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Short Stories Of The Hymns by Henry Kieffer “The purpose of this little book is to present to its readers some brief account of the origin and authorship of some of our more familiar hymns… to select from a very large amount of material which the author has for years past been gathering, a few of the more striking and interesting incidents connected with the composition of some of our best known Songs of Zion. “It is quite possible, truly, that this little book may traverse some ground already familiar to some of its readers, but it ... Read more Anecdotes of Providence Chapters include The Preservation of Life, Temporal Blessings, and Preservation from Danger, Conversion of Sinners, Relief of Mental Distress, Answers to Prayer, and Deliverance in Persecution. Level of Difficulty: Primer: No prior subject matter knowledge needed. Contents About the Lutheran Library Title Page Contents Index 1 The Preservation of Life 2 Bestowment of Temporal Blessings, and Preservation from Danger 3 The Conversion of Sinners 4 The Relief of Mental Distress 5 Answers to ... Read more 🎉 New Website for 2025 Summary (TL/DR) The Lutheran Library website has been updated for 2025. The biggest changes you may notice are better options for browsing and finding books. Why this change? The website has been created using Hugo, an underlying language for “static” web development. Hugo continues to undergo significant changes, rendering older versions obsolete. As the number of books in the Lutheran Library has increased, the version of Hugo we have been using has grown slower and slower on the 2013 ... Read more 🎁 If You Care To Help Your encouragement always means a lot to us. If you wish to help: Send a note when you think of it. It doesn’t have to be long or fancy! Tips of any amount bring a smile to our face. If you have a recent x or t series Thinkpad you’re not using and would like to gift to us, that would be a blessing. Keep us in your prayers. Most of all, pray that these books will find their way to those who are seeking them, whoever and wherever they may be. May the Lord bless all of us in this year to ... Read more The Lutheran Liturgy by Luther Reed “Public worship… is the privilege and responsibility of the Church. It must be ordered and administered. It is not an abstraction; it is a solemn transaction. It is faith in action. Times, place, forms, and musical settings must be provided. Reverence, dignity, beauty, and efficiency can best be attained by appropriate formality. The Church has thought much about these matters.” - From the Introduction: The Mind of the Church Level of Difficulty: Intermediate: Some prior subject matter ... Read more Consolation: Discourses to the Suffering Children of God by James Alexander The whole of Divine Truth may be regarded as a comfort to Christian disciples… We help the disheartened by… setting before his mind those great everlasting truths, the acceptation of which lays the basis for joy and peace. - From the Preface" Level of Difficulty: Primer: No prior subject matter knowledge needed. Contents About the Lutheran Library Titlepage Contents Preface 1 God’s Everlasting Mercy a Source of Consolation 2 The Providence of God a Ground of Consolation 3 The Same Subject ... Read more

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