deposed in April, 1544, Schmidel sustained Irala, who was the new governor, and in 1546 accompanied him in his expedition to Peru as far as the foot of the Andes, where he was despatched with Nuño de Chaves to President La Gasca. He accompanied Irala on his last unfortunate expedition of 1550, and, hearing in 1552 of the death of his elder brother, to whose estate he was to succeed, he obtained his discharge. In Seville he presented to the council of the Indies letters from Irala with the report of his discoveries, and arrived toward the close of 1554 in Straubingen, where he afterward resided. He had kept a diary during his wanderings, and wrote an interesting narrative of his adventures under the title of “Wahre Geschichte einer merkwürdigen Reise, gemacht durch Ulrich Schmidel von Straubingen, in America oder der Neuen Welt, von 1534 bis 1554, wo man findet alle seine Leiden in 19 Jahren, und die Beschreibung der Länder und merkwürdigen Völker die er gesehen, von ihm selbst geschrieben” (Frankfort, 1557), of which a Latin version appeared in Nuremberg in 1599 as “Vera historia,” etc. Henry Ternaux-Compans has also published a translation of the work in his “Voyages, relations et mémoires,” and Barcia in his “Historiadores primitivos de Indias.” Schmidel is certainly the first historian of the Argentine, and his narrative is valuable, as it gives the names and tells of the habits and manner of living of many Indian nations that were extinct a century later.
SCHMIDT. Frederick Augustus, clergyman, b. in Leutenberg, Germany, 3 Jan., 1837. In 1841 he came to the United States with his widowed
mother to settle in Missouri with relatives that had emigrated in 1839 with the Saxon colony under the leadership of Martin Stephan. He was graduated at Concordia college in 1853. and at the theological seminary at St. Louis in 1857. In the same year he was ordained to the ministry at Eden, Erie co., N. Y. He served as pastor there and in Baltimore, Md. ; was professor in the Norwegian Luther college, at Decorah, Iowa, in 1861-'71 : in Concordia theological seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in 1871-'6 ; in the Norwegian Luther seminary. Madison, Wis., in 1876-'86; and in Norwegian Lutheran divinity-school, Northfield, Minn., since 1886. He received the degree of D. D. in 1884 from Capitol university, Columbus, Ohio. He has for years been a leader among the Norwegian Lutherans. In 1873 he was sent as delegate from the Norwegian synod to the general assembly of the Norwegian mission society at Christiana, Norway. He was editor of the "Lutheran Watchman" in Decorah, Iowa, in 1864-'5; "Altes und Neues" in Madison, Wis., in 1880-'71; and "Lutherske Vidnesbyrd" in Madison, Wis. (now Northfield, Minn.), in 1882-'7:
and co-editor of " Kirketidende," at Decorah, Iowa, in 1865-'71, and "Lehre und Wehre" in St. Louis, Mo., in 1872-'6. He has published "Intuitu Fidei," a collection of testimonies from Lutheran authors on the question of predestination, the controversy on which point among Lutherans in
America and Europe was started by the publication of "Altes und Neues" in 1880.
SCHMIDT, Henry Immanuel. clergyman, b. in Nazareth, Pa., 21 Dec., 1806: d. in New York city, 11 Feb., 1889. He received his training in the
Moravian academy at his native place, and in 1826 became a candidate for the ministry, but in 1839 severed his connection with the Moravian church, and was licensed as a Lutheran clergyman. He was pastor of a congregation in Bergen county, N. J., in 1831-'3, assistant professor in Hartwick seminary, N. Y., in 1833-'6, pastor in Boston, Mass., in 1836-'8, professor of German and French in Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1838-'9, and of German in the theological seminary there in 1839-'43. pastor at Palatine. N. J., in 1843-'5, principal of Hartwick seminary, N. Y.. in 1845-'8, and professor of the German language and literature in Columbia in 1848-80. On 1 Nov., 1880, he was compelled by failing health to resign the last-named post, and was retired as professor emeritus. In 1850 Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, Pa., conferred on him the degree of D. D. He was a frequent contributor to the "Evangelical Review" (Gettysburg. Pa.) and to other periodicals, and published "History of Education," including part i., " History of Education, Ancient and Modern," and part ii., " Plan of Culture and Instruction based on Christian Principles" (1842); " Inaugural Address," delivered in the chapel of Columbia college (Xew York. 1848); "Scriptural Character of the Lutheran Doctrine of the Lord's Supper" (1852); and "Course of Ancient Geography" (1860).
SCHMUCKER, John George, clergyman, b.
in Michaelstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, 18 Aug.,
1771; d. in Williamsburg, Pa., 7 Oct.; 1854. His
parents emigrated to this country in 1785, and,
after a residence of two years in Pennsylvania,
settled near Woodstock, Va. In 1789 he began to
study for the ministry, a year later he went to
Philadelphia to continue his studies, and in 1792
he was ordained. After holding several pastorates
he was called, in 1809, to York, Pa., where he
remained till failing health compelled him to retire
in 1852. He then removed to Williamsburg, Pa.,
where several of his children resided, and there he
remained during the rest of his life. In 1825 he
received the degree of D. D. from the University
of Pennsylvania. Dr. Schmucker was one of the
founders of the general synod of the Lutheran
church in the United States, in 1821, an active
supporter of the theological seminary at Gettysburg,
Pa., and for many years president of its
board of directors. He was also active in the
establishment of Pennsylvania college, and for more
than twenty-one years was one of its trustees. For
more than thirty years he was one of the leaders of
the Lutheran church in this country, and actively
engaged in all its important operations. He was
a frequent contributor to periodicals, and a poet
of merit. Among his works are “Vornehmste
Weissagungen der Heiligen Schrift” (Hagerstown,
Md., 1807); “Reformations-Geschichte zur Jubelfeier
der Reformation” (York, Pa., 1817);
“Prophetic History of the Christian Religion, or
Explanation of the Revelation of St. John” (2 vols.,
Baltimore, 1817); “Schwärmergeist unserer Tage
entlarvt, zur Warnung erweckten Seelen” (York,
Pa., 1827); “Lieder-Anhang, zum Evang. Gesangbuch
der General-Synode” (1833); and “Wächterstimme
an Zion's Kinder” (Gettysburg, Pa., 1838).
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Samuel Simon, theologian, b. in Hagerstown, Md., 28 Feb., 1799; d. in Gettysburg, Pa., 26 July, 1873, spent two years in the University of Pennsylvania, and then taught in York in 1816. He began theological studies under the direction of his father, but in 1818 entered Princeton seminary, where he was graduated in 1820. Among his fellow-students at Princeton were Bishops McIlvaine and Johns, and Dr. Robert Baird. After being licensed, he was his father's assistant for a few months, and then followed a call to New Market, Va. He was ordained at Frederick, Md., 5 Sept., 1821, and served his first charge in 1820-'6. He interested himself at once in the preparation of young men for the ministry,
