Background
Work, Edgar Whitaker was born on November 20, 1862 in Logan, Ohio, United States. Son of John Wright and Ann Elizabeth (Fielding) Work.
Work, Edgar Whitaker was born on November 20, 1862 in Logan, Ohio, United States. Son of John Wright and Ann Elizabeth (Fielding) Work.
Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Wooster, 1884, the Master of Philisophy, 1887. Graduate Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, 1887. Doctor of Divinity, Wooster, 1895.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1887. Pastor Van Wert, O., 1887-1890. College pastor and professor Biblical literature, University of Wooster, 1890-1895.
Pastor Dayton, O., 1895-1902, Berkeley, California, 1902-1904, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1904-1907, Fourth Church, New York, 1907-1924.
Lecturer in Bible Teachers’ Training School, New York, 2 years. Elected president Westminster University, Denver, 1906, but declined.
Moderator New York Presbytery, 1912-1914. Vice moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1918.
Resident chaplain Ohio Society of New New York
Chaplain Criterion Society. Also of Daughters of Ohio. Author: The Fascination of the Book, 1906.
Every Day, 1915.
Obscure People, 1915. The Bible in English Literature, 1917. The Church’s Children.
Royal Day.
Go and Tell!. Every Minister His Own Evangelist, 1927. Edited J. Wilbur Chapman’s Evangelistic Sermons, 1922, Awakening Sermons, 1928.
Home: Riverdale, New York, New New York
Married Ellen Blair Wilson, June 23, 1887.