di nee to Pithom and Raamses, and the prob- able connection in both cases with Heliopolis confirms the conclusion. It is remarkable that the Coptic version off ion. xlvi. 28 mentions Pithom lor. or instead of, the Heroopolis ofthe Sept. Whether Patumus and rhoum be the same, and the position of one or both, have j el to mined, before we can speak positively as to the Pithom of Exodus. Herodotus places Patumus in the Arabian nome upon the canal of the Red Sea (ii, 48). I Antoninus puis Thou fifty Roman miles
from Heliopolis, and forty-eight from Pelusium; But tin- ]i ms too far north for Patumus, and also for Pi- thom, it thai place were mar Heliopolis, as its name and connection with Raamses Beem to indicate. It was twelve miles from Vicus Judseorum, according to the Itinerary. It must therefore have been somewhere over against Wady Tumilat. or the valley of Thorn, or near
the uthofthal valley, and not tar tr Pi-beseth or
Bubastis, now called Tell Basta. Tell el-Kebir, or "the Gri al lhap." which is a little to the south of it. may be t he Bite of ancii nl Pithom. Heroopolis, which had so long disappeared, and had almost become mythical, may, after all, be the Bame as Pithom. Hero- opolis, according to Ptolemy, lay al the extremity of Trajan'- canal, i.e. iis eastern extremity, v. here it joined or approached the more ancient canal of Pharaol possibly al or within the month of ihis valley, and. ac- cording to .Manet ho. nol lar from the Bubastic branch
pedition place Pithom on the site of the present Abkaseh, at the entrance of the Wady Tumilat. where' there was at all times a strong military post Si e Hengstenberg, Du Biicker MosesundAegypten; I>u BoisAyme, in De- script, ib VEgypte, xi. :!77 : xviii. 1. 372; Champollion, VEgypU sous lea Pharaons, i. 1 7 _' : Li, 58. See Goshi s.
Pi'thon (Heb. Pithon', '"~~Z- perh. | Ftirsl |; Sept. *t&(iv), the firsl named of four son- of Micah, the grandson of Jonathan, son of king Saul (I Chron. viii,38; ix, 11 .. B.C.posl 1050.
Pithon, Francois and Pierri , twin-brothers, were born Nov. 1. 1539. Both became famous as canonists. Francois, who died as chancellor of the Parliament at Paris in 1607, published among other work- the Codex Dionysius Hadrianus (Le. the collection of canons of Dionysius Exiguus, as augmented by Adrian). Pierre occupied Mime ofthe highest official positions, which, however, he relinquished, in order to give himself en- tirely to his -indies. After the massacre on Bartholo- mew's eve, he became a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, and again came before the public to defend the conversion of Henry IV. and to effect hi- reconciliation with Paris. lie died at Noyen-sur- Seine in 1596, Pierre wrote /.,.< Liberies a\ VEglise Gallica (Par. 1594 '. in 83 articles, to which must be added Du l'uy's Preuves des Liberies di VEglist Gallicane, di Maistre Pierri Pithon (ibid. 1652). Both brothers published an edition of the Corpus juris canon. See Tkeolog. Universal-Lexikon, s. v. (Ii. 1'.)
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Pitkin, Caleb, a Presbyterian minister, was horn in New Hartford. Litchfield Co., Conn.. Feb. 27, 1781. He graduated at Vale College, New Haven, Conn., in 180G; studied theology privately under Rev. Asahel Hooker, of Goshen, Conn.; was licensed -Tune 10, 1807, by the North Congregational Association of Litchfield, Conn., and supplied for a time the churches of Derby and Oxford. In 1808 he became pastor of the Church in Milford, being ordained ami installed by the Wesl Consociation of New Haven, Conn.; in 1816 he acted as missionary in Ashtabula and Portage counties, Ohio; and in 1817 he was in-tailed pastor ofthe Congrega- tional Church of Charlestown, Portage Co., Ohio, where he remained about ten years. Previous to the close of this period measures had been taken by the presbyteries of Grand River and Portage towards the establishment of a college. Mr. Pitkin had been an active agent in this work, and henceforward it was the principal object of his attention. In L828 he removed to Hudson, where the Western Reserve College was established, and re- mained I here till his death. Feb. 5, 1864 See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1865, p. 169. (J. L S.)
Pitman, Charles, I ».!».. a pioneer preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was horn near Cookstown,
N..I.. January. 1796. He early embraced religion, he- came a local preacher in 1817, and the nexl year joined the Philadelphia Conference. At once he obtained popularity with all hearers, occupying, from time to time, the mosl important stations and district- in the Philadelphia Conference. In the year 1841 he was elected corresponding secretary of the Missionary So- ciety. Hi- health failing in L850, he resigned this of- fice and retired to Trenton, passing serenely and joy- fully from life in 1854, and leaving a name for Christian purity, consistency, ministerial ability, and usefulness which thousands delight to remember. He possessed a strong memory, a .puck pi rception, with discriminating judgment, and a holy evangelical fervor stamped his pulpit labors. Dr. Pitman had not many equals as a public speaker. His oratory was emphatically not scholastic, but, like the greal Patrick Henry'.-, the true eloquence of nature. Although l»r. Pitman was an i a>
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temporaneous preacher, he carefully used his pen in preparations for the pulpit. Many sermons he wrote in full, not to read or memorize them, but for the pur- pose of properly disciplining his thoughts and language, and for useful reference. Emphatically a preacher of Christ, the precious atonement became his favorite theme, and immense multitudes hung delighted upon his lips while he held up a crucified Saviour. All who heard believed him to be a man of God, preaching with divine unction, and they received in faith the words of truth which he uttered. Dr. Pitman had a fine, large head, moderately high forehead, and slightly sunken eyes, his likeness strongly resembling that of the cele- brated Eobert Hall of England. See New Jersey Me- morials of Methodism ; Sprague, A nncrfs of the A ineri- can Pulpit, vol. vii.