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tinguished from the clerical or sectarian systems of education, and the placing of philosophy as ai umpire between science and religion, as embracing without invading their distinct provinces. Thi: view he has maintained at Princeton in systematic lectures and in his Religion and Science in theii Relation to Philosophy" (New York, 1875). He looks forward to the formulation of an ultimate philosophy, or science of the sciences, which is to be reached inductively from the collective intelligent of 'men working through successive generations This forms the argument of his great work, " The Philosophia Ultima," now (1898) passing through a revised edition, and of which vol. i. is an historical and critical introduction, while vol. ii. is to treat cil'tlie hi.-tory and logic of the sciences. Dr. Shields I i.i- iven an earnest advocate of the. restoration ol the Presbyterian prayer-book of 1661 for optional use by ministers and congregations that desire a liturgy. To this end he published ' The Book of Common Prayer as amended by the Presbyterian Divines "(1804), with an appendix entitled "Litur- gia Expurgata " (1864). He looks forward to the organic union of the Congregational, Presbyterial, and Episcopal principles of the New Testament church in an "American Catholic Church" of the future. His irenical writings under this head era- brace a series of essays entitled "The United Churches of the United States,""The Organic Af- finity of Presbytery and Episcopacy," and "The Christian Denominations anil the Historic- Episco- pate." XM essays have excited wider remark in the theological world. The style of Dr. Shields is re- markable for lucidity of statement and graceful rhetoric. lie divides his ti ...... -Anally between Princeton and his villa at New-port.

SHILLABER. Benjamin Penhallow, humorist, b. in Portsmouth. X. 11.. 12 .Inly, 1814: d. in Chelsea, Mass., 25 Nov.. isiio. After a eoininon- sohool education he became a printer. In ls:J2 In- removed to Boston, and, at the end of live years, lie went for a vear, in IK:;?, to British (iniana. In 1S-II) he became editor of the I'.nstoii " Post,"wlliell po-t he retained I'or ten years. From 1S5I till IS.-).') he was editor of a c ..... n- paper called " The Carpet -l.au-." to which .lolm (J. Sae and oilier humorists contrib- uted, and from conducted .. Thi ,

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Gazette." His " Life and Sayings of Mrs. Parting- ton" (Boston, lH54)gave him a world-wide repu- tation. It had Iwen preceded by "Rhymes with " li'eason and without " (1853), and was followed by " Knitting- Work" (1857); " Partingtonian Patch- wnrk" (1873): and "Lines in Pleasant Places" (1875). In 1870 he began the " Ike Partington Ju- venile Series," with "Ike and his Friends" (is;ih. which he followed with "Cruises with Captain Bob" (1881), and "The Doublerunner Club " (1882). In IMW.' he published " Wide-Swath," a collection of verses, embracing his "Lines in Pleasant Places" and other poems. He contributed sketches and essays to various periodicals, during the intervals between each published volume, with great success.

SHIMEALL, Richard Cunningham (shim'-e- all). author, b. in New York city in 1808 : d. there, 111 March. 1S74. He was graduated at Columbia HI l^-.M. and at the Protestant Episcopal general theological seminary in 1824, anil the same year was ordained to the "ministry. After officiating for ten years as rector of a Protestant Episcopal church, he united with the Reformed Dutch church, and still later with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Shimeall was a profound biblical scholar, and had a thorough knowledge of the Greek and Oriental languages. He adopted the views of the English Millenarians, and most of his works were upon subjects connected with the prophecies and their interpretation. His principal publications are " Age of the World as founded on Sacred Records " (New York, 1842); "The End of Prelacy" (1845); "Our Bible Chronology, Historic and Prophetic" (1859); "Christ's Second Coming "(1865); "Politi- cal Economy of Prophecy, with Special Reference to the History of the Church " (1866) ; " Prophetic Career and Destiny of Napoleon III." (1866) ; Dis- tinction between the Last Personal Antichrists and the Many Antichrists of Prophecy" (Isiisi ; " Unseen World : the Heavenly Blessedness, or where and what is Heaven ? " (1870).

SHINDLER, Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer, author, b. in Beaufort, S. C., 15 Feb., 1810. Her father, the Rev. B. M. Palmer, was pastor of a Congregational church at Beaufort, and when she was three years old he removed with her to Charleston, S. C., where she was educated. In June, 1835, Miss Palmer married Charles E. Dana, and removed with him first to New York, and in 1837 to Bloomington, Iowa. On his death, soon afterward, she returned to her family in Charleston. Here she began to write, and became well known as a poet. In May, 1848, she married the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, a clergyman of the Episcopal church, who was for a time professor in Shelby college, Kentucky. She removed with her husband in 1850 to Upper Marlborough, Md., and in 1869 to Nacogdoches, Tex. She has published “The Southern Harp” (Boston, 1840); “The Northern Harp” (New York, 1841); “The Parted Family, and other Poems” (1842); “The Temperance Lyre” (1842); “Charles Morton, or the Young Patriot” (1843); “The Young Sailor” (1844); “Forecastle Tour” (1844); and “Letters to Relatives and Friends on the Trinity” (1845). She had, before her death in 1883, been a frequent contributor to popular periodicals.

SHINGASK (swampy ground overgrown with grass), called by the whites “King Shingask,” Indian chief, lived in the 18th century. He was a brother of Tamaqua, or King Beaver, and ranked first among Indian warriors during the French and Indian war. The frontiers of Pennsylvania suffered severely from the forays of this Delaware, and Gov. William Denny in 1756 set a price of £200 upon his head or scalp. Although he was an implacable foe in battle, he was never known to treat a prisoner with cruelty.

SHINN, Asa, clergyman, b. in New .Terser, 3 M.-iv, 17S1; d. in Brattleboro, Vt., in February, .853. When he was seven years old his parents -emoved to Virginia. He was entirely scll-ediiated, united with the Methodist church in 1798, ind in 1800 became an itinerant, preacher. Alter wing admitted on trial by the Baltimore circuit in 1801, he was sent in 180:1 to form a new circuit in :he wilderness of the Ohio, on the waters of the lockhoeking. After laboring chieflv in I he e~t md in Maryland, he withdrew in IS-.'IP from the Methodist Episcopal church and united with the newly organized Mclhodi-t Protestant church,