Background
Stidger, William Leroy was born on March 16, 1885 in Moundsville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leroy Lester and Etta B. (Robinson) Stidger.
Stidger, William Leroy was born on March 16, 1885 in Moundsville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leroy Lester and Etta B. (Robinson) Stidger.
Student Allegheny College 3 years. Ph. B., Brown, 1912; theology, Boston University, 1 year. Doctor of Divinity Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1923.
Doctor of Letters, Kansas Wesleyan University, 1928. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Salem College, 1935.
1 daughter, Mistress Elisabeth Robinson Hyland. Ordained ministry, Mechanical Engineering Church, 1914. Pastor Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, San Francisco, 1913-1916, First Church, San Jose, 1916-1919.
Publicity trip through Far East for Methodist Centenary, 1919-1920. Pastor St. Mark’s Church, Detroit, September 1920-1925. Linwood Boulevard Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1925-1929.
Head of department preaching, Boston University School of Theology. Preacher at Church of All Nations, Boston, Massachusetts.
Author: Giant Hours with Poet Preachers, 1918. Soldier Silhouettes, 1919. Star Dust from the Dugouts, 1919.Outdoor Men and Minds, 1920. Standing Room Only, 1921. Flash Lights of the Seven Seas, 1921.Flames of Faith, 1922. There Are Sermons in Books, 1922. Henry Ford—The Man and His Motives, 1923.The Epic of Earth, 1923. That God’s House May Be Filled, 1923. The Symphonic Sermon, 1923.Finding God in Books, 1924. A Book of Sunsets, 1925. Pulpit Prayers and Paragraphs, 1926.Building Up the Mid-Week Service, 1926. Building Sermons with Symphonic Themes, 1926. God Is at the Organ, 1927.The High Faith of Fiction and Drama, 1927. Personal Power, 1928. Preaching Out of the Overflow, 1929.Planning Your Preaching, 1932. Edwin Markham—a Biography, 1932. I Saw God Wash the World (poems), 1934.Editor: If I Had Only One Sermon to Preach on Immortality, 1929. The Pew Preachers, 1930. Men of the Great Redemption, 1931.Those Amazing Roosevelts, 1938. How to Get the Most Out of Life, 1939. Contributor to Best Sermons of 1925, If I Had Only One Sermon to Preach, Great Southern Preaching, Contemporary Preaching, and others.The Human Side of Greatness, 1940. There Are Sermons in Stories, 1941. Keeping the Soul of the World Alive, 1943.Greatness Passing By, 1943. (poems) Rainbow Born Is Beauty, 1941. More Sermons in Stories, 1944.Sermon Nuggets in Stories, 1945.
Served in France as truck driver for Young Men’s Christian Association, 1918. Member Phi Delta Theta, Theta Phi, Delta Sigma Rho, Pi Gamma Museum. Mason (32°), Odd; Clubs: Puddingstone, University (Boston).
.; Member editorial staff and conductor of the column, “Conrad the Cobbler,” The Christian Herald. Broadcasts Great American personalities, Station WHDH, Boston, Massachusetts.
Married Iva Berkey, June 7, 1910.