Best, John Williams an English Congregational minister, was born at Hexham, Northumberland, inl July, 1846. He was converted in early life, in 1866 entered Lancashire Independent College, and in 1871 was ordained pastor at Cheadle Hulme, a suburb of Manchester. Here he labored but six weeks, when a severe attack of hemorrhage caused his death, Jan. 15, 1872. Mr. Best was very brilliant and promising, and greatly esteemed and dearly loved by all who knew him. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1873, p. 315.
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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