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half of total abstinence. His reputation was made, however, by his elaborate works on baptism, viz. ■ Classic Baptism (Philadelphia, 1867); Judaic Baptism (1869); J ohannic Baptism (1871); Christie and Patristic Baptism (1874). A condensed statement of his views, which were in favor of pedobaptism and sprinkling, may be found in The Cup and the Cross (1872).
Bibliography: J. Roberts, Memorial of James Wilkinson Dale, Philadelphia, 1886.
DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM: Congregationalist; b. at London Dec. 1, 1829; d. at Birmingham Mar. 13, 1895. He studied at Spring Hill College, Birmingham (M.A., University of London, 1853), and was associate pastor of Carr's Lane Congregational Church, Birmingham, 1853-59, after which he was sole pastor until his death. In 1869 he was chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and in 1877 was Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale. In 1885 he was appointed by the crown a member of a committee for investigating the working of the English system of elementary education. He was likewise a governor of King Edward VI.'s School, Birmingham, and in theology was liberal and an advocate of conditional immortality. His publications embrace Life and Letters of the Rev. John Angell James (London, 1861); The Jewish Temple and the Christian Church (1865); Christ and the Controversies of Christendom (1869); The Holy Spirit in Relation to the Work of the Ministry, the Worship, and the Work of the Church (1869); The 7' en Commandments (1871); Protestantism, its Ultimate Principle (1874); The Atonement (1875), a book which has had a remarkable reception; Nine Lectures on Preaching (Lyman Beecher lectures; 1877); Impressions of America (New York, 1878); The Evangelical Revival, and Other Sermons (London, 1880); Epistle to the Ephesians, its Doctrine and Ethics (1882) ; The Laws of Christ for Common Life (1884); Manual of Congregational Principles (1884); Impressions of Australia (1889); The Old Evangelicalism and the New (1889); The Living Christ and the Four Gospels (1890); Fellowship with Christ and Other Discourses (1891); Christian Doctrine (1894); Christ and the Future Life (1895); The Epistle of James and Other Discourses (1895); and Essays and Addresses (1899). He likewise edited The English Hymn-Book (Birmingham, 1875).
Bibliographt: A. W. W. Dale (his son), Life of R. W Dale of Birmingham, London, 1898.
DALMAN, GUSTAF HERMAN: German Lutheran; b. at Niesky (11 m. n.n.w. of Gorlitz), Silesia, June 9, 1855. He studied at the Moravian school in his native town and the Moravian theological seminary at Gnadenfeld, where he was professor of Old Testament exegesis and practical theology 1881-87. In 1887 he left the Moravians for the Lutherans, studied at Leipsic (Ph.D., 1887), and until 1902 was professor and later director of the Institutum Delitzschianum at Leipsic. He was privat-docent 1891-96 and since 1896 has been associate professor of Old Testament exegesis in Leipsic. Since 1902 he has been on furlough in Palestine as president of the German Evangelical i
Archeological Institute, and was also appointed honorary Swedish consul for Palestine and Damascus in 1903. In theology he " belongs to no party of any description, and tries to unite Evangelical Christian faith with scientific progress." Of his numerous publications may be mentioned; Studien zur hihlischen Theologie (2 parts, Berlin, 1889-97); Jesaja 53, das Prophetenwort vom Suhrileiden des Heilsmittlers (Leipsic, 1890); Kurzgefasstes Handbuch der Mission unter Israel (Berlin, 1893); Grammatik des jiidisch-palastinischen Aramaisch (Leipsic, 1894); Eben Ezer, Gedenkbuch der Familie Julius Marx (1897); Aramaisch-neuhebraisches Worterbuch zu Targum, Talmud und Midrasch (2 parts, Frankfort, 1897-1901); Christentum und Judentum (Leipsic, 1898; Eng. transl., Christianity and Judaism, by G. H. Box, Oxford, 1901); Die Worte Jesu mit besonderer Berilcksichtigung des nachkarwnischen jiidischen Schrifttums und der aramaischen Sprache, i. (Leipsic, 1898; Eng. transl, The Words of Jesus Considered in Light of Post- Biblical Jewish Writings and the Aramaic Language, by D. M. Kay, Edinburgh, 1902); and Palastinischer Diwan (Leipsic, 1901). He edited the monthly Berith Am from 1893 to 1902 and the annual report of the Deutsches Evangelisches Institut fur Altertumswissenschaft des heiligen Landes since 1905.
DALMATIC. See Vestments and Insignia, Ecclesiastical.
DALTON, HERMANN: German Reformed; b. at Offenbach (4 m. s.e. of Frankfort) Aug. 20, 1833. He studied at Marburg, Berlin, and Heidelberg 1853-56, and was pastor of the German Reformed church in St. Petersburg 1858-59. In the latter year he retired from active life, and has since resided in Berlin. In 1868 he was created a consistorial councilor, and in 1876 founded the Evangelical city mission in St. Petersburg. His writings include: Nathanael, apologetische Vortrdgc uber einzige Punkte des Christentums (St. Petersburg, 1861); Geschichte der reformierten Kirche in Russland (Gotha, 1865); Immanuel, der Heidelberger Katechismus als Bekenntnis- und Erbauungsbuch (Wiesbaden, 1870); Reisebilder aus dem Orient (St. Petersburg, 1871); Johannes Gossner, ein Lebensbild aus der Kirche des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (1874); Johannes von Muralt, eine Padagogen- und Pastorengestalt der Schweiz und Russlands aus der ersten Hdlfte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (Wiesbaden, 1876); Johannes a Lasco, Beitrag zur Reformationsgeschichte Polens, Deutschlands und Englands (Gotha, 1881; Eng. transl. by M. J. Evans, London, 1886); Reisebilder aus Griechenland und Kleinasien (Bremen, 1884); Ferienreise eines evangelischen Predigers (1886); Beitrage zur Geschichte der evangelischen Kirche in Russland (4 vols., Gotha and Berlin, 1887-1905); Die evangclische Kirche in Russland (Leipsic, 1890); OffencP: Sendschreiben an den Oberprokureur des russischen Synods, Herrn Wirklichen Geheimrat Konstantin Pobedonosieff (1890, Eng. transl.. On Religious Liberty in Russia. Open letter, 1890), Auf Missionspfaden in Japan {Bremen, 1895); Indische Reisebriefe (Giitersloh, 1S99); Aus dem Leben emcr evangelischen Gemeinde (1901); Daniel Ernsi Jab-
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