an English Wesleyan missionary, was born at Terrington, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire, Dec. 29, 1834. He was accepted for the ministry in 1859, and sent to the Richmond Theological Institution; was afterwards appointed to Sierra Leone, where for three years and a quarter he remained at his post amid trial and discouragement, and surrounded with disease and death., On his return to England, he labored with acceptance on several circuits. He died at Castleford, Nov. 23, 1877. His preaching was original, sometimes quaint. His disposition was most unselfish, and he often overtaxed himself by doing the work which rightly belonged to others. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1878, p. 25.
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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