Brace, John an English Congregational minister, was born near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in 1793. After his conversion he applied for admission to Hackney Academy for a ministerial preparation, and in 1821 was admitted. In 1825 he was appointed to East Grinstead, and in a short time became pastor of three churches situated respectively at Copthorne, Turner's Hill, and Hoathley. In these stations he labored nineteen years with great perseverance and success. He next preached two years at Bodmin, in Cornwall; four years at St. Ives; and one year at Ilfracombe, when he retired to Bristol, where he died. Aug. 23, 1860. As a Christian, Mr. Brace was eminently devout and earnest; as a preacher, he was at once simple and evangelical See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1861, p. 203.
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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