Bensley John an English Methodist preacher, a native of Norwich, was born Dec. 17, 1806. Brought up by his Methodist parents to love God, he was converted at fifteen, and soon afterwards was made a local preacher. He continued among the Wesleyans till the Warrenite disruption in 1834. when he united with the New Connection, and the same year entered their ministry, going out as a supply to Truro. He travelled nineteen years, in. thirteen circuits, to the edification and delight of his hearers. He was a man of culture, mental-power, and piety. His health failed in 1852, and he removed to Sheffield as a supernumerary, where he died of typhus fever, Nov. 1, 1853. See Minutes of the Conference.
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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