Lias, John James

Church of England; b. in London, Nov. 30, 1834; studied at King's College, London, 1850-53, and was scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated as B.A. 1857, M.A. 1861; was ordained deacon 1858, priest 1860; was curate of Shaftesbury 1858-60, of Folk est one 1865-67; vicar of Eastbury, Berks, 1867-68; minor canon of Llandaff, 1868-71; profe or of modern literature, and lecturer in theology and Hebrew, at St. David's College, Lampeter, 1871-80; select preacher at Cambridge, 1876 and 1880; Hulsean lecturer there, 1884; Lady Margaret's preacher, 1884; White hall preacher, 1884- 86; since 1880 has been vicar of St. Edmund's, Cambridge. He is the author of The Rector and his Friends: Dialogues on the Religious Questions of the Da;/, London, 1869; The Doctrinal System of St. John considered as Evidence for the Date of his Gospel, 1875; Commentary on First Corinthians (in Cambridge Bible for Schools), Cambridge, 1S7S; do. on Second Corinthians, 1879; Sermons preached at Lampeter, St. David's College, London, 1880 Commentary on Joshua (in Pulpit Commentary), 1881 Commentary on Judges (in Cambridge Bible for Sc'iools), Cambridge, 1882; The Atonement in the Light of Certain Modern Difficulties (Hulsean Lectures for 18S3-84), 18S4; papers read before the Victoria Institute: 1. On the Moral Influence of Christianity; 2. Is it Po ible to know God? (considerations on the " Unknown and Unknowable " of modern thought); The Benefactors of To-day (sermon preached before the University of Cambridge at the annual commemoration of Benefactors), 1884; sundry single sermons, lectures, and addre es.