Drisius, Samuel of Leyden, was pastor of the Holland Church in London until, in 1652; he was called and removed to the Reformed (Dutch) Church in New York city, where he ministered until his death in 1682. Once in every month he preached to the Waldenses on Staten Island. He was the colleague of the elder Megapolensis for twelve years, and is said, like him, to have been very intolerant towards those who dissented from his religious views. At their instance governor Stuyvesant issued a proclamation against conventicles, under which fines and imprisonment were inflicted upon those who disobeyed the order. The Dutch West India Company, however, soon rebuked and rectified these unwarranted proceedings. Mr. Drisius was an accomplished scholar and linguist.See Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, page 74; De Witt, Hist. Discourses pages 35 36, 69. (W.J.R.T.)
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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