Beyschlag Johann Balthasar a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Nov. 4, 1669, at Halle. He studied at Wittenberg, and was in 1692 appointed adjunct to the philosophical faculty. In 1694; he was called to the pastorate of his native place, where he died Sept. 14, 1717. He is the author of many hymns, which were published at Nuremberg (1709), under the title of Centifolia Melica. See Wezel, Hymnos, 4:3443; Pregizer, Gottgeheiligte Poesie (Tubingen, 1723), p. 370-373; Koch, Gesch. — der deutschen Kirchenliedes, 5, 402 sq. (B. P.)
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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