Luck, JoiiANN Philipp, a German theologian, was born at Erbach Aug. 28, 1728. In 1745 he entered the University of Jena. In 1750 he became preacher at Giitterbach; two years later, town -pastor at Michel- stadt ; in 1757, assessor of the Consistory ; two years af- terwards, counsellor of the same; and in 1781 was ap- pointed court-preacher. He died Nov. 8, 1791. Well posted in all branches of theology, especially in Church history, familiar with the French, and furnished with the gift of eloquence, he was a most active and efficient worker for the preservation of the moral and religious principles of the Reformation. As a commentator, he was an opponent of the innovations of Bahrdt. The best of his works in this line are his Erlauterungen des v.— M M
Briefes Pauli an die Gemeinen zu Galatien (Jena, 1753, 4to) : — Erlauterungen des Briefes Pauli an die Romer (ibid. 1753, 4to). See Dciring, Gelehrte Theol. Deutsch- lands, vol. ii, s. v.
Liicke, Gottfried Christian Frieurich, an em- inent German theologian, was born at Egeln, near Mag- deburg, August 23, 1781. He studied theology at the universities of Halle and Gottingen. In 1813 he be- came lecturer in the latter university, and in 1816 went to Berlin University, and there lectured on the exegesis of the N. T. Here he became intimate with De Wette and Schleicrmacher, whose views greatly influenced the remainder of his career as a theologian. In 1818 he was, at the same time as Gieseler, appointed professor at the newly-established University of Bonn, and in 1827 became professor of theology at Gottingen. He died in that city Feb. 14, 1855. He wrote Commentatio deEcclesia Chrisiianorum aposiolica (Gotting.l813,4to) : — Ueher den neiitestavi. Kanon des Eusehius von Cdsarea (Berlin, 181G, 8vo) : — Grundriss d. neutcstam. Hermeneih tik u. ihrer Gesch. (Gcitting. 1817, 8vo) : — Commentar.ii, d. Schriften d. Evavfjelisten Johannes (Bonn, 1820-32, 4 vols. 8vo; 3d edit. 1843-56; transl. into English under the title Commentary on the Epistles of St. John, Edinb. 1837, 12mo) : — Quasiiones ac vindicim Didymiance (Got- tingen, 1829, 4 parts, 4to). He also took part with De Wette and Schleiermacher in the publication of the Theologische Zeitschrift (Berlin, 1819-22, 3 parts, 8vo), and with Gieseler in that of the Zeitschrift fur gehildete Christen (Elberfeld, 1823 and 1824, 4 parts 8vo). He also contributed some valuable articles to the Theolog. Studien u. Ki'itiken. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gener. xxxii, 1G5; Pierer, Universal-Lexikon, x, 5G9; Herzog, i?eo/- Encyklop. viii, 525 sq. ; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. ii, 1879 ; Kitto, Cycluj}. ofBihl. Lit. ii, 8^60.
Luckenbach, Abraham, a Moravian missionary among the Delaware tribe of the North American In- dians, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., May 5, 1777 ; en- tered Nazareth Hall, a boy's boarding-school at Nazareth, Pa.; taught there in 1797, and in 18C0 became a mis- sionary, " and labored as such with great faithfulness at various stations for fortj'-three years, when he retired to Bethlehem, where he died, March 8, 1854." Lucken- bach edited the second edition of Zeisberger's Delaicare Hymn-book, and published in the Delaware language Select O.-T. Scripture Narratives. See De Schweinitz, Life and Times of David Zeisherger, p. 659.
Luckey, Sajiuel, D.D., a noted minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Rensselaer- ville, Albany County, N. Y., April 4, 1791 ; entered the ministry- in 1811, at Ottawa, Lower Canada ; from 1812- 16, inclusive, labored at Dutchess, Montgomery, Sarato- ga, and Pittstown, and in 1817-18 in the city of Troy, in 1819 he was at Rhinebeck, and in 1820-21 at Sche- nectady, where he received from LTnion College the de- grees of master of arts and of doctor of divinity. The next ten years of his life were spent at New Haven, Brooklyn, Albany, and as presiding elder on the New Haven District. In 1822 he became principal of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y., where he remained four years. At the General Conference of 1836 he was a delegate, and was elected editor of The Christian A dvocate and Journed at New York. At that time the office involved the senior editorship of the Book Room. After an honorable service of four years he re- turned to the itinerancy, first for a time at Duane Street, New York, and in 1842 was again transferred to the Genesee Conference. From this time to the daj^ of his death (Oct. 11,1869) he remained in Western New York, residing mostly in Rochester City, but filling the offices of presiding elder, pastor, and chaplain of the IMonroe County Penitentiarj', in which latter position he served for nine years, bestOAving great labor on the reclamation of the fallen. Dr. Luckey had also the honor to be ap- pointed in 1847 one of the regents of the State LTniver- sitv. He wrote an excellent treatise on the Sacrament
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of the Lord's Supper, a work on the Trinity (a respecta- ble V2mo volume, which gained tor liim a wide repute for theological acumen and polemic tact), and a small volume oi Ethic Hijmns and Scriptural Lessons for Chil- dren. The hymns, which are original and not without merit, are rhythmical paraphrases of Scripture, mostly of the Psalms. " Dr. Luckey was a man of no ordinary power of intellect. For depth of penetration and soimd- ness of judgment he had few superiors. His knowledge of the forms and principles of law, both civil and eccle- siastical, was quite extensive. He was a thorough Meth- odist, and with the genius and historic development of his Church he was as familiar as with the alphabet. He long stood among the magnates of his people, and his history is woven in the history of his Church." See Conf. 'Minutes, 1870, p. 280 sq.