ties were equally decided in their feelings. His sud- den death found him at peace with (iod and ready for his change. He left no printed remains. (W. J. R. T.)
Yates, Richard, D.D., an English clergyman, was born at Bury St. Edmund's in 1769. He was chai)lain of Chelsea Hospital from 1798, and rector of Ashen, in Es- sex, from 1804 until his death, Aug. 24, 1834. He pub- lished, A n Illustration of the Monastic Ilistory and A ntiq- uities of the Town and A bheyofSt. Julunaid's-Bur;/ (I8()b) : — The Church in Danr/er, etc. (1815): — and other works. Sec Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A uthors, s. V.
Yates, William, D.D.. a Baptist missionary, was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, Dec. 15, 1792. He was educated at Bristol College, and went to Calcutta as a missionary in 1815. He settled at Ser- anipore, where, after the death of Dr. Carey, he devoted himself entirely to translating, and to preparing text- books. He visited England and the United States in 1827-29, and in 1845 embarked for England on account of his health, but died on the Red Sea, July 3 of that year. He translated the whole Bible into" Bengalee; the New Test, and most of the Old into Sanscrit, and the New Test, into Hindee and Hindostanee. Among his most important publications were, A Grammar of the Sanscrit Language on a Neiv Plan (1820) : — Sanscrit Vocahulanj (eod. ): — Introduction to the Hindostanee Language (1827) :— Dictionary, Hindostanee and English ( 1S3G) -.^Biblical Appai-atus, in four parts (1837): — Theory of the Hebrew Verb: — and Introduction to the Bengalee Language (posthumous; edited by J. Wenger, 1847). A Memoir (1847) of him has been written by Dr. James Hoby. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A nwr. A uthors, s. v.
Yeomans, John William, "D.D., a Presbyterian divine, was born at Hinsdale, Mass., Jan. 7, 1800. He graduated at Williams College in 1824; studied theology in the seminary at Andover, and was ordained and in- stalled pastor of the Church at North Adams in Novem- ber, 1828. In 1832 he became pastor of the First Con- gregational Church of Pittsfield; in 1834 of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, N. J.; in 1841 accepted the presidency of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. ; and in 1845 became pastor of the Mahoning Church, Danville, where he continued to labor until his death, June 22, 1863. Dr. Yeomans was a man of strong and original mind. His profound thought and logical power were acknowledged by all who knew him or read his writings. As a preacher, he was instructive, impressive, and often highly eloquent. Above all, he was a man of faith and prayer, of deep, intelligent, and scriptural piety. He published, an Election Sermon ( Boston, 1834, 8vo ) : — Dedication Sermon (1840, 8vo): — Inaugural Address (1841, 8vo) : — and was co-author of a Hist, of the County of Berkshire, Mass. (Pittsfield, 1829, 12mo,"468 pp.; in 2 pts. ). Besides these, he was a frequent contributor to the Biblical Repertory and other religious peri- odicals, and had for several years been engaged in writ- ing Commentaries on the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel of John, both of which were left in an un- finished state. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Imanac, 1864, p. 207 ; Allibone, Diet, of Brit. and. A mer. A uthors, s. v. (J. L. S.)
Young, Alexander, D.D., a Unitarian minister, was born in Boston, Sept. 22, 1800. In 1812 he entered Boston Latin School, and in 1820 he graduated at Harvard College. In 1821 he entered the Divinity School at Cambridge, where he pursued tlie regular course of studj' for three years. He was licensed in 1824, and accepted a call to the Sixth Congregational Church, Boston, in 1825. In 1833 he went to F^urope. He was a very successful preacher. He died March 16, 1846. His publications were numerous, mostly ser- mons. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer, Pulpif, yin, 524.
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Young, Arthur, D.D., LL.D., an English divine, chaplain to siteaker Onslow, became rector of Bradtielti, and in 1740 prehendary of Canterbury. He died in 1759. He published a [listorical Dissertation on Idol- atrous Corruptions in Religion, etc. (1734). See Alli- bonc, Diet, of /hit. and .4 mcr. A utliors, s. v.
Young, Brigham, the president and prophet of the Mormons (q. v.), or Latter-day Saints, was born in Whitiiigliam, Vt., June 1, 1801. lie was the son of a farmer, received a very limited education, and learned the trade of a painter and glazier. He joined the Bap- tist Church and preached occasionally with considera- ble acceptance. In 1832. however, he joined the Mor- mons at Kirtland, O., became an elder and one of the twelve apostles, and was sent as a missionary in 1835 to make proselytes in the Eastern States, in which he was very successful. His preaching was characterized by a peculiar kind of eloquence, which made a deep im- pression, and enabled him to rise rapidh' in the estima- tion of the people of his sect, and to acquire almost boundless influence. He possessed, at the same time, great energy and shrewdness and a strong personality, which further enhanced his popularity. After the death of .Joseph Smith, in 1844, Young was one of the four aspirants to the presidency, and was unanimously elected to that office by the apostles. The choice was received with the highest approval, and his principal rival, Sidney Rigdon, was excommunicated. When the Mormons were expelled from Nauvoo in 1846, Young set out to lead the host on their weary journey across the Plains, which terminated only on their reach- ing Great Salt Lake Valley, which he declared to be the promised land. Here he founded Salt Lake City in July, 1847, in which he exercised absolute authority. In jMarch, 1849, a convention was held in that city, a constitution framed, and a State was organized under the name of Deseret, \^;-hich, in the " reformed Egyptian" language, is said to mean the "Land of the Honey-bee." Congress, however, refused to admit the new state, but Utah Territory was organized, and President Fillmore appointed Brigham Young governor for four years. The next year the United States judges were driven away; and at the termination of the four years for which Young had been appointed governor, Colonel Steptoe was appointed in his place. But on visiting Utah in 1854, he was resisted by the Mormon president, who declared that he would " be governor, and no power could hinder it nntil the Lord Almighty says, ' Brig- ham, you need not be governor anj^ longer.'" In 1857 President Buchanan appointed Alfred Cum ming govern- or, and sent him out with a military force of 2500 men for the protection of the Federal officers. This brought matters to a crisis, and the IMormons became peaceable, though not without some concessions on the part of the government.