This is the fifth of a one week's evaluation of an enlarged and expanded CHI TIH feature. If you wish to comment please contact me or the list owner. Our addresses are at the end of the article. Today in History (December 18): 1808 Horatius Bonar, regarded as the most eminent hymnwriter of Scotland, also a preacher of great fame and power; author "Glory Be to God the Father" (LW 173); "Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face" (LW 243); "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" (LW 348); "I Lay My Sins on Jesus" (LW 366); born in Edinburgh, Scotland; *** *** More details are available. If interested contact me or CHI for the rest. 1836 Gottfried Fritschel, prominent and scholarly theologian of the Iowa Synod; studied under Loehe and J. T. Mueller; came to America in 1857; professor at Wartburg Seminary (St. Sebald, Iowa and Mendota, Illinois); prolific writer and controversialist; born at Nuremberg, Germany 1838 Christian Gottlieb Blumhardt; one of the founders of Basel Missionary Society in 1804; inspector for Basel Missionary School; died in Basel 1842 Bernard Pick, Presbyterian and Lutheran pastor in Mid-Atlantic States, author, born Kempen, Prussia 1860 Birth of Frank E. Graeff, American Methodist clergyman, in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania; ordained in 1890, he served churches in the Philadelphia Conference; Graeff was always interested in children and became well known for his storytelling ability; he also authored over 200 hymns, including "Does Jesus Care?" For the current trial and evaluation please direct your comments to me or Mary and not to the mailing list. To do that please do not hit the reply button, but rather open a new e-letter, copy and paste one or both of our e-mail addresses, which are near the bottom of this message, into the address box of your new e-letter [if you use both addresses seperate them by a semicolon and a space]. All we need for your response to this trial is the acronym _ PSA _ in the subject line and your comments in the body of the e-letter. We do not need copies of this message unless you find fault with the message itself. 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 now, contributor John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net The list owner is Mary D. Taffet mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu