Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Smith, Charles Adam

SMITH, Charles Adam, clergyman, b. in New York city, 25 June, 1809; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 15 Feb., 1879. His parents were German. Charles was educated at Hartwick seminary, ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran church in 1830, and was pastor successively in Palatine, N. Y., and in Baltimore, Md., where he was also an editor of the “Lutheran Observer.” He was called to the Würtemberg church in Rhinebeck, N. Y., in 1842, and remained there till 1852, when he became pastor in Easton, Pa. He afterward had charge of a Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, and then of a parish in East Orange, N. J., after which he devoted himself to literary pursuits. He originated and published in 1850 a monthly home journal entitled “The Evangelical Magazine,” which, after adopting several names, is now published as the “Lutheran and Missionary.” He translated many works from the German, including “Krummacher's Parables” (New York, 1833); and is the author of “The Catechumen's Guide” (Albany, 1837); “Popular Exposition of the Gospels,” with Rev. John G. Morris (Baltimore, 1840); “Illustrations of Faith” (Albany, 1850): “Men of the Olden Time” (Philadelphia, 1858); “Before the Flood and After” (1868); “Among the Lilies” (1872); “Inlets and Outlets” (1872); and “Stoneridge,” a series of pastoral sketches (1877).