Conder, George William an English Congregational minister, was born at Hitchin, November 30, 1821. He was educated at the grammar school in his native town; entered business in London; joined the Church in early manhood; received his theological training at Highbury College, and began his ministry in 1845 as co-pastor at High Wycombe. Afterwards he labored successively two years at Ryde, fifteen years at Leeds, six years at Manchester, and finally four years at Forest Hill, a London suburb, where he died, November 8, 1874. Mr. Conder exerted a powerful influence as pastor, openair preacher, and lecturer; was a public-spirited townsman, an earnest advocate of education, and a nervous and pithy writer of some charming articles for the young. He was also the composer of a few notable hymns. See (Lond.) Cong. Year- book, 1875, page 317; (Lond.) Evang. Mag. 1875, page 95.
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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