HARMS, Ca&us, a distinguished German divine, was b. May 25, 1778, at Fahrstedt, iu South Ditmarsch. In 1797 he went to the gymnasium at Meldorf,-and. in 1790 to the university of Kiel. The rationaligni of the time, in had been-to some extent educated, failed to give him satisfaction; and Schleiermacher's Redo?, n'ber die Religion at last settled his faith. After supporting himself as family tutor from 1802 till 1806, lie was appointed dean of Lundell, in Northern Ditmarsch, whence he was called, in 1816, to Kiel, as archdeacon and afternoon-preacher in the Nicolai-kirche. Next year, shortly before the tricentenary of the reformation in Germany, he issued, in delense of Protes tant orthodoxy, 95 theses under the title, Des rind die 95 Theses oder Strelleatze Dr. Luther's. These produced a deep impression throughout Germany, and brought him a call to be bishop of the consistory about to be instituted for the Protestant church of Russia. This, as well as a call in 1884 to succeed Schleiermacher in Trinity church,
Berlin, Harms refused. In 1835 he was made chief pastor and provost in Kid, but was compelled to resign, in consequence of an attack of almost total blindness. The rest of his life was spent in retirement, devoted .to literary activity. Ile died Feb. 1, 1855. Harms's published works are chiefly sermons, which may be reckoned among the best specimens of modern pulpit eloquence in Germany. Of these, the most famous are his Winlerposlille (1808, Gte Anti. 1846) and Sommerposlille (1815, Gte Anti. 1846), to which a new series was added—Neue Winlerposlille (1826) and "Vette Sommerposlille (1827).—On Harms's life may be consulted Dorner's Miller der Erinnerung an das jubiliium von Harms (1842), and Harms's Lebensbesehreibang teVassl von Mat selbst (1851).