See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN ABERNETHY (1680-,74o)
• ABERNETHY, JOHN (1764-1831)

ABERNETHY (1680-,74o)  , Irish Presbyterian divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• COLERAINE

Coleraine, See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• LONDONDERRY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

Londonderry, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, on the 19th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1680 . In his thirteenth See also:

• YEAR

year he entered the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, and on concluding his course there went on to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where hisintellectual and social attainments gained him; a ready entrance into the most cultured circles . Returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home he received See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence to preach from his See also:

• PRESBYTERY

Presbytery before he was twenty-one . In 1701 he was urgently invited to accept See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of an important See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation in See also:

• ANTRIM
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST EARL OF (d. 1636)
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1609-1683)

Antrim; and after an See also:

• INTERVAL

interval of two years, mostly spent in further study in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, he was ordained there on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1703 . Here he did notable See also:

• WORK

work, both as a debater in the synods and assemblies of his See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and as an evangelist . In 1712 he lost his wife (Susannah See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan), and the loss desolated his See also:

• LIFE

life for many years . In 1717 he was invited to the congregation of See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

Usher's See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

Quay, Dublin, and contemporaneously to what was called the Old Congregation of See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast . The See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod assigned him to Dublin . After careful See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration he declined to accede, and remained at Antrim . This. refusal was regarded then as ecclesiastical high-See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason; and a controversy of the most intense and disproportionate See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character followed, See also:

• ABERNETHY, JOHN (1680-,74o)
• ABERNETHY, JOHN (1764-1831)

Abernethy See also:

• STANDING

standing See also:

• FIRM

firm for religious freedom and repudiating the sacerdotal assumptions of all ecclesiastical courts . The controversy and See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel bears the name of the two camps in the conflict, the "Subscribers " and the Non-subscribers." . Out-and-out evangelical as See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Abernethy was, there can be no question that he and his associates sowed the seeds of that after-struggle (1821-184o) in which, under the leadership of Dr See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• COOKE, GEORGE FREDERICK (1756–1811)
• COOKE, JAY (1821–1905)
• COOKE, ROSE TERRY (1827-1892)

Cooke, the Arian and Socinian elements of the Irish Presbyterian Church were thrown out .

Much of what he contended for, and which the " Subscribers " opposed bitterly, has been silently granted in the See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 1726 the " Non-subscribers," spite of an almost wofully pathetic See also:

• PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

pleading against separation by Abernethy, were cut off, with due See also:

• BAN

ban and solemnity, from the Irish Presbyterian Church . In 1730, although a "Non-subscriber," he was invited to See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, Dublin, whither he removed . In 1731 came on the greatest controversy in which Abernethy engaged, viz. in relation to the Test See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act nominally, but practically on the entire question of tests and disabilities . His stand was " against all See also:

• LAWS

laws that, upon See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences of religious opinions and forms of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, excluded men of integrity and ability from serving their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country." He was nearly a, See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in advance of his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . He had to See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason with those who denied that a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic or See also:

• DISSENTER (Lat. dis-sentire, to disagree)

Dissenter could be a " See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of integrity and ability." His Tracts—afterwards collected=did fresh service, generations later, and his name is honoured by all who See also:

• LOIRE

loire freedom of See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience and See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion . He died in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1740 . See Dr Duchal's Life, prefixed to Sermons (1762) ; See also:

• DIARY

Diary in MS., 6 vols . 4to; See also:

• REID, ROBERT (1862– )
• REID, SIR GEORGE (1841- )
• REID, SIR ROBERT GILLESPIE (184o-19o8)
• REID, SIR WILLIAM (1791-1858)
• REID, THOMAS (1710-1796)
• REID, THOMAS MAYNE (1818-1883)
• REID, WHITELAW (1837- )

Reid's Presbyterian Church in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, iii . 234 .