William Wistar Hamilton

from "Who's Who in the South" A. B., King's College, Bristol, TN 1890 Th. M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky 1893 Ordained to Baptist Ministry 1893 Married Zula 5/31/1893 Pastor to churches in Virginia and West Virginia Th.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1904 Pastor to McFerran Memorial Church, Louisville, Ky until 1906 General evangelist under So. Baptist Convention hdqrs, Atlanta, Ga 1906-09 Pastor to First Church of Lynchburg, Va 1909-1918 Evangelist 1918-1922 Pastor to St. Charles Av Church, New Orleans, LA 1922-1928 LLD., King's College, 1927 President, Baptist Bible College, New Orleans, LA 1928-1942 President, Southern Baptist Convention 1940, 1941 Pastor to Gentilly Baptist Church, 1942-1947 Chaplain, Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, LA Louisiana State POAV (?) Trustee, Virgina Orphans Home, N.O. Union Baptist Seminary Member, New Orleans Ministerial Union (also president) Member, Southern Seminar Alumni (also president) Member, United Order of American Mechanics Mason, K. P. author of "Sane Evangelism" 1909, "Bible Evangelism" 1919, "Wisdom in Soul-Winning" 1929, "Fine Art of Soul-Winning" 1929 and many more books, pamphlets, and volumes of sermons

Emma Baker says, "It seems Wistar was one of the night clerks at the Hotel Hamilton. It was his job to clean out after the 'drummers' (the salesmen) had checked out of their room. It is reported that he used the tongs from the fireplace to remove the playing cards from the tables--no contamination. Later they were burned in the fireplace at Uncle Will's behest."

The following is from the fly leaf of "Sermons on Books of the Bible" by William Wistar Hamilton (Broadman Press, 1947, Nashville, Tn).

"William Wistar Hamilton is a native of Kentucky, a graduate of King College and of Southern Baptist Seminary, Th. D. He holds the honorary degrees of D.D., and LL. D., from King College and Georgetown College. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1893, and has held pastorates in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Louisiana. He was superintendant of evangelism of the Home Mission Board, 1906-1909 and 1918-1921, and president of the Baptist Bible Institute, 1928-1942. For many years he has been active in the co-operative work of the Southern Baptist Convention and served two years as president of the Convention. He is author of a number of books stressing evangelism, and of "Sermons on Books of the Bible" in five volumes. From 1943 to 1947 he was pastor of Gentilly Baptist Church, New Orleans. He is now chaplain of the Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans."