Addresses and Prayers

Published under the title Ansprachen und Gebete just about a year after the death of C.F.W. Walther (1811-1887), the first president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, this collection relates some of his exhortations and greetings to those who were joining one of his four congregations in St. Louis. The addresses often delineate the rights and duties of congregational membership as well as giving a glimpse at the conditions faced by this fledgling church in a new country. Prayers for his voters' assembly also grant us a view of the heartfelt concerns and needs of the Lutheran congregation in the nineteenth century. ISBN: 978-0-9822523-4-5