Today in History (January 2): 1750 F. A. C. Muhlenburg, Lutheran pastor and statesman, born 1810 Johann Friedrich Buenger, follower of Stephan, emigrated to America; born at Rosswein, Saxony, into a family of clerics that reached back to theReformation; student at Leipzig University (1829-37); helped found and was one of the first instructors at Concordia College in Altenburg; teacher in St. Louis; pastor in St. Louis; Walther called him "the American Lutheran Valerius Herberger"; president of Western District (1863-75); founder of Lutheran Hospital in St. Louis as well as the Orphans' Home and the Old Folks' Home there 1828 Birth of Jeremiah E. Rankin, American Congregational clergyman, in Thornton, New Hampshire; ordained in 1855, he served pastorates in five different states; became president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1889; best remembered as author of the hymns "Tell It to Jesus" and "God Be with You Till We Meet Again" 1872 Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, pastor at Neuendettelsau, Bavaria; German patron of Lutheranism in America; responsible for sending missionaries to America who became founders of Missouri and Iowa synods, died 1883 Charles Porterfield Krauth, theologian, leader of Lutheranism in America, died 1893 Magnus Fredrik Haakanson, Augustana Synod pastor, died 1914 Birth of Rachel Saint, American missionary, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; member of Wycliffe Bible Translators, was responsible for the conversion of Dayuma, the first Auca Indian converted to Christ; Rachel's brother, Nate Saint, was among the five American missionaries martyred by the Auca Indians of Ecuador in 1956 1918 During January, the first issue of "American Lutheran" is published 1921 Religious broadcasting began with an Episcopal service over KDKA, Pittsburgh; Calvary Episcopal Church sponsored the program 1924 Sabine Baring-Gould, prolific English author; wrote "Now the Day Is Over" (LW 491) and "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (LW 518); died at the age of ninety at Lew-Trenchard; an Anglican clergyman with extraordinarily wide-ranging interests and literary achievements; wrote many books on history, biography, poetry, and fiction 1927 Junius Benjamin Remensnyder, president of General Synod, died ----- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404