Moody, Samuel an American divine of some note, was born at Newbury, Massachussetts, January 4, 1676; was educated at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1697; then entered upon the special study of theology, and December 29, 1700, was ordained to the sacred ministry in the Congregational Church at York, Me., where he died, November 13, 1747. Like his namesake, Joseph, who flourished very near his time, he was eccentric, though also a very useful man. He also refused a stated salary, and( depended altogether upon voluntary contributions, many of which were spent upon the poor and the needy. He published, The Doleful State of the Damned (1710): — Judas Hung up in Chains (1714): — Election Sermon (1721): — Life and Death of Joseph Quasson, an Indian (1729). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors s.v.; Drake, Dict. of Amer. Biog s.v.; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, volume 2.
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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