Bowden, Edwin an English Congregational minister, was born at Devonport, April 6, 1802. He joined the Church in youth, began village preaching, and was soon made assistant minister at Ivy Bridge. In 1839 he accepted a call to Lostwithiel, Cornwall, and after a few years he became pastor of the Church at Wadebridge, in the same county. Finally he occupied the pulpit at Oak Hill, near Bath, where, in less than three years, his health had so failed that he was obliged to resign his post. He then retired to Heavitree, Exeter, wrote tracts, contributed articles to the various periodicals issued by the Religious Tract Society, and published a small volume entitled
Spiritual Fables. He continued his work until 1875, and died, Aug. 31, 1876. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1877, p. 347.
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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