Stunz, S. S., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Albion, Erie Co., Pa., March 26, 1828, and united with the Church in his thirteenth year. He was licensed to preach in 1850, and grad- uated from the Allegheny College, June, 1><54. In July of the same year he united with the Erie Conference; and while tilling his last appointment, acted as princi- pal of Carrier .Seminary, In 1869 he received a super- numerary relation and took up his residence in James- town, N, Y., where he died, Oct, 30, 1870, See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1871, p. 178,
Sturge, JosErii, an eminent member of the Society of Friends in England, was born at IClbirlon, in the County of (ilouccster, Aug. 2, 1793, Early in life he entered upon mercantile pursuits, in which he achieved great success. As corn - factors, the firm of J, & C. Sturge secured a distinction not surpassed by any other firm in (ireat Britain. He was a prime mover in many reform and philanthropic movements, and was associ- ated with some of tlie most distinguished ])hilanihro- pists of his day. In the House of Commons he repre- sented Birmingham, Nottingiiam, and Leeds, and was alwaj'S foinid on the si<le of truth and righteousness. He was an earnest advocate for the entire alirogation of capital punishment. He labored for an improve- ment in the discipline of prisons. He was a warm friend of tlie temperance cause, going so far as to refuse to sell his barley for malting (lurposcs. He was also the promoter of the Sabl)alh-school movement in the Society of Friends, But the two great oiijecls which, for thirty vears of ids life, secured the unflagging inter- est of .Foseph Sturge were the abolition of slaverj' and the promotion of |)erinanent and universal peace. The result ofiiie long-continued labors of the friends of free- dom in England was the proclamation of unconditional liberty to every slave in all her colonial possessions, the same to take effect Aug. 1, ltS3«. His advocacy of peace on Christian principles gave him a reputation throughout the civilized world. His efforts in the di-
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rection of a submission of nntionnl difficulties to arbi- tration rather tlinn to the sword are well known. He promoted and arranged, in conjunction with like spirits with himself, the peace congresses which were lield an- niiallv from IHIH to 1«.')2 at lirussels, I'aris, Frankfort, London, and Kdinburgh. The intluence of these pub- lic gatherings of the friends <.<{ peace was widely ex- tended and of the most benelicial character. In labors like these Joseph Sturge devoted the busy years of a life reaching on to nearly threescore years and ten. He died in Birmingham, Knglaml, May 14, 18.39. See Memoir, bv Tract .\ssociation of Friends (Philadelphia). (J. C. S.) '
Sturges, .\i.KitKD G Ai.i.ATiN,a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at L'niontown, Pa., IMarch 11, 1813. He experienced religion in 182!l, was licensed to exhort and subseipiently to preach in 18:52. admitted on trial in the Pittsburg C'lmference in 1833, and appointed to Gus- tavus Circuit, Warren District. In 1834 he was appoint- ed to .Salem Circuit; in 1835 was admitted into full con- nection, and appointed to Erie station; in 1836, to Hud- son Circuit; in l«37, to Painsville Circuit; in 1838-9, to Kavenna Circuit; in 1840-41, to Warren; in 1842, to Poland Circuit; in 1843, to Youngstown; in 1844, to Meadville, where, on account of ill-health, he was com- pelled to desist from labor. He died Nov. 4, 184.5. Mr. Sturges possessed talents of a superior order as a min- ister. The high estimate in which he was held may be seen from the fact that for six years in succession he was elected to the responsible office of conference sec- retarv. .See Mimtles of Annual Conferences, iv, 53. (J. L. S.)
Sturm, Christoph Christian, was born at Augs- burg, .lan.2,j, 174(1, and studied at .Jena and Halle. From Halle, where he preached lirst, he was called to Magde- burg, where he finally became the pastor primarius of St. Peter's. He died at Hamburg, Aug. 2G, 1780. Sturm is the author of a number of devotional books and hymns. One of his hymns. Aiifirf/nwlen, (lufrstandcn, has been translated into Knglish by N. L. F., in the Afonthli/ lie- lir/ioiis MiKjiizine, 18G5, xxxiii, 202: "Christ is risen, Christ is risen." One of his works has been translated into most of Ihe European languages, and is known in English under the title of lie flections on the Works of God (often printed). For others, see Herzog, Renl-Kncyklop. 8. v.; Hoefer, Xour. liiofj. (lenerule, s. v. See also Wi- ner, //iiniWur/t der Iheohxj. lAteraiur (index) ; Zuchold, Jiihl. ThciiL ii, 1292; Theohtfj. U nirersal-Lexikon, s. v.; Koch, (Ivsch. </. deulsrhvn Kirclienliedes, vi, 357 sq. ; Re- gensburger Conversiitioiis-Lea-ikon, s. v. ; Federsen, /Sturm^s Leben urul Charakler (Hamburg, 178G). (B. P.)
Sturm OF Fri.i>A, a disciple of Boniface, and first abbcit cif Fulda, belonged Uj a noble family living in the province of Xaiificum (Havaria), and was born A.I). 710. His parent*, intluenceil by Boniface, devoted their son to the Church, and placed him under the care of that missicnary. He now travelled with his preceptor for a time, and then retired into the Monastery of Fritzlar, to engage in scientific study of the Holy Scriptures and the doctrines of the Christian faith under Wigliert. In 733 he was consecrated to the priesthood, and at once began to engage in missionary labors among the sur- rounding heathen comminiilies. His leading purpose wasihe dissemination of (Jospcl truih and the introduc- tion of the Christian worship; but he was also earnest in the cultivation of a higher morality among his hearers. After three years of successful labors, however, he felt .bimwlf constrained to enter u|)on a life of greater au- sterity. Itonifacc apjiroved of his design, and directed him, for it» realization, as well as for the nccomiilish- ment of an inteniion of his own to found a large mon- amery beyond the reach of danger through incursions of the .Saxons, to exjilore the country for a suita- ble Nile on whicli to erect a religious esiablishment. Accompanied by two associates, Sturm entered the un- known wilderness, and in three days found a place whicli