Background
Schenck, Ferdinand Schureman was born on August 6, 1845 in Ulster County, New York, United States. Son of Review Martin L. and Abby (Van der Veer) Schenck.
Schenck, Ferdinand Schureman was born on August 6, 1845 in Ulster County, New York, United States. Son of Review Martin L. and Abby (Van der Veer) Schenck.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1865, Master of Arts, 1868. Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School, 1867. Graduate New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1872, Doctor of Divinity, 1891, Doctor of Laws, 1906, Rutgers.
Practiced law, 1867-1869. Licensed by classis of Ulster, Reformed Church in America, 1872. Pastor Clarkstown, 1872-1877, Montgomery, 1877-1890, Hudson, New York, 1890-1897, University Heights, New York, 1897-1899.
Professor practical theology, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, since 1899.
Acting professor philosophy, 1904-1905, acting professor ethics and evidences of Christianity, 1906-1907 and 1916-1917, Rutgers. Actg. professor homiletics, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1909-1910.
Author: The Ten Commandments in the Nineteenth Century, 1889. The Bible Reader’s Guide, 1896.
The Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer, 1902.
Modern Practical Theology, 1903. The Sociology of the Bible, 1909. Christian Evidences and Ethics, 1910.
A Young People's History of the Christian Church, 1911.
The Oratory and Poetry of the Bible, 1915. The Apostles Creed in the 20th Century, 1918.
Expository Sermons on the Heidelberg Catechism, 1920. A Guide Book to the Stars, 1922.
Address: New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Married Ellie South. Haring, August 26, 1874.