The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schenck, William Edward

SCHENCK, William Edward, American clergyman: b. Princeton, N. J., 29 March 1819; d. Oakenout, Pa., 14 Dec. 1903. He was graduated from Princeton in 1838, from the theological seminary there in 1841 and was ordained in 1843. He was engaged in pastoral work in New Jersey and New York until 1852, was secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Publication in 1854-86 and its editor in 1862-70, and from 1865 was a director of Princeton Theological Seminary. He published ‘Historical Account of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N. J.’ (1851); ‘Church Extension for Cities’ (1854); ‘Nearing Home’ (1863); ‘The Fountain for Sin’ (1864); ‘Children in Heaven’ (1867), etc.