Pike, Samuel an English Dissenting minister, was born at Ramsey, Wiltshire, about 1717. He became minister of a congregation at Henley-on-Thames, and in 1747 succeeded John Hill at the Three Cranes, London. He died in 1773. Pike was quite a voluminous writer. Among his many productions we mention, Thoughts on such Passages of Scripture as ascribe Affections and Passions to the Deity (Loud. 1750, 12mo): — Philosophia Sacra, or the Principles of Natural Philosophy extracted from Divine Revelation (Lond. 1753, 8vo); a scarce work, written on Hutchinsonian principles: — The Nature and Evidences of Saving Faith; being the substance of Four Sermons on Hebrews 11:1; Two of which were Preached at the Merchants' Lecture, Sinner's Hall. With a Preface (Lond. 1764, 8vo): — Religious Cases of Conscience answered in an Evangelical Manner, or the Inquiring Christian Instructed; to which are added Replies to Thirty- two Questions, or the Professing Christian Tried at the Bar of God's Word. To which is subjoined the Character of the Happy, Honest, and Faithful Man. By Samuel Pike and Samuel Hayward (new ed. Romsey, 1819, 8vo; last Amer. ed. with an Introd. by Dr. H.A. Boardman, Phila. 1859, 12mo): —Compendious Hebrew Lexicon (1766, 8vo; new ed. 1816, 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. s.v. (J.H.W.)
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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