I had a 1943 Catechism at one time - $10. |
I am looking for the German Gausewitz Catechism and the original English one - not any of the improved versions.
Copies are probably around old church cupboards. In Canada I found German materials in the files of the new building. Congregations do not always clean up completely.
I think it would be useful to make them both available, at least as e-books.
Some Gausewitz history can be found here.
"Despite the heavy work load described previously, Gausewitz went to work and by 1917 the Catechism in both languages was available at the Northwestern Publishing House."
http://www.wlsessays.net/files/FredrichGausewitz.pdf
Notice how smoothly WELS improved and expanded Gausewitz,replaced with Kuske's UOJ Small Catechism for A Large Price, and kicked Gausewitz under the bus. |