Cassell, LEONARD, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Maryland in 1784, entered the itinerant ministry in 1802, and died of yellow fever Sept. 28, 1808. He was of German parentage, and his mind remained in "uncultured darkness until his conversion. From that day it was manifest how great a mind had thus been called forth. The improvement he made astonished his friends." His genius, eloquence, and piety soon placed him in the most important positions as a preacher, and his early death was a great loss to the Church. — Minutes of Conferences, 2:168.
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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