CARROLL, Benajah Harvey 1843-1914

PERSONAL: Born December 27, 1843, in Carrolton, MS; died November 11, 1914, in Fort Worth, TX; son of Benajah (a farmer and preacher) and Mary Eliza (Mallard) Carroll; married Ellen Virginia Bell, c. 1866. Education: Baylor University, A.B.

CAREER: Ordained minister of Southern Baptist Convention, c. 1866; pastor of Baptist churches in Burleson County and McLennan County, TX, c. 1866-70; pastor of Baptist church in Waco, TX, beginning 1870; Baylor University, Waco, TX, instructor in Bible and theology, 1872-c. 1908, founder of Baylor Theological Seminary, 1905; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth TX, president, 1908-14. Worked as a schoolteacher in McLennan County. Also active with Texas Baptist Convention. Military service: Texas Rangers, served prior to 1862. Confederate Army, 1862-65.

WRITINGS:

Sermons and Life-Sketch of B. H. Carroll, compiled by J. B. Cranfill, American Baptist Publications Society (Philadelphia, PA), 1895.

The Bible Doctrine of Repentance, Baptist Book Concern (Louisville, KY), 1897.

The Genesis of American Anti-Missionism, Baptist Book Concern (Louisville, KY), 1902.

Baptists and Their Doctrines, Fleming H. Revell (New York, NY), 1913.

Evangelistic Sermons, 1913.

Daniel and the Inter-Biblical Period, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Fleming H. Revell (New York, NY), 1915.

Galatians, Romans, Philippians, Philemon, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Fleming H. Revell (New York, NY), 1916.

Colossians, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Fleming H. Revell (New York, NY), 1917.

Inspiration of the Bible, Fleming H. Revell (New York, NY), 1930.

Studies in Genesis, edited by Prince Emanuel Burroughs, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1937.

The Ten Commandments, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1938.

The Holy Spirit: Comprising a Discussion of the Paraclete, the Other Self of Jesus, and Other Phases of the Work of the Spirit of God, edited by J. B. Cranfill and Joseph Wade Crowder, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, MI), 1939.

Christ and His Church, edited by J. B. Cranfill and Joseph Wade Crowder, Helms Printing (Dallas, TX), 1940.

(With John Albert Broadus) Saved to Serve: Comprising Appealing and Vital Messages on the Duties of Christians to Give of Their Time, Thought, and Means to God, edited by J. B. Cranfill and Joseph Wade Crowder, Helms Printing (Dallas, TX), 1941.

The Book of Revelation, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1943.

The Books of Exodus and Leviticus, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1943.

The Hebrew Monarchy, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1943.

The Pastoral Epistles of Paul and I and II Peter, Jude, I, II, and III John, edited by J. B. Cranfill, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1943.

An Interpretation of the English Bible, edited by J. B. Cranfill, seventeen volumes, Broadman Press (Nashville, TN), 1943-48.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Cranfill, J. B., compiler, Sermons and Life-Sketch of B. H. Carroll, American Baptist Publications Society (Philadelphia, PA), 1895.*