Background
Roberts, William Henry was born on January 31, 1844 in Holyhead, Wales. Son of Review William and Katharine (Parry) Roberts.
Roberts, William Henry was born on January 31, 1844 in Holyhead, Wales. Son of Review William and Katharine (Parry) Roberts.
Bachelor of Arts, College City of New York, 1863, Master of Arts, 1866. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1873. (Doctor of Divinity, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1884, Lafayette, 1907.
Doctor of Laws, Miami University, 1888).
Statistician, Treasury Department, 1863-1865. Assistant librarian of Congress, 1866-1871. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1873.
Pastor Cranford, New Jersey, 1873-1877.
Librarian Princeton Theological Seminary, 1878-1886. Professor practical theology, Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, 1886-1893.
Acting pastor Fourth Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1895-1900. Stated clerk General Assembly Presbyterian Church in United States of America, since 1884.
American secretary The Alliance of the Reformed Churches Throughout the World, since 1888.
Treasurer Centenary Fund for Ministerial Relief, 1888-1890, Anniversary Reunion Fund, 1895-1897, and the Twentieth Century Fund, 1900-1902. President Glasgow, Scotland, Pan-Presbyterian Council, 1896. Chairman Committee on Federation and Union, since 1903.
Secretary Interchurch Conference on Marriage and Divorce, 1903-1909.
President Interchurch Conference on Federation, New York, 1905. Moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1907.
Secretary Council Reformed Churches in the United States, since 1907. Acting president Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Philadelphia, 1908, and chairman Executive Committee to December 1912.
Chairman commission on Evangelism, Federal Council of Churches, 1912-1916.
Chairman Conference on Organic Union, 1918-1919. Author: History of the Presbyterian Church, 1888. The Presbyterian System, 1895.
Laws Relating to Religious Corporations, 1896.
Manual for Ruling Elders, 1897, et cetera Home: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Married Sarah East. McLean, June 11, 1867.