Clift, Aenas, an English Baptist minister, fourth son of Rev. William Clift, was born near Westbury, Wiltshire. Feb. 2, 1783. In 1809 he received a license from the Church of which he was a member, to preach in the villages near his home. He became pastor of the Church at Crockerton, Wilts, and for twenty years walked five miles regularly to his place of worship every Sabbath. He died Dec. 20, 1862. See (Load.) Baptist Hand-book, 1861, p. 118. (J. C. S.)
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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