Old Testament Studies

William R. Newell was born May 22, 1868 and attended Wooster (Ohio) College, graduating in 1891. After studies at Princeton and Oberlin Seminaries, he pastored the Bethesda Congregational Church in Chicago until 1895, when Moody invited him to become the assistant superintendent of Moody Bible Institute under R.A. Torrey. In this position Newell demonstrated his extraordinary gift of Bible exposition. Great audiences in Chicago, St. Louis and Toronto flocked to hear his city-wide Bible classes. Newell's Old Testament Studies was published in 1908 and is a compilation of the lessons Mr. Newell taught at public gatherings. Old Testament Studies is a brief commentary on the books of the Old Testament starting with Genesis and ending in Malachi.

William R. Newell was called into the presence of the King April 1, 1956. Few men have had a clearer grasp of the magnitude of God's grace in Christ or have been able to convey it with such lasting results.