Bellamy, Samuel an English Congregational minister, was born at Lincoln, April 4, 1803. He was converted early in life, joined the Congregational Church, received his collegiate discipline at Huxton Academy and Highhury College, and was ordained to the pastorate at Leeds in 1828. On resigning his charge at Leeds, Mr. Bellamy preached successively at Clutton, Somersetshire, ten years; ten years at Sheffield; seventeen. years at Buckingham; and finally retired to Sheffield, where he died, Nov. 23, 1877. Mr. Bellamy published The Betrayal, a sacred poem in five books; A Sermon on Baptismal Regeneration, and A Course of Lectures on the Prodigal Son. — See (Lond.) Cong. Yearbook, 1879, p. 298.
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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