a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Kilninver, born May 4, 1800, was presented to the living at Row in 1825, and ordained; deposed in May, 1831, for teaching universal atonement and pardon, also that assurance is necessary to salvation. He continued teaching these doctrines to his followers, first at Kilninver, and afterwards in a chapel at Glasgow until 1859. He died at Roseneath, February 27, 1872. His publications were, Sermons (1831, 2 volumes): — Notes of Sermons: — Speech at the Bar of the Synod (eod.): — Letters on Keeping a Conscience Void of Offence (1834): — Christ the Bread of Life (Edinburgh, 1851): — Atonement (1854): — Nature of the Atonement (1856): — Thoughts on Revelation (1862). See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:371; Campbell, Memorials (Lond. 1877).
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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