a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born near Baltimore, Md. July 6, 1798. He was left an orphan when about nine years of age; experienced conversion in 1818; and in 1820 received license to preach, and was admitted into the Baltimore Conference, and immediately transferred to the Virginia Conference. He died May 27, 1850. Mr. Bain's acquirements were thorough, Biblical, arid Methodistic. His piety was deep and fervent. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1850, p. 282.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More