MILLIGAN, WILLIAM: Church of Scotland; b. in Edinburgh Mar. 15, 1821; d. there Dec. 11, 1893. He was educated at St. Andrew's University (M.A., 1839), where he studied divinity as he also did at Edinburgh. He was settled at Cameron, Fifeshire, in 1844 and at Kiloonquhar, Fifeshire, in 1850. He became professor of divinity and Biblical criticism is the University of Aberdeen in 1860, and was chosen one of the revisors of the New Testament in 1870. Among his numerous works may be named: The Resurrection of our Lord (London, 1881); Revelation of St. John (1886); Elijah, his Life and Times (1887); Ascension and Heavenly Priesthood of our Lord (1892); Discussions on the Apocalypse (1893); and Resurrection of the Dead (Edinburgh, 1894). He also wrote commentaries on the Gospel of St. John (in connection with W. F. Moulton in Schaff's commentary, New York, 1880) and the Apocalypse (Schaff's commentary, 1883, and Expositor's Bible, London, 1889).
Bibliography: In Memoriam, by his wife, Aberdeen, 1894; DNB, xxxvi. 174-175.
MILLS, BENJAMIN FAY: Unitarian minister and lecturer; b. at Rahway, N. J., June 4, 1857. He received his education at Phillips Andover Academy, Hamilton College, and Lake Forest University (B.A., 1879; M.A., 1881); was ordained in the Congregational Church (1878); served Congregational churches at Cannon Falls, Minn., and Rutland, Vt., and the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Albany, N. Y. (1878,85); was engaged in evangelistic work (1885-J5); withdrew from orthodox fellowship (1897) and conducted independent work in Boston (1897-99); was in charge of the First Unitarian Church, Oakland, Cal. (1899-1903); founded the Los Angeles Fellowship (1905) and the Greater Fellowship (1908), editing the Fellowship Magazine since 1905. In 1907-08 he visited China, Japan, and the Philippine Islands. He has written: Vic tory through Surrender (New York, 1892); God's World and Other Sermons (1894); The Divine Adventure (Loa Angeles, 1904) ; The New Revelation (1908); and contributed the part on China, Japan, and the Philippine Islands to Our Foreign Missionary Enterprise (Dayton, 0., 1909).
MILLS, JOB SMITH: Bishop of the United Brethren in Christ; b. at Plymouth, O., Feb. 28, 1848; d. at Annville, Pa., Sept. 16, 1908.He
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