WELCH, Ransom Bethune, clergyman, born in Greenville, New York, about 1825. He was graduated at Union college in 1846, studied two years at Andover theological seminary, and then at Auburn, where he was graduated in 1852. In 1853-'4 he arranged a system of colportage in Mississippi for the American tract society. He was ordained in December, 1854, as pastor of the Dutch Reformed church at Gilboa, New York, remained there till 1856, and was then in charge of a congregation at Catskill till 1859. He was professor of logic, rhetoric, and English literature at Union college in 1860-'76, and since the latter date has occupied the chair of Christian theology in Auburn theological seminary. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of the city of New York and Rutgers in 1868, and that of LL. D. from Maryville college, Tennessee, in 1872. He was a delegate to the Presbyterian alliance at Belfast, Ireland, in 1884, and London in 1888, and to the centennial conference of Foreign missions at London in the latter year. In 1886 he became vice-president of the American institute of Christian philosophy, Professor Welch is the author of " Faith and Modern Thought," with an introduction by Professor Tayler Lewis (New York, 1876); "Outlines of Christian Theology" (1881) : separate addresses; and contributions to current religious literature. In 1881 he became an associate editor of the "Presbyterian Review."