Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915 . ro. Strickler was a tender-hearted man and was often quiteemotional in his preaching. His relatives say he was not a greatpreacher, but that his tears, while preaching, caused more conver-sions than did his preaching. He had an amiable nature; he wassociable with the people and gave them good pastoral care. Dur-ing his illness his mind was steady. He was an incarnation of pa-tience and of resignation. By the grace of God he was able, in themidst of intense suffer
Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915 . ro. Strickler was a tender-hearted man and was often quiteemotional in his preaching. His relatives say he was not a greatpreacher, but that his tears, while preaching, caused more conver-sions than did his preaching. He had an amiable nature; he wassociable with the people and gave them good pastoral care. Dur-ing his illness his mind was steady. He was an incarnation of pa-tience and of resignation. By the grace of God he was able, in themidst of intense suffering, to praise God with a loud voice, sayingrepeatedly, How blessedly true Christianity is in life, but howmuch more in sickness. Hallelujah! Thus ended his life invictory. CONRAD TRAMER (1824-1902) This brother was born in Hemschack, Baden, Germany, , 1824, and peacefully departed this life in Mishawaka, Ind.,March 22, 1902. His body was laid to rest in Crown Hill Ceme-tery, Indianapolis, Ind. He was survived by his second wife, 2 sonsand 5 daughters. He was the youngest of ten children. His first 293 INDIANA CONFERENCE. CONRAD TRAMER marriage was with Elizabeth Pfle-ger in Cleveland, 0., in 1847, thesame year in which he came toAmerica with his mother. To themwere born eight children. Here heand his wife and mother came un-der the influence of the Gospel ofChrist in the labors of Rev. C. , pastor of Cleveland chargeof the Evangelical Gospel seed took root, and in1851 they were all converted toGod and joined our church, andcontinued faithful to the end. Hewas licensed to preach by the OhioConference in 1856, and was or-dained deacon and elder. He was reared in the Luther-an Church and obtained the usualcatechetical instruction besidesother schooling. He obtained a fair German education. After hewas converted he became active in the work of the EvangelicalAssociation. He soon felt that God wanted him as a herald of thecross. He did not hesitate long
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