Bishop, John an English Congregational minister, was born in London in 1794. He was converted when eleven years old, joined the Church at the age of eighteen, and from that time was continually in requisition as village, workhouse, and prison preacher. Subsequently he was set apart for the home-missionary work at Wisbro Green, Sussex; ordained pastor at Lewes; preached a short time at Newport, Isle of Wight; labored at Chard and Bridgewater, and finally settled at Axminster, Devonshire, in 1854, where he died, March 9, 1862. As a preacher, Mr. Bishop was faithful, instructive, and impressive; as a scholar, he possessed a vast fund of literary and scientific information. He was a man of large experience and agreeable manners. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1863, p. 209.
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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