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Present and Future of our Church sparks strong reaction
In the Lutheran Visitor June 18 piece, O F Bansemer condemns the authorship as perilous to the General Synod, rails against progressive Lutheranism, and defends conservative German influence with references to churches from Savannah to Charleston, arguing true faith must resist modern reformers and keep a church tied to its traditional creed. He contrasts German settlement leaders and local congregations with the so‑called American Lutheran Church while warning of moral decline.
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Bro. Hawkins
Lutheran Church of
General Synod
South
Jeopdy
Lutheran Brethren
America
Patagonia
Esquimaux
Spiritists
New England
Isms
Funk
Funk & Wagenalls
New York
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Schmucker
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Stephani
Missouri Lutherans
B. Kurtz
Spirit of
Progress
Harms
Wynecken, Schmanowski
Geissenhainer
Wilmington
Mengert
Concord
Dreher
Charlotte
G. D. Bernheim
Columbia
Hazelius
J. B. Hort
Charleston
Bachman
Muller
Heckel
Wentworth Street
Mary Street
W. S. Bowman
Savannah
Barnwell
Valhalla
Augusta
Jacksonville
O. F. Bansemer
Richmond
Ohio
Peter
Florida
Norway
Maine
Connecticut
Chicago
San Francisco
Flattery
St. Louis
Germany
Bavaria
Hegel
North
Schopenhauer
Jesus
Christ
David