness manifested in his deportment, made his labors to be esteemed in proportion as thev were known." See Wesleyan Min- utes, 1848.
"Walker, "W. S. C, a Methodist Episcopal minis- ter, was born in Warren Comity, Tenn., June 27, 1830, and received the best training in early life. He was converted at the age of twenty-four; joined the South- ern Illinois Conference in 18(55; and served successively at New Haven, Carmi, Gray ville, Marion, and MacLeans- borough, where he died, Jan. 12, 1873. Mr. Walker was a man of remarkable energy and faithfulness. See Min- 2ttes of Annual (inferences, 1873, p. 13(5.
"Walker, "William, (1), a learned English divine, was born in Lincolnshire in 1G23. Among other works, he published a Treatise on English Particles, and Idi- omatologia Anglo-Latina, He died in 1G84.