Introduction

Biography

William was the son of Will­iam Per­ry Ham­il­ton and Cath­er­ine Prince Roach, and hus­band of Zu­la Belle Doyle (ma­rried May 30, 1893, Sul­li­van Coun­ty, Ten­nes­see).

He lived in Lynch­burg, Vir­gin­ia, in 1910, and Roa­noke, Vir­gin­ia, in 1920.

He was edu­cat­ed at the South­ern Bap­tist Theo­lo­gic­al Se­min­ary, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky (ThM, 1893; ThD, 1904).

He served as the se­cond pre­si­dent of the New Or­leans Bap­tist Theo­lo­gic­al Se­min­ary, then known as the Bap­tist Bi­ble In­sti­tute (1928–42).

In 1920, Un­ion Uni­vers­ity, Jack­son, Ten­nessee, gave him an hon­or­ary Doc­tor of Laws (LL.D.) in re­cog­ni­tion of his lead­er­ship and con­tri­bu­tions to his de­nom­in­ation.

Works

• Sane Ev­an­gel­ism (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­vania et al­ibi: Jud­son Press, 1909)
• Bible Ev­an­gel­ism (At­lan­ta, Geor­gia: Home Mis­sion Board of the South­ern Bap­tist Con­ven­tion, 1921)
• Wisdom in Soul Win­ning (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Sunday School Board of the South­ern Bap­tist Con­ven­tion, 1929)
• The Fine Art of Soul-Winning (The Sun­day School Board of the South­ern Bap­tist Con­ven­tion, 1935)
• A Bi­ble Re­viv­al (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Broad­man Press, 1940)