Bewlay Edward an English Congregational minister, was born at Birmingham, Jan. 20, 1811. He was carefully trained by religious parents, joined the Wesleyans, and, becoming a local preacher, he preached for several years in the Dudley, Lincoln, and Huddersfield circuits. Then, joining the Congregationalists, he entered Highbury College, London, and in 1839 received as his first charge the Church at March, Isle of Ely. Mr. Bewlay subsequently preached successively at Cirencester, Sunderlanid, and at Walworth, London, where he resigned pastoral work in 1869, and then removing to Angell Pack, Brixton, S.W., he opened a private college. Here he died, Sept. 23, 1878. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1879, p. 299.
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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