Seiss, Joseph August us

D.D. (Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Penn., 1860), LL.D. (Roanoke College, Salem, Va., 1874), Luther an (General Council); b. near Graceham, Md., March 18, 1823; was student in Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 1839-41, but left without graduating; theological study mostly private; became pastor at Martins burg and Shepherds town, Va., 1843; Cumber land, Md., 1847; Baltimore, Md., 1852; of St. John's, Philadelphia, 1858; of Holy Communion, Philadelphia, 1874. He was one of the founders of the General Council, and one of the committee which made its Church Book. He edited Prophetic Times, a monthly devoted to prophecy, 1863-75; also The Luther an, Philadelphia, 1873-79 (was a ociate editor 1868-73 and 1879-80); travelled in Europe and the East, 1864-65. He is the author of Lectures on Epistle to the Hebrews, Baltimore, 1846; Baptist System examined, 1854, 3d enlarged ed. Philadelphia, 1882; Digest of Christian Doctrine, Baltimore, 1855; Last Times, 1856, 7th ed. Philadelphia, 1880, republished London; Holy Types (Gospel in Levitic us), 1860, Philadelphia and London, 1875; Book of Forms (liturgical), Philadelphia, 1860; Evangelical Psalmist, 1860, 2d ed. 1870; Parable of the fen Virgins, 1862, 2d ed. 1873, also London; Child's Catechism, 1865, 2d ed. 1880; Ecclesia Luther an a, 1867, 2d ed. 1871 A Question in Eschatology, 1868; How shall ive Order our Worship)? 1869; Plain Words (sermons), 1869; Lectures on the Apocalypse, 1870-84, 3 vols., also London and Basel; The Javelin, by a Luther an, 1871; Uriel, Occasional Discourses, 1874; Church Song (musical), 1875-81; Lectures on the Gospels, 1876, 2 vols.; A Miracle in Stone (Great Pyramid), 1877, new ed. 1882, also London; Recreation Songs (poetical), 1878; Thirty-three Practical Sermons, 1879; Voices from Babylon (lectures on Daniel), 1879, 2d ed. 1881, also London; Blo oms of Faith (sermons), 1880; The Golden Altar (manual of private devotions), New York, 1882; Gospel in the Stars (primeval astronomy), Philadelphia, 1882, 2d ed. 1885; Luther and the Reformation, 1883; Lectures on the Epistles, 1885, 2 vols.; Right Life, Philadelphia, 1886; also numerous special sermons, addre es, pamphlets, review articles, etc., since 1845.