Niasian Version Of The Scriptures Niasian is spoken on the island of Nias, which lies near Sumatra, and contains a large population, estimated by the Reverend J. Denninger at eighty thousand souls. Up to the year 1871 nothing had. been done for the island in the way of printing; but Mr. Denninger, of the Barmen Evangelical Missions, who labored for many years in this and the adjoining island, committed the language to writing, prepared a grammar in it, and translated some parts of the Scripture. In 1873 the British and Foreign Bible Society printed the gospel of Luke, and this is at present the only part of Scripture extant. (B.P.)
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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