Memoirs of Rev. Jacob Goering, Rev. George Lochman, and Rev. Benjamin Kurtz (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of Rev. Jacob Goering, Rev. George Lochman, and Rev. Benjamin Kurtz I have been asked to write brief memoirs of three devoted servants of the Lord in our American Lutheran Church, whose active labors in her ministry extended through more than three-quarters of a century, viz., from 1775 to 1865. Rev. Messrs. Jacob Goering, Geoege Lochman and Benjamin Kurtz were all men of mark, distinguished among their cotemporaries for their learning, their warm attachment to the Lutheran Church, and their zealous labors in her behalf. And each of them embodied in himself, to a great extent, and represented a distinct phase of our church-life. To estimate properly their real worth, and the influence they exerted in giving tone and character to the Church in their day, we must familiarize ourselves with the condition of things in our Lutheran Zion at that time, and also with its relation to surrounding denominations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.