a Baptist minister, was born at Coventry, Vermont, in 1806, his father being a well-known Baptist clergyman, Reverend John Ide, who, in 1800, had removed from New York to northern Vermont. His father gave him the best education he could secure for him, and he decided to enter the profession of law, the study of which he commenced, without having taken a collegiate course, at the age of eighteen, in the village of Brandon. He graduated from Middlebury College with the highest honors in 1830; soon after was ordained at Derby, Connecticut; was invited, in 1834, to a church in Albany, N.Y.; in 1835 to the Federal Street Baptist Church in Boston, Massachusetts; in 1838 to the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in 1852 to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he died, April 16, 1872. Dr. Ide was one of the most distinguished ministers of his denomination. He published several works, among which were Life Sketches of Life Truths, and Bible Pictures. He also wrote several Sunday- school books. See The Watchman, April 1872. (J.C.S.)
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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