Huntington, William a Calvinistic Methodist preacher, was born in 1744. He passed his early life in: menial service and dissipation, but after conversion he entered the ministry, and became a popular preacher in London. On his books he took the title of S. S., or Sinner Saved. He died in 1813. — A review of his works by Southey will be found in the Quarterly Review, 20, 462. His writings have been collected and published: Works (London, 1820, 20 vols. 8vo, and his select works, edited by his son, 6 vols. 8vo, 1838, and reprinted in 1856): Contemplations on the God of Israel, in a series of letters to a friend (Sleaford, 1830, 12mo): — The Law established by the Faith of Christ, a sermon oil Ro 3:31 (Lond. 1786, 8vo): — The Epistle of Faith (Lond. 1789, 8vo):The Kingdom of Heaven taken by Prayer, with Life of the author (Andover, 1832, 32mo): — The wise and foolish Virgins described, the substance of two sermons on Mt 25:3-4 (Lond. 1803, 8vo). — Darling, Cyclopaedia Bibliographica, 1, 1586.
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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