SPAETH, Adolph (spate), theologian, born in Esslingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, 29 October, 1839. He received his classical and theological education in the University of Tubingen, where he was graduated in 1861. He was ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran church in October, 1861, came to the United States in 1863, and has been pastor of St. John's German Lutheran congregation in Philadelphia since 1867. He became professor in the Lutheran theological seminary, Philadelphia, in 1873, president of the general council of the Evangelical Lutheran church in North America in 1880, and was a delegate of the general council to the general conference of Lutheran ministers at Hamburg, Germany, in 1887. AI-though a German by birth and education, he has become thoroughly identified with American interests, both ecclesiastical and political. He has acquired the English language and speaks it with ease. The University of Pennsylvania gave him the degree of D. D. in 1875. Dr. Spaeth is a frequent contributor to the periodicals of his church in this country and in Europe. He has been editor of the " Jugend-Freund," a German monthly, since 1877. Among his published works are "Die Evangelien des Kirchenjahrs" (Philadelphia, 1870); "Brosamen yon des Herrn Tische" (1871); "Sonntagschulbuch des General-Concils," edited (1876) ; "Kirchenbuch des General-Coneils," edited (1877); "Amerikanische Beleuchtung" (1882); "Luther im Lied seiner Zeitgenossen" (Reading, Pennsylvania, 1883); "The Luther Jubilee in Philadelphia" (Philadelphia, 1884);" The General Council," in English and German (1885); "Phoebe, the Deaconess," in English and German (1885) ; "Faith and Life as represented by Martin Luther" (1887); "Liederlust" (Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1887) ; and a large number of sermons and addresses. He has for several years been engaged in the preparation of a complete "Life, Correspondence, and Works" of Charles P. Krauth, the Lutheran theologian.