Background
Long, Simon Peter was born on October 7, 1860 in McZena, Ohio, United States. Son of George and Margaret (Merkling) Long.
Long, Simon Peter was born on October 7, 1860 in McZena, Ohio, United States. Son of George and Margaret (Merkling) Long.
Bachelor of Arts, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, 1883, Master of Arts, 1886. Theological course, Columbus and Philadelphia. Studied Shoemaker Oratorical School.
(Doctor of Divinity, Wittenberg College, 1909, Susquehanna University, 1909).
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1886. Pastor Loudonville, O., 1886-1890, Massillon, O., 1890-1893, Columbus, 1893-1903. President Lima College, Ohio, 1898-1903.
Pastor First Church, Mansfield, O., 1903-1918, Wicker Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, October since 1918.
President Wittenberg Synod, 1909. Tendered presidency of Lenoir College, Hickory, North Carolina, and called to First Lutheran Church, Los Angeles, 1915, but his congregation refused to let him accept either position.
President Chicago Lutheran Bible School, 1927. Lectured throughout United States, 1917, in interest of 400th anniversary of the Reformation of 16th Century.
Author: Prepare to Meet Thy God, 1894.
The Wounded Word, 1903. The Great Gospel, 1904. The Eternal Epistle, 1908.
The Way Made, 1908.
Prophetic Pearls, 1913. The Crime Against Christ and What I Owe to My Church, 1923. My Lord and My Life (an autobiography including a trip to Jerusalem and 18 countries), 1925.
Wrote a reply to R. G. Ingersoll, called “Bob’s Bible”.
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Clara Alice Marion, May 12, 1887. Children: Margaret Adaline, Clara Martha, Mary (deceased), Naomi Norma, Loy Luther (deceased), Ruth Antoina.