See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• ROBERT WILLIAM DALE (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

DALE (1829-1895)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1829, and was educated at See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, for the Congregational See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry . In 18J3 he was invited to Carr's See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel, Birmingham, as co-pastor with 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:

• ANGELL, GEORGE THORNDIKE (1823-1909)

Angell See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James (q.v.), on whose See also:

• DEATH

death in 1859 he became See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole pastor for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . In the London University M.A. examination (1853) See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

Dale stood first in See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and won the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal . The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow during the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord rectorship of John See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

Bright . Yale University gave him its D.D. degree, but he never used it, " not because it came from See also:

• AMERICA

America, but because I have a sentimental objection—perhaps it is something more—to divinity degrees." Dale displayed a keen See also:

• INTEREST

interest in Liberal politics and in the municipal affairs of Birmingham; and his high moral ideal made him a See also:

• GREAT

great force on the progressive See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . In 1886 he adhered to Mr See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

Chamberlain in opposition to Irish See also:

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

Home See also:

• RULE

Rule, but this difference did not diminish his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence even among those Liberals and Nonconformists who adopted the Gladstonian standpoint . In the See also:

• EDUCATION

education controversy of 1870 he took an important See also:

• PART

part, ably championing the Nonconformist position . When Mr See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

Foster's See also:

• BILL

bill appeared, Dale attacked it on the grounds that the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools would in many cases be purelydenominational institutions, that the 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 clause gave inadequate See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, and that school boards were empowered by it to make grants out of the rates to maintain sectarian schools . He was himself in favour of See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular education, claiming that it was the only logical See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution and the only legitimate outcome of Nonconformist principles . In Birmingham the controversy was terminated in 1879 by a See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise, from which, however, Dale stood aloof . His interest in educational affairs had led him to accept a seat on the Birmingham school See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board . He was appointed a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school, served on the royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of education, and was also chairman of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• MANSFIELD
• MANSFIELD, RICHARD (1857-1907)
• MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, 1ST EARL

Mansfield College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, with the foundatioi} of which he had much to do .

He was a strong See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of disestablishment, holding that the 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 was essentially a spiritual brotherhood, and that any vestige of See also:

• POLITICAL

political authority impaired its spiritual See also:

• WORK

work . In church polity he held that See also:

• CONGREGATIONALISM

congregationalism constituted the most fitting environment in which See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion could achieve her work . Perhaps the most effective contributions he made to ecclesiastical literature were those dealing with the See also:

• HISTORY

history and principles of the congregational See also:

• SYSTEM

system . At his death on the 13th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1895 he See also:

• LEFT

left an unfinished MS. of the history of congregationalism, since edited and completed (1907) by his son, A . W . W . Dale, See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool University . Dale's See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers were fully appreciated by his colleagues in the congregational ministry, and at the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

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

age of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-nine he was elected chairman of the Congregational See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . His addresses from the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair on " See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ and the Controversies of Christendom," and the " See also:

• HOLY

Holy Spirit and the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Ministry " were remarkable for a keen insight into the conditions and demands of the age . For some years he edited the Congregationalist, a monthly See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine connected with the See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination . In 1877 he was appointed Lyman See also:

• BEECHER, CHARLES EMERSON (1856-1904)
• BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887)
• BEECHER, LYMAN (1775—1863)

Beecher lecturer at Yale University, and visited America to deliver his " Lectures on See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

Preaching." At the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Council of Congregationalists, See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting in London in 1891, the first gathering of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, Dale was nominated for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency . He accepted the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour and delivered an address on " The Divine Life in See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man." As a theologian Dale occupied an influential position amongst the religious thinkers of the 19th See also:

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

century .

He ably interpreted the Evangelical thought of his age, but his Evangelicalism was of a broad and progressive type . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief contribution to constructive theological thought is his work On The See also:

• ATONEMENT

Atonement, in which he contends that the death of Christ is the See also:

• OBJECTIVE, or OBJECT GLASS

objective ground on which the sins of man were remitted . Among his other theological books are: The See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to the See also:

• EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Ephesians (a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of expositions), Christian See also:

• DOCTRINE

Doctrine, The Living Christ and the Four Gospels, Fellowship with Christ, The Epistle to James, and The Ten Commandments .