Background
Richards, Harold Marshall Sylvester was born on August 28, 1894 in Davis City, Iowa, United States. Son of Halbert Marshall Jenkin and Bertie Captolia (Sylvester) Richards.
Richards, Harold Marshall Sylvester was born on August 28, 1894 in Davis City, Iowa, United States. Son of Halbert Marshall Jenkin and Bertie Captolia (Sylvester) Richards.
Graduate Campion Colorado) Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Washington (District of Columbia) Missionary College, 1919. Doctor of Divinity, Andrews University, 1960.
Evangelist with father, 1911-1913, Colorado, Pennsylvania, 1913-1915, Virginia, Maryland., summers 1916-1919. Ordained to ministry Adventist Church, 1918. Pastor, Ottawa, also Montreal, Canada, 1919-1926.
Tabernacle evangelist, California, 1926-1938.
Daily radio program Tabernacle of the Air, Southern California, 1930-1937. Speaker, director radio program Voice of Prophecy, Pacific Coast, 1937-1942, Coast to Coast, 1942-1969, networks other countries, 1953-1985.
Member conference committee Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ontario, Quebec, Central California, member general conference radio and television board, member general conference committee, Washington, from 1953. Author: Revival Sermons, 1947.
Radio Sermons, 1952; Indispensable Manitoba, 1955.
Promises of God, 1955. What Jesus Said, 1957. Feed My Sheep, 1958, also booklets on travels and religious subjects.
Member conference committee Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ontario, Quebec, Central California.
Married to Mabel Eastman, April 14, 1920. Children: Virginia Dale Elizabeth (Mistress Walter Cason), Harold Marshall Sylvester, Kenneth Eastman Halbert, Justus Alfred Norman.