Reiche, Johann Georg, a German doctor and pro- fessor of theology, was born in the year 1794 at. Leese, in Hanover. Having completed his studies, he was appointed in 1*17 collaborator at the gymnasium in ('(He. and in 1819 he became Repeteni at Gottingen. In the year 1821 he travelled extensively, and after his return in 1822 he commenced his private lectures at the University of Gottingen. In 1827 he was appointed extraordinary professor of theology, and in 1835 doctor and ordinary professor, which position he occupied till bis death. Aug. !». 18i>3. Reiche is best known as a commentator on the New Test., and as such he pub- lished, Authentia Posienoris ml Thessalonienses Episto- hr YiniUchr (Hi it tinmen. 1829 ) :— IV -rsurh < ii" r iiiis/lihr- lichen Erklarung des Btiefes Pauli an du Romer (ibid. 1832, 1834, 2 pts.): Codicum MSS. N. T. Grcecorum aliquot Insigniorum in Bibliotheca Regia Parisiensi As- tervatorum Nova Descriptio et cum Textv Vulgo Recepto t 'ollatio pra missis quibusdam d\ Negl cti ( 'odkum MSS. A. '/'. sin, Hi Causis Observationibus (ibid. 1847 in, i, fmiiis Criticus in A'. T.,quo Loca Graviora et /';'///- ciliora Lectionis Dubia accural* Recensentur et Expli- cantur (ibid. 1853 62, vol. i iii): Commentarii in A. '/'. Critici Specimen I ibid. 1863). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur, i. 89, 257, 258, 11 l. 450, 725; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol ii, 1044 sq.; Literarischer Handweiser furs kathol Deutschiand, 1864, p. 73. (B. P.)
Reichel, John Frederick, a distinguished bishop
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of the Moravian Church, was born at Leuba, in Alten- burg, Germany, May 16, 1731. His father and grandfa- ther were both Protestant clergymen, and the latter was expelled from Bohemia on account of his faith. Reichel studied theology at the University of Jena, and entered the ministry of the Lutheran Church , but after a service of only four years he joined the Moravian communion, for which he had always had a strong predilection. He labored in various capacities and in various countries until 1769, when he was elected to the executive board of the Unitas Fratrum, known as the Unity's Elders' Conference. In this body he remained for forty years, until his death. After his consecration to the episco- pacy in 1775, he undertook many official visitations, extending them as far as the East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. The most remarkable was that which be hell in America in the midst of the Revolutionary War, from 1778 to 1782. He visited nearly all the Mo- ravian churches cf this country, in many of which the war had caused unfortunate agitations and strife, and succeeded in restoring peace. He died at Berthelsdorf, in Saxony, Nov. 17, 1800. (E. de S.)
Reid, Adam, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, and a native of Scotland, was educated in Glasgow Univer- sity, and at the Theological Seminary of the Secession Church under Dr. Dick. Having completed Ins studies in 1842, he came to America. He supplied the First Presbyterian Church in Amenia, N. Y., about a year and a half, when he was called to the Congregational Church of Salisbury, Conn. His reputation as a preach- er was very extensive, and he received calls at different times to important charges in Baltimore, Boston, Chica- go, and Buffalo. His habits were very regular ; he gave a part of each evening to the preparation of his sermons, which he wrote out with great care and regularly com- mitted to memory. As a memoriter preacher he was unusually effective. His style was logical and impres- sive, being adorned with the choicest diction. He did very little pastoral work, but his congregation was more than paid by the richness of the intellectual feasts which he constantly served. He was above the medi- um height, slender and straight as an arrow, and very clerical in his appearance, which gained for him the sobriquet of " priest Reid," by which he was known in all the surrounding country. When at home he wrote a sermon ever)- week, many of which, however, he never preached. When he had passed his seventieth year, his congregation reluctantly accepted his resignation and appointed him pastor emeritus. He died Nov. 29, 1878. (W. P. S.)
Reid, John Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Cabarras Co., N. C, in 1807. He pursued his early studies amid many embarrassing circumstances, and his literary and scientific studies chiefly under Dr. John Robinson, of North Carolina. In 1831 he removed to Georgia and opened a classical school, during which time he studied theology under the direction of S. K. Talmage, D.D., of Augusta, Ga., was licensed by Hope- well Presbytery in September, 1833, and soon after or- dained by the same presbytery, and was subsequent- ly connected with Olivet, South Liberty, Lincolnton, Double Branches, Salem, Woodstock, Bethany, and Lex- ington churches, and also as a general domestic mis- sionary agent. He died at his residence in Woodstock, Ga., July 11, 1867. Mr. Reid for about thirty years la- boriously followed the occupation of teaching in con- nection with the exercise of his ministry. The village of Woodstock, Oglethorpe Co., Ga., was built up by the subject of this sketch and a few other gentlemen of wealth and intelligence, for the sake of social, educa- tional, and religious privileges. For a few years Mr. Reid carried on simply a high-school; but his capaci- ty, skill, and success in training young men rapidly in- creased his reputation: it was thought, therefore, ad- visable to secure still greater privileges by establish- ing a more regular organization. Consequently, quite