Career
From 1871, he served at the rectory in Hamm, where in 1872 he became district school superintendent (Kreischulinspektor). In 1883, he was appointed director of the minister"s seminary in Herborn. From 1890 to 1913, he was a professor of practical theology to the Evangelical Theological Faculty at the University of Bonn.
He was co-editor of Halte was du hast ("Hold what you have"), a magazine of pastoral theology.
A few of his better known written works are:
Die Lehre von der kirchlichen Erziehung nach evangelischen Grundsätzen (Doctrine of religious education according to evangelical principles), 1897. Einführung in die praktische Theologie (Guide to practical theology), 1914.
