. The story of John Frederic Oberlin. THE PILGRIM PRESS BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO Copyright, 1909By Augustus F. Beard THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, T^ PREFACE HE story of John Frederic Oberlin,? written in French, was published inStrasburg in 1831, five years after hisdeath. The author, D. E. Stoeber, a lawyer, afriend of Oberlin, was in his youth a studentunder his instruction and for several years amember of his household. In the preparation ofhis biography he had the assistance of MadameRauscher, Oberlins daughter, whose husband hadsucceeded Oberlin in his pastorate, with full ac-ce
. The story of John Frederic Oberlin. THE PILGRIM PRESS BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO Copyright, 1909By Augustus F. Beard THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, T^ PREFACE HE story of John Frederic Oberlin,? written in French, was published inStrasburg in 1831, five years after hisdeath. The author, D. E. Stoeber, a lawyer, afriend of Oberlin, was in his youth a studentunder his instruction and for several years amember of his household. In the preparation ofhis biography he had the assistance of MadameRauscher, Oberlins daughter, whose husband hadsucceeded Oberlin in his pastorate, with full ac-cess to his complete and careful diary of morethan sixty years, and whatever writings wereleft by Oberlin. In his preface he says: I amgoing to relate his life with sincerity and family of Oberlin, to which I have beenbound by fraternal friendship for nearly fortyyears, has been kind enough to confide numerousmanuscripts of the illustrious deceased to me;other friends have furnished me notes; my ownremembrances have done th
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