Brewis, William an English Congregational minister, was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, October 8, 1804. When thirteen years old he was converted through the influence of pious Presbyterian parents. He entered the Rotherham Independent College, to prepare for the ministry, just before completing his sixteenth year. In 1825 he was ordained pastor at Lane-end, Staffordshire, where he labored two years, when he removed to Kirby Moorside, and thence to Gainsborough, and seven years later to Penrith, where he died May 22, 1869. Mr. Brewis was a total abstainer from all intoxicating drinks during the last thirty years of his life. As a preacher he was diligent, plain, energetic, and fervent. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1870, page 277.
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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