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church on the north side furnishing the
music
Services will begin at $50 o'clock.
a children's choir of 500 voices
win render eight selections. two of
which will be in German and two in
two hundred voices will also sing in
the afternoon. The Rev. w. A. Brauer
of st. Johns church Will have charge
OF the afternoon services. Prof. Ed
ward Koehler of the Lutheran Teach
ers seminary at Addison. Ill. will adj
dress the audience in German, and the
Rev. j. Bopp of Whiting will deliver
the English grafton.
Impressive Evening Service.
Another impressive service win be
conducted at 7:15 p. m. fifteen minutes
earlier than announced at first. Rev.
f. r. Schuelke of Hobart will offciate
at this service. There will be some
grand, inspiring chorus singing in the
evening. Sing unto the Lord" by C.
Wonnberger, and THE Lords Prayer
by c. II. Rink will be rendered by the
mixed choruses. Elm Feste Burg" the
famous Lutheran battle hymn, will be
sung by the congregation. Prof. NJ.
Luecke. president of Concordia college,
Fort Wayne, Ind. will preach the ser
| mon. Profs. All Wolkenhauer of Ho-
bart and r. Kosche of Whiting will
preside at the organ. Prof. c.. w.
| Lins emann of Hammond will act as
musical director.
| Had Splendid Career.
| Or. Walther was born at Langen
chursdorf. a village in Saxony, Germa-
l
university he was graduated with the
highest honors In the autumn of 1895
he preached his farewell sermon to a
weeping congregation and left his ma
tive country He arrived at New Or
leans. jan 5. 1899 in the company OF
| about 500 Saxon immigrants who wish
| ed to enjoy the religious liberty which
the constitution guarantees to all cfti-
| zens. Walther had a great task to dc
in the western hemisphere. The scat
| tered Lutherans were gathered intc
congre cations and the congregation:
| were gathered into a synod, the SYNOD
OF Missouri, Ohio and other states
| which was organized at Chicago April
26. 1s47. with Walther as the frs
president. He discharged the duties o
| president of this synod from 1s47 tt
1850. and again from 1864 to 1878. Th
small mustard seed planted in thos'
days has grown since into a large tre'
extending its branches not only owe
the whole United States. but ais,
| reaching into Canada Brazil, Europe
Asia and Australia. That synod mum
bers now about 10000 souls in 2.7o
congregations with more than 200
pastors, and about 10000 school chill
dren in 2,130 parochial schools.
Was a Great Teacher.
When Concordia seminary which ha.
its humble beginning in a rude 10,
cabin in the wilderness of Perry coun
~. Ohio. was moved to st. Louis II
1s49. Walther was elected professor 0
doctrinal theology and president of tn
faculty. For thirty-six years he in
structed hundreds of theological stu
dents with untiring zeal and fidelity
| Fortunate, indeed. were those younl
men who enjoyed the privilege of re
| ceiving instruction from this great di
vine. He was very talented and wei
| educated man, a wonderful teacher, a
| eloquent preacher who never failed t
make deep and permanent impressio
upon his audience, and model Chris
tian unto himself, practicing what h
preached. He departed this life peace
| fully May T. 1887