Harvey, W.S. and Titus Hottel
Dr. W.S. Hottel was my great-uncle. I remember him and his wife Mary very well. As a young boy I heard him preach and I always thought he was one of the smartest men I had known until that time. I still think he had a keen mind, was a quick thinking, and was clear in delivery. I have little record of him. My father had a "Through the Bible" set of booklets by Uncle W.S. I inherited them. I found little other. His brother, Titus, (my grandfather), was a preacher also. I have one outline of his. I am searching the internet looking for things about and by W.S. If you know of something, please let me know. My uncle, Arthur H. Hottel, recently deceased, continued at Union Gospel Press writing in the "Expositor and Illuminator" for years. I have many of his sermons in manuscript. In the future, I will begin the process of scanning and entering his work.
Titus was my grandfather. He served as the superintendent of a Orphanage near Coopersburg, Pa. from 1910 to 1922. In 1915 Titus suffered a severe injury. A breeding bull gored him and caused a fractured femur. This caused a lameness for the remainder of his life. In 1923 he became pastor of the 12th Street Baptist Church in Allentown, Pa. His two sons, Timothy (my father) and Arthur helped Titus in this ministry. My father directed the music and Arthur assisted in preaching, singing, and leadership while attending Eastern Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Tim and Arthur began the Christian Youth Center of Allentown which met on Tuesday evenings in 12th Baptist Church Sanctuary. This ministry became very large and continued until 1941. Titus left the ministry in 1940 preaching occasionally while his livelihood was real estate.