Walker, James Barr a Congregational minister, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1805; studied at the Western Reserve College, and in its theological department; was editor and evangelist, 1839-42; pastor, 1842-72, but president of Grand Traverse, College part of that time; professor of intellectual and moral philosophy in Wheaton College, 1871-76; and resident at Wheaton, until his death, March 6, 1887. He published, The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation (1855; revised ed. 1868): — God Revealed in Creation and in Christ (1855): — Living Questions of the Age (1869): — Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (1869): — The Immortality and Worth of the Soul (1871): — Pioneer Life in the West: an Autobiography (1881).
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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