Cotterill, Thomas an English clergyman and poet, was born at Cannock, Staffordshire, December 4, 1779. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; ordained in 1806; labored in the ministry successively at Tutbury, Lane End, in the Staffordshire potteries, and at St. Paul's, Sheffield (1817), until his death, December 29, 1823. Besides a book of family prayers, he published (aided by James Montgomery) a Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1819), among which the version of Psalm 103, beginning "Oh bless the Lord, my soul," has become especially popular. Mrs. M.J. Cotterill's hymn, "O thou who hast at thy command, The hearts of all men in thy hand," is from the same collection.
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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