a Congregational minister, was born Oct. 27, 1747, at Holliston, Mass. He graduated at Harvard College in 1766, entered the ministry in 1769, and was ordained Oct. 30, 1770, pastor in Medfield, where he continued until his death, Feb. 28, 1814. During the Revolutionary struggle he was for a time chaplain in the army. He was also identified with different reform movements, and was a leader in temperance reform. He established a public library in the place of his pastorate, and greatly benefited the community in many ways. He published, A Sermon on the Duty of Offending and Offended Brethren (1773): Religion and Morality United in the Duty of Man, two sermons (1802): — Professed Christians Cautioned, and Evil Speakers Admonished, a sermon (1804): — The Sin and Danger of Strengthening the Hands of Evil-doers, a sermon (1805); and several occasional Sermons. Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 678.
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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