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publishers, some passages have been freely taken by the author from the following writings: Marriage and Divorce, in the Encyclopedia Americana, x.; Social Control and the Function of the Family, in Congress of Arts and Science, vii. 697-706; The Problem of Uniform Divorce Law in the United States, in The American Lawyer, xiv (1906), 15-17; Divorce, in Bliss's Encyclopedia of Social Reform (new ed., 1908); and History of Matrimonial Institutions (3 vols., Chicago, 1904), where a systematic bibliography tor every phase of the subject may be found.
George Elliott Howard.
DIX, MORGAN: Protestant Episcopalian; b. in New York City Nov. 1, 1827; d. there Apr. 29, 1908. He was graduated at Columbia College in 1848, and the General Theological Seminary in 1852. He was ordered deacon in 1852, ordained priest in 1853, was assistant rector of St. Mark's, Philadelphia (1853-55), was a curate of Trinity Church, New York City, until 1859, when he became assistant rector and rector in 1862. He was president of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of New York, a trustee of many institutions, and a member of numerous important committees. He wrote Manual of the Christian Life (New York, 1857); Commentary on Romans (1864); Commentary on Galatians and Colossians (1866); Lectures on the Pantheistic Idea of an Impersonal-Substance Deity as Contrasted with the Christian Faith Concerning Almighty God (1865); Book of Hours (1865); Lectures on Two Estates — Wedded in the Lord, Single for the Kingdom of Heaven's Sake (1872); Historical Lectures on the First Prayer Book of King Edward VI. (1881); Lectures on the Calling of a Christian Woman (1883); Memoir of John A. Dix (2 vols., 1883); The Gospel and Philosophy (1886); The Seven Deadly Sins (Lenten sermons; 1888); Lectures on the Authority of the Church (1891); Three Guardians of Supernatural Religion (Paddock lectures; 1891); The Sacramental System Considered as the Extension of the Incarnation (Paddock lectures; 1893); Harriet Starr Cannon, First Mother Superior of the Sisterhood of St. Mary (1896); Good Friday Addresses (1898); and History of the Parish of Trinity Church (4 vols., 1898-1906).
DIXON, AMZI CLARENCE: Baptist; b. at Shelby, N. C, July 6, 1854. He studied at Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, N. C. (B.A., 1874), and held pastorates at Warsaw, N. C. (1875-76), Chapel Hill, N. C. (1878-81), Asheville, N. C. (1881- 1884), Immanuel Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md. (1884-91), Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn (1891-1901), Ruggles Street Baptist Church, Boston (1901-07), and Moody Church, Chicago (since 1907). In theology he is orthodox. He has written The True and the False (Baltimore, Md., 1890); Milk and Meat (sermons. New York, 1893); Lights and Shadows of American Life (Chicago, 1898); Present Day Life and Religion (Cleveland, 0., 1905); Evangelism Old and New (New York, 1905); and The Young Convert's Problems and their Solution (1906).
DIXON, RICHARD WATSON: Church of England; b. at Islington, London, May 5, 1833; d. at Warkworth (26 m. n. of Newcastle), Northumberlandshire, Jan. 23, 1901. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A., 1857), and was ordered
deacon in 1858 and ordained priest in the following year. After being curate at St. Mary-the-Less, Lambeth (1858-61), and of St. Mary's, Newington- Butts (1861-63), he was second master of Carlisle High School (1863-68) and minor canon and honorary librarian of Carlisle Cathedral (1868-75). He became vicar of Hayton-cum-Talkin, Cumberlandshire, in 1875, and of Warkworth in 1883. In 1874 he became an honorary canon of Carlisle and from 1879 to 1883 was rural dean of Brampton, while from 1885 until his death he was rural dean of Alnwick and after 1891 was also examining chaplain to the bishop of Newcastle. While at Oxford he was associated with WiUiam Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in editing The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, advocating the Preraffaelite movement, and also wrote besides several volumes of verse : Second Peak Prize Essay on the Maintenance of the Church of England as an Established Church (1873); Life of James Dixon, Wesleyan Minister (1874; a biography of his father); his most important work, however, was his History of the Church of England from the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction (6 vols., 1877-1902). This work takes high rank by reason of its learning, research, and attractive style. It extends from 1530 to 1570. The last two volumes were posthumous and edited by Henry Gee, who has prefaced them by a biographical sketch. In the last year of his life he was made by his university a doctor of divinity, and by his college an honorary fellow. Bibliography: Besides the sketch by Gee, ut sup., consult DNB, supplement, ii. 139-140.
DOANE, WILLIAM CROSWELL: Protestant Episcopal bishop of Albany; b. at Boston, Mass., Mar. 2, 1832. He studied at Burlington College, Burlington, N. J. (B.A., 1850), where he was a professor 1850-63. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1856, and was rector of St. Mary's, Burlington (1859-63), St. John's, Hartford, Conn. (1863- 1867), and St. Peter's, Albany, N. Y. (1867-69). In 1869 he was consecrated first bishop of Albany. He has been instrumental in building the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, and established in the same city St. Agnes' School for Girls, the Child's Hospital, and St. Margaret's House for Babies, the St. Christina Home (for training servants) at Saratoga, and the Orphan House of the Holy Savior at Cooperstown, founding the Sisterhood of the Holy Child Jesus to take charge of these institutions. In theology he is a conservative High-churchman. He has written a life of his father. Bishop G. W Doane of New Jersey (5 vols.. New York, 1860); Mosaics, Being Comments on the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels of the Christian Year (1882); Sunshine and Play-Time (poems; 1893); The Manifestations of the Risen Jesus (Oxford, 1898); and Rhymes from Time to Time (Albany, 1901).
DOBSCHUETZ, deb"shutz', ERNST (ADOLF ALFRED OSKAR ADALBERT) VON: German Protestant; b. at Halle Oct. 9, 1870. He studied at Leipsic, Halle, and Berlin (Ph.D., 1893), and m 1893 became privat-docent for New Testament theology at Jena, where he was appointed associate professor in 1899. Since 1904 he has been
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