Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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.iW ' ilr-SI: gladly took up the work and for thirty-three years he lahored in that congregation. Seven years ago he left Immanuel, and since then he has assisted in many other con- gregations. Moreover, it has not been only in such direct work that Professor Hattstaedt has labored in the Lord ' s kingdom, nor has his activity been confined to the pulpit and the professor ' s chair. He has written A Manual of the History of the Literature of the German Nation, a very serviceable and practical work, that has become standard not only in our own colleges and seminaries, but also in institutions outside the pale of the Missouri Synod and the Lutheran Church. Another work, only lately com- pleted, that Professor Hattstaedt has written is a comprehensive grammar of the German language for secondary schools and colleges. Before we close we must call attention to another phase of Professor Hattstaedt ' s activity. Because of his long pedagogic experience, he has been appointed to the com- mittee for the examination of German text-books published by the S nod as well as to the committee for the revision of the hymnal, a work now completed. On both these committees Professor Hattsteadt has done excellent work. Thus he has grown gray in the Lord ' s service, thus for forty years he has labored self-sacrificingly that the cause of the kingdom of God be advanced, and its course speeded ; and now may the Giver of Life grant him many more years of fruitful effort, ere He call him to his Heavenly Home, there to receive the praise of the Master face to face, Well done, thou good and faithful servant! SALV ATION UNTO US HAS COME (Continued from Page 61) world, of the utter futility of all human works, of masses, of pilgrimages, of indulg- ences, and self-inflicted penances. Proceeding, he told of the salvation of that dying thief on the cross, of Paul ' s conversion, of St. Augustine ' s, of his own. And with his words the Holy Ghost entered those starved souls and filled them with the peace that passes all understanding, so when the doctor finished with Though all thy flesh should cry out. Nay, Receive the Word of God today, And thou needst fear no evil. the sufferer confessed reverently, I believe and with a smile on his face went to meet his Savior. The doctor turned to apprise the woman of her husband ' s death, as he did so relighting his candle, — a gust of wind had extinguished it long before, but in the enthusiasm of his discourse the doctor had failed to notice it — but the word was never spoken, for as he stepped near he saw that her soul also had left its house of clay, and with her husband ' s was winging its way to the bosom of the Savior, where there would be no more sorrow, or tears, or cold, or sickness, or fear, or death. Tenderly the doctor pressed the eyelids of both closed, and stepped outside the door. The moon had sunk into its bed in the west, and the darkness was so intense that it coidd almost be felt. His poor horse was almost frozen, but the doctor took no thought of these things. His thankful heart poured out psalms of praise, that God had made him the humble instrument of his good and gracious will. The gray dawn was reddening in the east, as he slowly made his way into Koenigsberg, and The new sun rose, bringing a new year. [631

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