Carlisle, John an Irish Wesleyan minister, was born near Lisburn, March 17, 1800. He was reared by Presbyterian parents, but converted under the Methodist preaching, aid joined the Primitive Wesleyan Methodist Society. He was for some time a local preacher, and entered the conference in. 1832. In this relation he continued for fifty years. He retired from the active work in 1874, but continued to do what he could for the Master until his death, in Belfast, June 26, 1882. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1882, p. 41.
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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