Conrad, Frederick William

D.D. (Wittenberg College, Springfield. O., 1864), Luther an; b. at Pine grove, Schuylkill County, Penn., Jan. 3, 1816; studied at Mount Airy College, German town, 1828-31; was collector of tolls on the Union Canal and Railroad at Pine grove, 1834- 41; student of theology at Gettysburg, 1837-39; pulpit supply in and around Pine grove, 1839-41 pastor at Waynesboro, 1841-44; at Hagerstown, Md. (St. John's), 1844-50; profe or of modern languages in Wittenberg College, and of church history and homiletics in the theological department, 1850-55; a ociate editor, with his brother Profe or V. L. Conrad, of The Evangelical Luther an, 1851-55; pastor at Dayton, O. (Zion's English Luther an Church), 1855-62; at Lancaster, Penn. (Holy Trinity), 1862-64 (joint owner and editor Luther an Observer, Baltimore, Md., 1862- 66); at Chambers burg, 1864-66; pastor of Me iah Luther an Church, Philadelphia, 1866-72 editor-in-chief of The Luther an Observer, Philadelphia, since 1867. Through his exertions he increased the endowments of Pennsylvania College, and of the theological seminary at Gettysburg, and of Wittenberg and Carthage Colleges, by $200,000. He has frequently lectured in these colleges, contributed to The Evangelical Review and The Luther an Quarterly. Several of these latter contributions have been republished: e.g., The Luther an Doctrine of Baptism, 1874; An Analysis of Luther s Small Catechism, 1875; The Evangelical Luther an Church, 1883; The Call to the Ministry, 18S3, The Liturgical Question, 1884.