Bruce, John an English Congregational minister was born at Great Grimsby, July 7, 1782. At thirteen years of age he was apprenticed to a linen draper at Pontefract; when sixteen years old he wrote A Meditation on Death, published in the Evangelical Magazine; and when about eighteen he entered Homerton College. On leaving college he was ordained, and became assistant minister at Newington Chapel, Liverpool. In 1807 he accepted a call to Newport, Isle of Wight, and eventually removed to Liverpool, where he died in January 1874. Mr. Bruce published, Twenty Sermons to Aid in Private and Family Devotions: — Dorcas; or, Female Christian Benevolence Exemplified: — The Abrahamic Covenant: — and various other minor treatises. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1876, page 319.
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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