Proud, Joseph an English minister of the New Jerusalem Church, who was born in the second half of the last century, is noted as the author of several of the ablest polemics ever issued by the Church of which he was a much esteemed member. He died about 1860. His works are: Reply to Dr. Priestley's Letters on Swedenborg (1792, 8vo): — Hymns for the New Church (12mo): — Jehovah's Mercy, a poem (8vo): — Unitarian Doctrine Refuted (Lond. 1806, 8vo): — Letters on the Fundamental Doctrines of the Unitarian Religion (1808, 8vo): — The Aged Minister's Last Legacy to the New Church (Birm. 12mo; 2dc ed. Lond. 1855). See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 9:67.
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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