Welch, Edgar T., 1881-1963

Welch was born in New Jersey and spent time in Appalachia, studying at Williamsport-Dirkinson Seminary (now Lycoming College) in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and living at least part of his adult life in Westfield, New York. The son of the founder of Welch’s Grape Juice, he held several positions in the company, becoming its president in 1926. He was also active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, giving money to support its missionary efforts and delivering lay sermons, some of which are in the Special Collections Department at Syracuse University.

Additional information can be found in the biographical sketch published alongside his sermon in William Stidger, The Pew Preaches (Nashville, TN: Cokesbury Press, 1930).

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Welch User Guide

Robert H. Ellison

The User Guide for the Library of Appalachian Preaching is a Google Sheet that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded for offline use.

At the moment, Welch has only one sermon in the Library; it has a Guide of its own so the records will be complete. It includes the title, sermon text, date and place the sermon was preached (if known), and so on. This information is available in the master list of sermons as well.
Can the Pew Help the Pulpit?

Edgar T. Welch

This piece, which is described as a “sermon,” was published in William Stidger, The Pew Preaches (Nashville, TN: Cokesbury Press, 1930). Stidger notes that most of the essays in the collection first appeared in the Christian Herald, a weekly newspaper that operated from 1878 to 1992.

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