Sperl, Joseph a Roman Catholic divine of Germany, Was born June 1, 1761, at Lauchheim, in Bavaria. In. 1800 he was appointed to the pastorate at Zoschingen, and afterwards to that of Schneidheim, having at the same time the superintendence of the schools. He died in 1834. In 1800 he published a hymn book especially for the use of Roman Catholics, where some fine specimens of his own poetry can be found, as Um die Erd und ihre Kinder (Engl. transl. "Round this earth and round her children," in Hymns from the Land of Luther, p. 155). See Koch, Gesch. des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 6, 547; Knapp, Evangel. Liederschatz, p. 1345. (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