BIEDERWOLF, William Edward 1867-1939

PERSONAL: Born September 29, 1867, in Monte-cello, IN; died September 10, 1939, in Palm Beach, FL; son of Michael and Abbie (Schnitzer) Biederwolf; married Ida Casad, 1896. Education: Attended Wabash College; Princeton University, B.A., 1892, M.A., 1894; Princeton Theological Seminary, theology degree, 1895; also attended University of Berlin and University of Erlangen between 1895 and 1897.

CAREER: Ordained Presbyterian minister, 1897; pastor of Presbyterian church in Logansport, IN, 1897-1900; Presbyterian evangelist preacher, beginning 1900; Royal Poincianna Chapel, West Palm Beach, FL, pastor, beginning 1929. Winona Lake Bible Conference, director, 1922; Winona Lake Bible School of Theology, president, 1933; Winona Lake Publishing Co., founder. Wartime service: Spanish-American War, chaplain, 1899; served in Cuba.

WRITINGS:

History of the 161st Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Wilson, Humphreys (Logansport, IN), 1899.

A Help to the Study of the Holy Spirit, J. H. Earle (Boston, MA), 1902, published as Study of the Holy Spirit, foreword by William G. Moorhead, Kregel Publications (Grand Rapids, MI), 1985.

The Growing Christian, Winona Lake Publishing Co. (Chicago, IL), 1903.

The White Life, 1903.

How Can God Answer Prayer? Winona Lake Publishing Co. (Chicago, IL), 1906, published as How Can God Answer Prayer? Being an Exhaustive Treatise on the Nature, Conditions, and Diffıculties of Prayer, Fleming H. Revell Co. (Chicago, IL), 1910.

The Christian and Amusements, Glad Tidings Publishing Co. (Chicago, IL), 1909.

Evangelism, Fleming H. Revell Co. (Chicago, IL), 1921.

The Millennium Bible: Being a Help to the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Their Testimony to the Second Coming of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, W. P. Blessing Co. (Chicago, IL), 1924, reprinted, Baker Book House (Grand Rapids, MI), 1966.

Illustrations from Mythology, Indiana Glad Tidings Publishing Co. (Fort Wayne, IN), 1927.

When the Song of the Lord Began, and Other Sermons, Bible Institute Colportage Association of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1928.

Why I Know the Bible Is the Word of God, Pentecostal Publishing Co. (Louisville, KY), 1929.

The Great Tribulation, 1929.

The Adventure of the Hereafter, R. R. Smith (New York, NY), 1930.

Illustrations from Art, R. R. Smith (New York, NY), 1930.

Frozen Assets: Twelve Evangelistic Sermons, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1933.

Whipping-Post Theology; or, Did Jesus Atone for Disease?, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI) 1934.

The New Paganism, and Other Sermons, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1934.

The Man Who Said He Would and Other Sermons, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1935.

The Man Nobody Missed, and Other Sermons, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1936.

Awake, O America! William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1937.

The Wonderful Christ, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1937.

The Kiss of Judas, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1939.

The World's Saturday Night, and Other Sermons, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, MI), 1939.

The Cup of Demons, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1945.

What of the Night? William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), 1947.

Author of booklets, including "Hell: Why, What, How Long," Fleming H. Revell Co. (Chicago, IL), 1900; "Christian Science Tested by Revelation, Medicine, and Theology," J. H. Earle (Boston, MA), 1901; (with Elmer J. Rollings) "How to Build a Tabernacle for Union Gospel Meetings and Assemblies in General," Glad Tidings Publishing Co. (Chicago, IL), 1922; "What about So-Called Christian Evolution?" Bible Institute Colportage Association of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1926; "'They Have Taken Away My Lord,'" Bible Institute Colportage Association of Chicago, 1926; and "The Coming Dictator," Fundamental Truth Publishers (Hoytville, OH), 1934.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

books

Garrett, R. E., William Edward Biederwolf: A Biography, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, MI), 1948.*