him. The charge of being "pro-German" was a serious one at that time in the opinion of many Americans during the highly emotional days of 1917–18. Nuelsen was attacked in some American church papers. Even some of his Episcopal brethren were not too understanding of the situation in which he found himself. During the last period of the war he was in fact forbidden to travel, being immobilized in Switzerland for long months. A further complication was the fact that the conferences under his care were divided between nations on the side of Germany and nations on the side of the Allies. Selected writings Jugend, Kirche und Statt, 1896. Die Bedeutung Des Evangeliums Johannes, 1903. Das Leben Jesu in Wortlaut der vier Evangelien., 1904 John Wesley, Ausgewahlte Predigten, 1905. Luther the Leader (Men of the Kingdom Series), 1906. Some Recent Phases of German Theology, 1908. John Wesley and the German Hymn: A Detailed Study of John Wesley's Translations of Thirty-Three German Hymns, Methodismus und Weltmission, 1913. Assistant editor, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Chicago: Howard Severance Co., 1915. Address: Book of Devotions, 1916. Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère, 1929. References Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948. Price, Carl F., Compiler and editor: Who's Who in American Methodism, New York: E.B. Treat & Co., 1916. Short, Roy Hunter, Bp., History of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church 1939–1979, Nashville, Abingdon, 1980. Steckel, Karl: Geschichte der Evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche, 1982 (German) Methodism: Ohio Area (1812–1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962). See also List of bishops of the United Methodist Church 1867 births 1946 deaths People from Zürich Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church Swiss emigrants to the United States American theologians Seminary academics American biographers American sermon writers Central Wesleyan College (Missouri) alumni University of Halle alumni Methodist writers American historians of religion People from Berea, Ohio Christianity in Omaha, Nebraska