See also:JOHN See also:EADIE (1810-1876)
, Scottish theologian and biblical critic, was See also:born at See also:Alva, in See also:Stirlingshire, on the 9th of May 181o
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Having taken the arts curriculum at See also:Glasgow University, he studied for the See also:ministry at the Divinity See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall of the See also:Secession 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, a dissenting See also:body which, on its See also:union a few years later with the See also:Relief Church, adopted the See also:title See also:United Presbyterian
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In 1835 he became See also:minister of the See also:Cambridge See also:Street Secession church in Glasgow, and for many years he was generally regarded as the leading representative of his See also:denomination in Glasgow
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As a preacher, though he was not eloquent, he was distinguished by See also:good sense, earnestness and breadth of sympathy
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In 1863 he removed with a portion of his See also:congregation to a new church at See also:Lansdowne See also:Crescent
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In 1843 See also:Eadie was appointed See also:professor of biblical literature and See also:hermeneutics in the Divinity Hall of the United Presbyterian body
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He held this See also:appointment along with his ministerial See also:charge till the See also:close of his See also:life
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Though not a profound See also:scholar, he was surpassed by few biblical commentators of his See also:day in range of learning, and in soundness of See also:judgment
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In the professor's See also:chair, as in the See also:pulpit, his strength See also:lay in the tact with which he selected the soundest results of biblical See also:criticism, whether his own or that of others, and presented them in a clear and connected See also:form,-with a colistant view789
to their See also:practical bearing
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He received the degree of LL.D. from Glasgow in 1844, and that of D.D. from St See also:Andrews in 185o
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His publications were connected with biblical criticism and See also:- INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)
interpretation, some of them being for popular use and others more strictly scientific
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To the former class belong the Biblical Cyclopaedia, his edition of See also:Cruden's See also:Concordance, his See also:Early See also:Oriental See also:History, and his discourses on the Divine Love and on See also:Paul the Preacher; to the latter his commentaries on the See also:Greek See also:text of St Paul's epistles to the See also:Ephesians, See also:Colossians, See also:Philippians and See also:Galatians, published at intervals in four volumes
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His last See also:work was the History of the See also:English See also:Bible (2 vols., 1876)
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He rendered good service as one of the revisers of the authorized version
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He died at Glasgow on the 3rd of See also:June 1876
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His valuable library was bought and presented to the United Presbyterian See also:College
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