H. M. S. Richards

Harold Marshall Sylvester Richards, Sr.
Born	1894 Davis City, Iowa
Died	1985
Other names	H.M.S. Richards
Education	Washington Missionary College (now Washington Adventist University)
Spouse	Mabel Annabel Eastman Richards (August 15, 1899 - October 25, 2002)
Children	Virginia Cason, H.M.S. Richards, Jr., Kenneth E. H. Richards, Jan Richards
Parents	Halbert M. J. Richards
Church	Seventh-day Adventist
Offices held	Founder/Speaker/Director Voice of Prophecy

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Harold Marshall Sylvester Richards, Sr. (1894–1985), commonly known as H.M.S. Richards, was a well known Seventh-day Adventist evangelist and author.

Born in Iowa, he is most famous for founding the Voice of Prophecy radio ministry and was a pioneer in religious radio broadcasting. His ministry inspired broadcasts in 36 languages on more than 1,100 stations, and Bible courses in 80 languages offered by 144 correspondence schools.^[1]

Richards married Mabel Annabel Eastman in 1920, and they had 1 daughter and 3 sons.

Contents 1 Radio broadcasting 2 As an author 3 Awards and biographies 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Radio broadcasting

Upon graduation from Washington Missionary College (now Washington Adventist University) in 1919, H.M.S. Richards served as an evangelist in various places in the United States and Canada and during this period experimented with radio announcements in connection with his meetings. He began regular radio program on October 19, 1929 on KNX (AM) in Los Angeles.^[2][3][4]

Later Richards broadcast daily live broadcasts of The Tabernacle of the Air over KGER in Long Beach, and live weekly remote broadcasts from his tabernacle to KMPC (AM) in Beverly Hills.^[2]

In January 1937 his footprint expanded over a network of several stations of the Don Lee Broadcasting System, and the name of the broadcast was changed to the Voice of Prophecy.^[2]

His first coast-to-coast broadcast over 89 stations of the Mutual Broadcasting System was on Sunday, January 4, 1942.^[2][3]

Throughout the years Richards' Voice of Prophecy broadcasts were marked by an opening theme song of "Lift Up the Trumpet" performed by the King's Heralds quartet and closed with his poem "Have Faith in God" each week having a new verse written.

As an author

In addition to published sermons and booklets, Richards authored the following books:

• The Indispensable Man^[5]
• The Promises of God^[6]
• What Jesus Said^[7]
• Feed My Sheep^[8]
• Look to the Stars^[9]
• Why I Am a Seventh-day Adventist^[10]
• One World^[11]
• Revival Sermons^[12]
• Day After Tomorrow^[13]

Awards and biographies

• Awarded the Honor Citation by the National Religious Broadcasters in 1967 and 1970.
• Honorary doctorate conferred by Andrews University in 1960.
• Washington Adventist University's faculty of religion building "HMS Richards Hall" on Flower Ave, Takoma Park, MD is named in his honor

His life has been the subject of two biographies:

• H.M.S. Richards Man Alive by his daughter Virginia Cason^[14]
• H.M.S. Richards: A Biography by Robert E. Edwards, longtime member of the King's Heralds^[15]

See also

• Seventh-day Adventist Church

References

External links

• Biography on the Voice of Prophecy website
• John Robertson, "The Voice of H. M. S. Richards". Spectrum 13:1 (September 1982), p36–43
• Articles by Richards cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)

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Name	Richards, H. M. S.
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Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	Davis City, Iowa
Date of death	1985
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