Clarke, Richard Perry, an English Congregational minister, was born at Barnstaple, North Devon, July 17,1821. He connected himself with the Church in early life; received his ministerial preparation at Western College, Exeter, and began his ministry in 1848 as pastor of Lower Darwen, Lancashire. He removed to Uxbridge in 1860; to City-road, London, in 1867; in 1868 to Bristol, and died June 21, 1878. Mr. Clarke's preaching was simple, direct, earnest, and evangelical, and his life was in thorough harmony with his teaching. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1879, p. 306.
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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