a Scotch clergyman, brother of David, minister at Stow, was licensed to preach January 7, 1735; called to the living at Traquair, and ordained assistant and successor, September 12, 1738; transferred to Smailholm, October 26, 1743; and died September 29, 1795, aged eighty-six years. He published, A Preservative against the Principles of Infidelity (Edinb. 1774): — The Devout Communicant's Assistant (Berwick, 1792): — The Evidence of the Resurrection of Jesus, a sermon (Edinb. 1783): — The History of the Revolution of 1688 (ibid. 1790): — Miscellaneous Essays (1799): — An Account of the Parush of Smailholm. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:257, 532.
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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