Innehåll: The Early Years; The Student Years; The Young Pastor; Planning Emigration; Founding of the Lindsborg Settlement; The Pioneer Church; Early Publication Projects; Plans for Negro and Indian Missions; Public Offices; Synodical Interests; Champion of Lutheranism; First Tour of Europe; Promoter of Higher Music; Father of Benevolent Institutions; Solicitor for Augustana College; Bereavement and Consolation; An Interval; The Christian Thinker; The Literary Career; In Cathedra and Pulpit; The College President; Resting from his Labors; A Composite Portrait; Index; Sources; Acknowledgments.