Mason, John (1), an English dissenting divine, was born in Essex in 1705 or 1706; became pastor of a congregation at Dorking, Surrey, in 1730, and at Chestnut, Hertfordshire. in 1746. He died in 1763. Mr. Mason published, besides a number of Sermons, various theological treatises and other works. The best known are Self-Knowledge (1754; new edition and life of the author by John Mason Good, 1811, 12mo; new edition by Tegg, 1847, 32mo; with Melmoth's Importance of a Christian Life, published by Scott, 1855, 24mo); this work was very popular for a long time, and was translated into several languages: — The Lord's Day Evening Entertainments, 52 practical discourses (1751-52, 4 vols. 8vo; 2d ed. 1754, 4 vols. 8vo): — The Student and Pastor (1755, 8vo; new edition by Joshua Toulmin, D.D., 1807,12mo) — Fifteen Discourses (1758, 8vo): — Christian Morals (1761, 2 vols. 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Hook, Eccles. Biog. s.v.
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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