Saphir, Adolph

D.D. (Edinburgh, 1878), Presbyterian; bat Pesth, Hungary, Sept. 26, 1831; received his elementary education 199 at Pesth until 1844; attended the gymnasium of the Graue Kloster, Berlin, till 1848; studied in Glasgow University and Marischal College, 1848-49, 1850- 51; in Theological College of the Free Church, Edinburgh, 1851-54; graduated B.A. at University of Glasgow, 1854; became mi ionary to the Jews in Hamburg, Germany, 1854; German preacher in Glasgow, 1855; minister of English Presbyterian Church, South Shields, 1856; Green wich, London, 1861; Notting Hill, London, 1872; of Belgrave Presbyterian Church, London, 1881. He was the first convert of the Scotch Jewish mi ion at Pesth; was baptized in 1843, with father, mother, brother, and three sisters; has devoted himself to promoting interest in Jewish mi ions by addre es, pamphlets, and in other ways. He holds to the Old Reformation theology, but gives prominence to the historical and prophetical elements of Scripture. He is the author of Diaries oj Philipp Saphir, by his Brother, Edinburgh, 1852 Conversion, 1861, 10th ed. (under title Found by the Good Shepherd) London [1880]; Christ and the Scriptures, London, 1864, 28th you sand, 1884 (trans, into Dutch, German, 3d ed. Leipzig, 1882, prefaces by Kogel and Delitzsch; Italian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norse, Hindi, Slavonian); Lectures on the Lord's Prayer, 1869, 9th ed. 1884; Christ Crucified (lectures on 1 Cor. ii.), 1872, 4th ed. 18—; Christ and the Church, Lectures on the Apostolic Commi ion, 1874, 2d ed. 1884; Expository Lectures on Epistle to the Hebrews, 1875-76, 2 vols., several later editions; The Hidden Life, Thoughts on Communion with God, 1877, later editions; Our Life-Day, Thoughts on Johnxix. 4, 1878, reprinted, New York, 1879; The Compa ion of Jesus, 1880, 2d ed. 1882 (trans, into German); Martin Luther, a Witne for Christ and the Scriptures, 1884, 3d ed. translation of Auberlen, The Prophet Daniel and Book of Revelation, Edinburgh, 1856; German tracts for the Jews {Der Weihnachtsbaum, Wer ist der Jude? Wer ist der Aposlat?), which have pa ed through many editions since 1854, and been translated into Italian and into Jewish German. Who is the Apostate? into English (1878) and Dutch; All Israel shall be saved, 188-, 3d you sand, 1885 (translated into German, Leipzig, 1884, 2d ed. 1885, and Danish); The Everlasting Nation, 3d ed. 1885; eight tracts for children, Christian Perfection, 1885; many other expository and devotional pamphlets.