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Charles Armond Miller: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Charles Armond Miller, pastor of College church, Salem, Va., was born March 7, 1864. His primary education was conducted under the personal care of his father. Rev. Dr. J. I.
Miller, Charles Armond
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
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Matthias Loy: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Professor Matthias Loy, D.D. The subject of this sketch was born of German parents in Cumberland Co., Pa., in 1828. He was educated at Harrisburg, Pa., and Columbus, Ohio.
Matthias Loy
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
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Samuel Laird: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Samuel Laird, D.D. The Rev. Samuel Laird, D. D., was born on the 7th of February, 1835, in New Castle Co., Del. When about six years of age his parents removed to Philadelphia, where he continued to live until after entering the ministry.
Samuel Laird
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
3 min read
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Emanuel Greenwald: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Emanuel Greenwald, D. D. Emanuel Greenwald, D. D. was “a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.” He was a good boy, this carpenter’s son, born January 13, 1811, who grew to man’s estate in quiet Frederick, Md.
Emanuel Greenwald
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
6 min read
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Charles William Schaeffer: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Charles William Schaeffer, D.D., LL.D., the son of the Rev. Solomon Frederick Schaeffer, was born in Hagerstown, Md., May 5, 1813. His father was at the time the pastor of St.
Charles William Schaeffer
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
4 min read
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James Allen Brown: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. James Allen Brown, D.D. James Allen, the son of James and Ann Brown, was born in Drumore township, Lancaster county, Pa., February 19, 1821. Both parents were Quakers, and the early years of their five sons and two daughters were passed amid the duties and toils incident to the farmer’s life.
James Allen Brown
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
11 min read
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Theophilus Stork: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Theophilus Stork, D.D. As to its external facts and changes, Dr. Stork’s life may be easily told. Eternity alone can unfold the full extent of the work he did.
Theophilus Stork
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
6 min read
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Beale Melanchthon Schmucker: A Biographical Sketch
About Rev. Beale M. Schmucker, D.D. Rev. Dr. Schmucker came of a ministerial family. Both his father and grandfather were clergymen, and the connections of the family with the Schaeffers, the Sprechers, the Geissenhainers and Sadtlers represented some of the best known ministerial names of our church in this country.
Beale Melanchthon Schmucker
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
13 min read
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Benjamin Kurtz: A Biographical Sketch
About Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, D.D., LL.D. Dr. Benjamin Kurtz came to Baltimore in August, 1833, to assume the editorial charge of the Lutheran Observer. He was at this time a widower and not in vigorous health.
Benjamin Kurtz
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
3 min read
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John Gottlieb Morris: A Biographical Sketch
About John Gottlieb Morris Rev. John Gottlieb Morris, D.D., LL. D., was born in York, Pa., Nov. 14, 1803. He was graduated at Dickinson College in 1823, studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823-26, and at Gettysburg Seminary in 1827, being a member of the first class in the latter institution, and was licensed to preach in 1827.
John Gottlieb Morris
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
4 min read
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Charles Porterfield Krauth: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Charles Porterfield Krauth, Jr., D.D., LL.D. The ancestors of Dr. Charles Porterfield Krauth, on his father’s side, were of German descent. His grandfather, Charles J. Krauth, came to this country as a young man before the close of the last century, and became teacher and organist in the service of the German Reformed church.
Charles Porterfield Krauth
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
32 min read
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William A. Passavant: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. William A. Passavant, Sr., D.D. Rev. William Alfred Passavant, D. D., was born at Zelienople, Butler Co., Pa., Oct. 9, 1821. He was graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1840, and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Pittsburg, Pa.
William A. Passavant
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
8 min read
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Henry Eyster Jacobs: A Biographical Sketch
Rev. Henry E. Jacobs, D.D. Rev. Henry Eyster Jacobs, D. D., was born at Gettysburg, Pa., on November 10, 1844, of Lutheran parentage, his father being at the time Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Pennsylvania College.
Henry Eyster Jacobs
Last updated on 24 Nov 2023
7 min read
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The Autobiography of Rev. Joseph Hamilton Fesperman
Those who struggle with the loneliness of dark days or the isolating pain of chronic illness may find gentle solace in the the thoughts of this dear brother in Christ.
Joseph Fesperman
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John Burns: The Hero of Gettysburg by Edmund Jacob Wolf [Journal Article]
“Let us see to it by the spirit of eternal vigilance that America continue to produce a race of men like John Burns, and our place in the forefront of the great world powers will be held as long as the granite and bronze of this monument, here dedicated to personal heroism and valor.
Edmund Jacob Wolf
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Sayings of Charles Porterfield Krauth
This little book consists of pithy selections from the biography of Charles Krauth. “Every sincere Christian should know Krauth.” This Lutheran Library “short” is taken from the two volume biography of Charles Krauth published by Adolph Spaeth.
Charles Porterfield Krauth
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The Foreign Mission Work of Pastor Louis Harms and the Church at Hermansburg by Emanuel Greenwald
“A single congregation can sustain an entire mission. There is no grander spectacle in the history of the whole Church, than this noble work of that one congregation of plain peasant Lutherans at Hermansburg…
Emanuel Greenwald
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