Today is the birthday of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (except that was not its original name). First of all, let me say that Perry County is not where the Missouri Synod started. In fact, you could argue that many folks in Perry County fought against the formation of a synod, and there are no churches … More Keepers and Tellers
April 20, 1841 was the second day of the Altenburg Debate. The two debaters, Adolph Marbach and Rev. C.F.W. Walther, decided on April 15th that there was the need for another day in order to debate further issues, so they set April 20th for their second day. They once again met at the Log Cabin … More The Altenburg Debate – Day 2
Just a matter of days before the Altenburg Debate in 1841, John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States. He ascended from his position as Vice President after President William Henry Harrison died after serving only 32 days in office. The story goes that President Harrison got sick after speaking for nearly two … More A President and a President-to-Be
One hundred seventy-five years ago, the Altenburg Debate began. The debate took place over two days, April 15 and April 20 in 1841, and it took place in the location pictured above where a monument has been placed to mark the spot where the Log Cabin College was originally constructed. It is my honor to … More The Altenburg Debate…..What Does This Mean?
Today is Maundy Thursday, a day to remember the institution of the Lord’s Supper. We thought it would be a good day to highlight a very precious artifact which was part of the 1838-1839 immigration. That artifact would be the Communion Chalice that is property of Trinity Lutheran Church here in Altenburg. Following are some … More A Sacramental Artifact
In the course of my research on the members of the first students at the Log Cabin College, I sometimes refer to the children of those first students as their second generation. On March 8, 1984, the last of the second generation, Marie Brackman, died in Puyallup, Washington. Her story is an amazing one. Here … More Last of the Second Generation: A Story of Two Maries
Rev. Paul Gotthilf Loeber, pictured lower middle) died on March 7, 1960. His father and grandfather were Lutheran pastors. His grandfather, Gotthold, was the first pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. His father, Christoph Heinrich, was the second pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. His son, Paul Edward Loeber was a chaplain during … More Perpetual Pastors
On March 1, 1916, one hundred years ago, Rev. Ernst Gustav Hermann Miessler (pictured above) died in Chicago, Illinois. He is known for his missionary work among the Chippewa Indians in central Michigan. His first wife, Johanna Pinkepank Miessler, is buried in the Bethany Lutheran Indian Cemetery. She died in 1857. Rev. Miessler changed professions … More Missionary in Michigan
The March 7, 1848 issue of Der Lutheraner contained this article: “This past Sexagesima Sunday and the day after [February 27-28] the local German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession had the pleasure of being able to dedicate its newly constructed second church in the northern part of the city. The church has … More The Second St. Louis Lutheran Church (LCMS)
The research team at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum was experiencing some difficulty searching for the death records of a Carl Wunderlich who apparently died sometime in 1849. He had married in August of 1848 and his “widow” remarried in February of 1850. We finally had a “Eureka” moment when we realized that Rev. … More More Holes…and Some Handwriting
