WILLIAM GRAHAM SCROGGIE
1877 - 1958
Scroggie began to study
the Bible; and during the next two difficult
years, when he lived with little support,
he laid the foundation of all his subsequent
work. After pastorates in England, Scotland,
New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, the United
States, and Canada, he became pastor of the
famous Spurgeon Metropolitan Tabernacle, London.
William Graham Scroggie was born at Great
Malvern, England, of Scottish parents. He
was one of nine children in a home without
normal educational advantages. He grew up
among the brethren, and after a few years
in business he entered Spurgeon's College
in London at the age of nineteen to train
for the Baptist ministry. He was turned out
of his first two churches in London and Yorkshire
because of his opposition to modernism and
worldliness.
During World War II his home
was bombed on three occasions, and his historic
church building destroyed during an air raid.
Increasing ill health forced him to retire
in 1944. He devoted his remaining years to
completing his literary work, The Unfolding
Drama of Redemption. He died on December
28, 1958.
Lyrics & Chord Charts
