Introduction

Biography

Conrad was the hus­band of Vic­tor­ia Ma­rie Or­lopp.

His fa­mi­ly emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca when he was nine years old.

He was edu­cat­ed at Capital Uni­ver­si­ty in Co­lum­bus, Ohio, and was or­dained in 1865.

He pas­tored at St. Mark’s Lu­ther­an Church, De­la­ware, Ohio, and be­came a pro­fess­or of ma­the­ma­tics and na­tur­al phi­lo­so­phy (and lat­er theo­lo­gy) at Ca­pi­tal Uni­ver­si­ty.

He went on to be­come the uni­ver­si­ty’s pre­si­dent, and served as pas­tor of Grace Lu­ther­an Church in Co­lum­bus. In 1881, he moved to Plea­sant Ridge (now Bex­ley), Ohio, to be pas­tor at Christ Lu­ther­an Church there.

In 1886, he was ed­it­or of the Co­lum­bus Theo­lo­gic­al Ma­ga­zine.

In 1894, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Lu­ther­an Joint Sy­nod of Ohio and Oth­er States. He helped found the Na­tion­al Lu­ther­an Coun­cil, and was its pre­si­dent (1923–25).

Works

• The Church-Mem­ber’s Ma­nu­al (Columbus, Ohio: Schulze & Gass­mann, 1870)
• The Doc­trine of Pre­des­ti­na­tion in the Form of Ques­tions and An­swers (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: J. L. Traug­er, 1881)
• Die Lehre von der Gnad­en­wahl: In Fra­gen und Ant­wor­ten Ge­stell­et [The Doc­trine of Elec­tion by Grace: Posed in Ques­tions and An­swers] (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: Ohio Sy­no­dal-Druck­er­ei, 1881)
• The State, the Church, and the School (Columbus, Ohio: Lutheran Book Concern, 1883)
• Before the Al­tar (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: Lu­ther­an Book Con­cern, 1894)
• Testimonies in Fur­ther­ance of a Un­ion and Peace in Truth (Columbus, Ohio: Lu­ther­an Book Con­cern, 1914)
• Zeugnisse zur Ein­igung und zum Frie­den in der Wahr­heit: All­en Wahr­herts lieb­end­en und fried­fer­tig­en zur Prü­fung freund­lichst dar­ge­bot­en im Nam­en ein­es Ko­mi­tees [Tes­ti­mo­nies to Uni­ty and Peace in Truth] (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: Lu­ther­an Book Con­cern, 1914)
• Daily Ex­er­cis­es un­to God­li­ness (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: Lu­ther­an Book Con­cern, 1915?)
• Wiggy: Or In­ci­dents and Ac­ci­dents from the Ear­li­er and Ear­li­est Years of My Life (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: F. J. Heer Print­ing, 1916)