author
S. E. (Samuel Ellis) Wishard
1825–1915
A 19th-century Presbyterian minister and writer from Indiana, he published church histories, religious commentary, and a 1904 book on Mormonism. His work reflects a life spent in ministry, public debate, and careful attention to the religious questions of his time.
1 Audiobook
The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
by S. E. (Samuel Ellis) Wishard
About the author
Born in Johnson County, Indiana, in 1825, Samuel Ellis Wishard became a Presbyterian minister and author whose career stretched across much of the 19th century. Records connected with his life describe him as a prominent minister, and family and memorial sources place his death in Los Angeles in 1915.
Wishard studied at Wabash College and then at Lane Theological Seminary before entering the ministry. He wrote on both local church history and Protestant belief, including History of the Half Century Celebration of the Organization of the First Presbyterian Church of Franklin, Indiana, The Mormons (1904), and The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism.
His books suggest a writer deeply engaged with the religious debates of his era. Whether recording the history of a congregation or arguing theological questions, he wrote in a direct, purposeful way that makes his work a window into American Protestant life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.