Revolution Settlement. The settlement of the Church of Scotland under William and Man7 is so- called. It was dictated by policy, and did not restore the platform of 1638, but adopted the ratification of 1592. Its object was to restore peace and order, to put an end to agitation, and by the appearance of modera- tion to curb extremes, to take away all pretext for vio- lence, and induce all classes of the people to exhibit a loyal spirit to the new occupants of the British throne. See Scotland, Church of.
Rex Christe, factor omnium, is the beginning of a hymn ascribed to Gregory the Great (q. v.). Luther is said to have pronounced this to be the best hymn. We subjoin the first verse in both Latin and English : "Rex Christe, factor omnium, Redemptor et credeutium, Placate votis supplicum Te laudibns colentium." "O Christ, our king, Creator, Lord, Saviour of all who trust thy Word,
To them who seek thee ever near, Now to our praises bend thine ear." Tli is is the translation as given in the Lyra Domestica, p. 266. Into German it has been translated by Simrock, in his Lauda Sion Salvatorem, p. 91, "Christ, Konig, Schcipfer aller Welt;" by Rambach, in his Anthology, i, 113, " 0 Christus, Konig aller Welt;" by Konigsfeld, in his Hymnen u. Gesdnge, i, 72, "Christ, Konig, Schbpfer aller Welt," which is also adopted by Biissler, in his Auswahl altchristlichi r Gesdnge, p. 67. and by Fortlage, in his Gesdnge christl. Vorzeit, p. 76, " 0 Christus, Herr der Majestiit." Besides these translations, Koch enu- merates a number of others (Opp. i, 74). (B. P.)
Rey, Claude, a French prelate, was born at Aix, Nov. 27, 1773. In 1800 he concluded his theological studies at the Seminary of St. Sulpice at Paris, and be- came secretary to the vicar-general. In 1816 he was titular canon of Aix, and prebend in 1821. In conse- quence of the stand he took concerning the new heads of the State, not considering it necessary to omit men- tioning them in the public prayers of the Church, he was obliged to defend his position by a pamphlet. Notwithstanding this controversy, he was made capitu- lary vicar-general. Nov. 24. 1830. In 1831 he was ap- pointed bishop of Dijon. This was the first bishop ap- pointed by Louis Philippe, whose claim to the throne was held by the high clergy to be illegitimate. The court of Rome hesitated to confirm the appointment, but finally Gregory XVI preconized Rey, and author- ized that he should be consecrated by a single bishop, assisted by two dignitaries. But such was the feel- ing against the proceeding that for a long time no one would consent to consecrate him. At last the ceremony was performed by the bishop of Carthagena. The epis- copacy of Bey lasted for six years, and was a constant contest for the rights of his position. A remonstrance was at last issued against his exercising his public func- tions, and he was forced to resign. He left Dijon, June 21, 1838, and retired to Aix as canon of the Church of St. Denis, where he died, Aug. 17, 1858. His writings are, Prieres pour la Consecration d'un Eveque (1808): — Pre- cis Historique de Notre Dame d'Aix (Aix, 1816) : — Re- flexions sur les Affaires Ecclesiasliques du Diocese de Dijon, etc. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.
Reyes, Nathan Abbot, a minister of the German Reformed Church, was born at Toilton, N. H., Dec. 26, 1807. He graduated at Dartmouth College with hon- or in 1835, and afterwards studied theology at Andover and at Lane seminary. Having been appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions as a missionary to Syria, he sailed for Beirut in 1840. Political and other disturbances, together with his im- paired health, induced him to return, which he did, with the approbation of the board, in 1844. He now spent some time in ministerial labor in Charlemont and South Royalton, Mass.; and in the spring of 1847 was called to the pastorate of the German Reformed Church in Lancaster, Pa., in whose service he continued till 1855, when he resigned and took charge of a church in Prince- ton, 111., and after one year was called to Griggsville, HI. Before his removal, however, he was called away by death, March 31, 1857. He was a man of tine tal- ents, good education, warm zeal, and excellent life.
Reymond, Henri, a French prelate, was born at Yienne, Dauphine, Nov. 21, 1737. He studied in the Jesuit college of his native village, was ordained priest, and became vicar of St. George's at Yienne. At the time of the Revolution he embraced the popular ideas, and in 1792 was elected bishop of Isere. During the Reign of Terror he was arrested and kept in close confinement for nearly a year. He took part in the council of 1797, and was charged with publishing its acts. In 1802 he signed the formula of retraction required by the pope, and was consecrated bishop of Dijon. During the em- pire he advocated the cause of Napoleon, which caused his removal by Louis XVIII, but he afterwards returned
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to his diocese. Be died al Dijon, Feb. 20, 1820. His principal writings arc Droits des Cures el des Paroisses, etc. (Paris, 1776): Droits des Pauvres (ibid. 1781): Observations su) ' Elementairt di la /■'■'>-