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Mendelssohn, Felix --marriage of, (Nov.4); com-poses the oratorio "Elijah", cf. (Nov.4); the presentation of the "Elijah", (Aug.26); cf. (Apr.23); makes famous Bach's oratorio "St. Matthew's Passion", (July 28); composes the "Reformation Symphony", (Nov.4); composes "Hear Ye Israel" for Jenny Lind, (Nov.4); the Death of his sister and his subsequent Death, (Nov.4)

Menendez --his massacre of the French Huguenots in Georgia, (Sept.2)
Mennonites --established by Menno Simons, (Jan.13); Jan Volkerts, (Dec.5)

Merula, Angelus --establishes an orphanage, (July 6); his conviction of heresy and his subsequent arrest and condemnation, (July 6); his sudden death at the place of his execution, (July 6)

Meserve, Colonel –(May 1)
"The Messiah" --first introduced, (Apr.13); introduced to the people of London, (Mar.23); cf. (Apr.13)
Metamoros, Manuel –(Oct.8)

Methodism --the beginnings of, (May 24); the first conference of, (Jan.5); Thomas Webb and his exploits, (Dec.20); the Swiss canton of Vaud and its intolerance of English Methodists, (May 20); Thomas Coke ordained by John Wesley, (Sept.2); Thomas Coke ordains Francis Asbury, (Dec.27); the first meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Meeting, (Dec.1); Death of Thomas Coke, (May 3); Francis Asbury establishes Methodism in the United States, (Aug.20); the establishment of the first Methodist College in America, (Aug.20); the Methodist Anti-Slavery Convention meets in Boston, (Jan.18). THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH --founded, (Dec.24); A Form Of Discipline drawn up, (Dec.27); enjoins the doctrine of Sinless Perfection upon its pastors, (Dec.27); its denunciation of slavery, (Apr.24); the General Conference of warns against the Abolition Movement, (June 17); its censure of two ministers for addressing an Anti-slavery rally, (May 10). THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH –(May 1). THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH --founded, (Nov.6); Henry McNeal Turner, (Feb.1). THE SOUTHERN METHODIST CHURCH --its opposition to Reconstruction, (Aug.31). THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CONNECTION OF AMERICA --founded, (May 31). THE WELCH CALVINISTIC METHODIST CONNECTION -founded by Howell Harris and Daniel Rowlands under the auspices of Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, cf. (July 21), (Aug.24); George Whitefield the first President of its quarterly meetings, (Jan.5). THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, (Jan.5). THE CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHURCH --the founding of the Synod of New York, (May 10); the formation of the Synod of Ohio, (June 12); the Synod of Wisconsin formed, (Dec.31); the founding of the Welch Presbyterian Church In America, (Sept.22). THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, formed, (Nov.16).

Mexico --the Archbishop calls for the extirpation of Protestantism, and the resulting persecution, (May 27); the persecution of Protestants in Vera Cruz, (Sept.1); the attack upon a Presbyterian Church, (Dec.7); the Constitution of guarantees the Recognition of Religious Freedom, (Dec.7)

Meynardie, Rev. E. J. –(Oct.9)
Miantonomoh –(May 1)
Michael of Cesena –(May 25)
Michelangelo, Buonarroti --Birth of, (Mar.6); commissioned to work on St. Paul's Cathedral, (May 2)
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" –(Apr.14); Mendelssohn's use of, (Nov.5)
Mignet, _______--on the city of Geneva, (Sept.13)
The Millenary Petition –(Jan.14)

Miller, William --sets the date for the Lord's return, (Mar.21); his second prediction for the Lord's return, (Oct.22); founds the Advent Christian Church, (Oct.22); his "Adventism" denounced by Marcus Whitman, (Nov.5)

Milton, John --Birth of, (Dec.9); the Secretary to Oliver Cromwell, (Nov.8); his opposition to censorship, (Nov.8); his preference for Republican government, (Nov.8); inspires Haydn, (Nov.26); certain writings of judged seditious and heretical by the University of Oxford, (Dec.7); Death of, (Nov.8); cf. (Nov.26)

Mindszenty, Cardinal --his arrest by Communists and the subsequent protest by Pius XII, (July 1)
Minuit, Peter –(June 14)
The Missouri Compromise --cf. (Aug.13)
Mithra --cf. (Oct.28)
Mitts, Samuel –(Oct.23)
Mixam –(Aug.15)

Mobutu, Joseph Desire --Birth of, (Oct.14); his Catholic education, (Oct.14); his persecution of the Church as President of the Congo, (Oct.14); "Mobutism", (Oct.14); returns schools to the control of the Church, (Oct.14)

Mobutism –(Oct.14)
Moffat, Robert --Birth of, (Dec.21); translates the Bible into Tswana, (Aug.9); his influence upon David Livingstone, (Aug.9); Death of, (Aug.9)
The Moheecan Bible –(May 20); Cotton Mather of, (July 31)
Mohican Indians --Roger Williams convinces them to drop out of their alliance with the Pequod Indians, (Oct.9); the labors of David Zeisberger, (Nov.17)

Mohr, Franz Joseph –(Dec.24)
Monckton, --his cruelty towards the Acadians, (July 3)
Monica --Philip Schaff of the mother of Augustine, (Nov.13)
Monmouth, Duke of (James Scott) --the Battle of Sedgemoor, (July 6)
Monod, Adolf --Birth of, (Jan.21); dismissed from his church following his sermon on the limitation of the Lord's Supper to worthy people, (Apr.15); cf. (Jan.21); Death of, (Apr.6)
Monod, Frederic --Birth of, (May 17); taught by Robert Haldane, (Feb.28); resigns his Church and establishes the Free Church, (Jan.8); the framing of the Constitution of the Free Church of France, (Sept.1); advocates the Separation of Church and State, (May 17); Death of, (Dec.30)
Monophysitism –(Aug.13)
Monothelitism –(Aug.13)
Monsey –(Nov.17)
Monteagle, Lord –(Nov.5)
Montgomery, Henry --founds the Reformed Synod of Ulster, (May 11)

Montgomery, James --Birth of, (Nov.4); his imprisonment on account of his poem entitled "The Bastille", (Nov.4); his conversion and subsequent alignment with the Moravians, (Nov.4); pens "Angels From the Realms Of Glory", "The Lord Is My Shepherd, No Want Shall I Know", "In The Hour Of Trial", and "Prayer Is The Soul's Sincere Desire", (Nov.4)

Montmorency, Constable –(Mar.13)
Montrevil, Marshall --his treacherous murder of Huguenot worshippers, (Apr.1)
Monts, Monsieur ________ --receives a land patent for Acadia, (Nov.8); founds Port Royal, (Nov.14)

Moody, Dwight Lyman --Birth of, (Feb.5); awakened, (May 16); conversion of, (Mar.12); preaches in England, (Mar.9); returns to England with Ira Sankey, (June 17); preaches in Edinburgh, (Nov.23); founds Mount Hermon School for Young Men, (May 4); the Northfield Seminary for Young Women opens, (Nov.3); helps develop the Young Men's Christian Association, (Sept.29); his health breaks, (Nov.16); Death of, (Dec.22)

Moon, Lottie --her labors in China and her subsequent Death, (Dec.24)
Moor's Indian Charity School –(July14)
Moral Reflections –(Aug.8)

Moravians --sheltered by Count Nickolas Von Zinzendorf, (May 9); evicted from their Philadelphia meeting-house, (Nov.24); the beginning of Moravian missions, (Aug.21); (Dec.13); David Nitschmann leads a body to Georgia, and their affect upon John and Charles Wesley, (Oct.8) (See: United Brethren)

Moray, Earl of --the murder of, (Jan.23)
Moray, Regent of --defeats the Army of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, (Feb.8)
“More Love To Thee, 0 Christ" –(Aug.13)

More, Sir Thomas --Birth of, (Feb.7); his opposition to the Protestant Reformation, (Feb.7); his argument with Erasmus over the doctrine of Transubstantiation, (Feb.7); Erasmus completes his Praise Of Folly in his home, (Feb.7); of William Tyndale, (May12); accuses John Frith of heresy, (July 4); his imprisonment and subsequent charge of heresy, (July 6); Death of, (July 6)

Morel (Morelli), Francois, Sire de Collonges de --raises the right of voting at ecclesiastical elections, (May 6); his murder at Vassy, (Mar.1)

“Morning Star of the Reformation" –(May 4)
Morris, Robert --of George Washington, (Dec.27)

Morrison, Robert --Birth of, (Jan.5); labors in China as the first Protestant missionary in modern times, (Jan.5); arrives in Canton, and his opposition by the East India Company, (Sept.7); interprets for the East India Company, (Aug.1); translates the Bible into Chinese, (Aug.1); pens a Chinese Catechism, and the Morning And Evening Prayers Of The Church Of England, (Aug.1); his influence upon Karl Guetzlaff, (July 8); compiles a Chinese Dictionary, (Sept.7); Death of, (Aug.1)

Morse, Jedediah --Birth of (Aug.23); unites Congregationalists against Unitarianism, (June 9); assists in the founding of Andover Theological Seminary, (June 9); assists in the founding of the American Bible Society, (May 8); assists in founding the New England Tract Society, (June 9); Death of, (June 9)

Morse, Samuel --Birth of, (Apr.27); conversion of under William Wilberforce, (Apr. 2); taught by Benjamin West, (Apr.2); his inter-city telegraph system approved by Congress, (May 24); Death of, (Apr.2)

Morton, Earl of --of John Knox, (Nov.24); his attacks on the Independence and Freedoms of the Church of Scotland, (Jan.23)

Mostyn, Rear Admiral --banishes the Acadians, (July 3)
Mosul, Sultan of --Antioch defended by the Crusaders against, (June 3)
Metre, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la --(See: Madame Guyon)
Mount Hermon School for Young Men --founded, (May 4)
Meyer, Elgin --of Platonism and Neo-Platonism, (Nov.13)
Mozambique --the persecution of Presbyterians, (June 13)

Mueller, George --Birth of, (Sept.17); conversion of, (Sept.17); opens his first orphanage, (Apr.11); opens his fourth orphanage, (Apr.11); opens a fifth orphanage, (Apr.11); Death of, (Mar.10); cf. (Sept.4)

Muazzain, Sultan Malik-Al --orders the destruction of the walls of Jerusalem, (Oct.2)
Muhammed Ahmad --(Ai-Mahdi) --his outrages, (Jan.26)

Muhlenberg, Henry --arrives in Philadelphia, (Nov.25); compiles a liturgy for Lutherans, (Apr.28); founds the Synod of Pennsylvania, (Aug.26)

Murder of the Innocents –(Apr.1)

Murray vs. the Baltimore School Board --the United States Supreme Court rules "Unconstitutional" the Reading of the Bible or the Recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools, (June 17)

Mutesa, King --greets Henry Stanley, (Jan.30); his cruelties, (Jan.30); Death of, (Jan.30)
"My Country 'Tis Of Thee" –(Oct.21)
"My Faith Looks Up To Thee" –(Mar.29)

 

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