which hath been deduced from the Scripture concerning the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, we may answer the question, Whether God would have all men to be saved? with a confident, Yes. There is in him the most fervent desire, and the most earnest will that we all should be saved." He provides numerous texts to justify this position. He notes further that the Savior suffered the loss of glory and the pains of human life and death in order to save all people. Secondly, the Holy Ghost makes unwearyingly efforts to reprove the worldly for their sin. "Would God command all men every where to repent, and yet would not, that all men should be saved? Who can form such a thought of the God of Holiness and Truth?" In his last years, Spangenberg devoted special attention to the education of the young. He died at Berthelsdorf on September 18, 1792 and was buried in the God's Acre in Herrnhut. Works Idea fidei fratrum (Barby, 1782; translated into English by La Trobe under the title Exposition of Christian Doctrine, London, 1784) Declaration über die seither gegen uns ausgegangenen Beschuldigungen sonderlich die Person unseres Ordinarius (Zinzendorf) betreffend, a polemical work in defence of Zinzendorf (Leipzig, 1751) Apologetische Schlußschrift, a polemical work in defence of Zinzendorf (1752) Leben des Grafen Zinzendorf (3 vols., Barby, 1772-1774; abridged English translation, London, 1838) numerous hymns. Notes References This work in turn cites: Selbstbiographie (autobiography) J. Risler, Leben Spangenbergs (Barby, 1794) K. F. Ledderhose, Das Leben Spangenbergs (Heidelberg, 1846) Otto Frick, Beiträge zur Lebensgeschichte A.G. Spangenbergs (Halle, 1884) Gerhard Reichel (1906) “Spangenberg” in Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopädie 1704 births 1792 deaths Emmaus, Pennsylvania People from Nordhausen (district) Writers of the Moravian Church Moravian Church missionaries 18th-century Moravian bishops University of Jena alumni German Protestant missionaries