I just could not resist. After writing the story about Charles Hoffmann yesterday, I found a connection to another Charles Hoffmann for today’s post. Then, I realized that I had already written a story highlighting this other Charles Hoffmann back in 2020. So, since I have plans for attending church this morning, and I also … More Another Charles Hoffmann in Collinsville
I am going to take a break from writing a new post on this Easter Sunday. I know I have not only written the attached post, but I have re-posted it before, but I going to share it once again today. The post was originally published in 2017. Rev. C.F.W. Walther wrote the hymn, “He’s … More C.F.W.’s Easter Hymn – He’s Risen; He’s Risen
I am a day late. Yesterday, October 26, 2024, was the 100th anniversary of the cornerstone laying for the present-day campus of Concordia Seminary in the Clayton neighborhood of St. Louis. This special date was pointed out to me by a Facebook post made by the Concordia Historical Institute. Today, I plan to share with … More Seminary Cornerstone Centennial
One of the students who was part of the first class that attended the Log Cabin College in Alternburg in 1839 was a young girl named Lydia Buenger, who was called Liddy. Lydia was the daughter of Christiane Buenger, who I call Mama Buenger. She is the featured character in my book, Mama Buenger: Mother … More Another Liddy Buenger Namesake
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum recently received a wonderful donation. We now have a magnificent square grand piano which is on display. I am going to call it the Loebs/Schmidt piano. I will attempt to describe this piano’s provenance today. For museum’s, it is especially important to know history of an artifact. At our … More Pretty Piano’s Provenance
Posts on this blog are not often initiated by a date of death, but that is the case today. Rev. C.F.W. Walther’s beloved wife, Emilie, died on August 23, 1885. Emilie has been mentioned in several previous posts on this blog, but in this article, I will highlight some of the evidence we have of … More C.F.W. Walther’s Sweetheart
I rarely do a story that originates with the date of a baptism, but that will be the case today. This baptism was one of the first to occur in the German Lutheran settlement in East Perry County, Missouri. This baptism piqued my interest for a couple of reasons, one being the fact that this … More A Baptism on Paar in Perry
The summer of 1849 in St. Louis, Missouri, especially the month of July, bears a certain resemblance to the present-day coronavirus pandemic. A previous post on this blog described what was happening during the Cholera Epidemic that devastated that city and especially the Lutheran church located there, Old Trinity Lutheran Church. That post was titled, … More An Epidemic Survivor
Two passengers aboard ships that traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in 1838-1839 as part of the Gesellschaft were born on the Fourth of July. The first birthday they would celebrate in Perry County in 1839 would also be the 63rd birthday of America. It wouldn’t be until 1870 that the Fourth of July became an … More Born on the Fourth of July
He was a pastor, a professor, an author, a Synod president, an editor, a musician and hymn-writer, a theologian, a husband, a father, and even a cigar and pipe smoker. And today is the day when we commemorate the day of his death, May 7, 1887. His name was Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, but he … More Follow Him in His Victorious Faith
