Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher  (1796–1868), An Autobiography if you're are a reformed pastor or seminary student, Krummacher reader, church history buff, or devotional biography collector, this ministerial biography account traces F. W. Krummacher's formation from childhood through university to pastoral posts.
 
Krummacher's Autobiography is like a descriptive story—apparently his family didn't know that it existed until after his death. They regretted only that it extended to the year 1848.  You might be wondering why one man's ministry over another was so important. Krummacher was a minister to the crown as a Royal Court Preacher. 
 
This autobiography – Covers to the year 1848, with a Supplement and an Appendix which includes an address, letters, hymn, poem and last sermon. This book has 350 pages; its an affordable paperback. 
 
It contains his account of  the passing through the higher societies niceties like athletics and speaking with other learned souls in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek. However, his faith at first suffered because he was looking at Christ Historically and figuratively instead of deeming Him Lord of Lord's and walking in His steps.
 
This Holy Spirit teaching places him in a new life with Jesus and makes him a true gospel speaker for Christ. I wonder if this autobiography has been written for just such a purpose. Who doesn't want to make Christ known after finally understanding the message. And which of us can say we didn't have to go through turmoil to get there.
 
He says in the chapter Frankfurt-On-The-Maine that he would've buried himself in shame if he didn't see Christ—as Moses for his face shone—when the Lord talked to him. The Lord revealed Himself to him comforted, somewhat, and spurred him on to greater works.
 
He proceeded to speak to students over the space of four years where he says he was ashamed of his first sermon preached at the university of Jena. It appears in the university of Halle that he had discovered that only one other student saw the Joy that the gospel brings besides himself. He administered to this one student and thanked God for him. He wished that he had prayed for all. I guess this might apply to many are called but few find it could be the case.
 
He felt keen sorrow at leaving the fellowship of professors and the friends he'd gained by his congregation to become the top one chosen out of the majority to lead a church in Ruhrort, Germany.  He and his beloved wife settled into an independent ministry with just one preacher and began a different life. 
 
Apparently he was pretty popular because after that he had to decline some of his calls to preach in Barmen, Elberfeld, and then to Berlin where the author states being terribly troubled and humbled by trials as he stated he was humbled to dust as he took the step under a depressed state because he was unsure of Divine leading. God put him through trials then rewarded him with comfort as his ministry shifted.
 
Great trials create greater service as he founded the Evangelical Union while in Berlin and other such unions sprung up around them as people were aware the city was in danger. Ecumenically, the various churches formed an alliance as they stood in the breach and raised the cross to stemmy the issues of the day.