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Occasional Sermons and Addresses is a collection compiled two years after Walther's death by CPH and Edited by H. Sieck. Issued in memory of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod's first president, this collection has sermons dates all the way back to 1831 (eight years before the Saxon immigration and 2 years before his ordination.) through near the end of his life and documents the Christ-centered, Christ-alone comfort proclaimed by this foremost leader of American Confessional Lutheranism throughout his career. Published in 1889 in German, these sermons are now available to you in English through Mark V Publications.
Below is a list of the categories and scope of his (almost 100) sermons and addresses in this collection:
I. Occasional Sermons
1. Advent Sermons (2)
2. Christmas Matins Sermons (2)
3. Reformation Sermons (6 plus 2 in the appendix)
4. Sermons on the Third Centenial Anniversary of Dr. M. Luther's Death, 1846 (2)
5. Sermons for Days of Repentance (7 plus 1 in the appendix)
6. Sermons for Church Dedication (7 plus 1 in the appendix)
7. Sermon at the Building of a Church
8. Preaching on the Day of the Dedication of Church Bells
9. Sermons Marking the Establishment of a Christian Youth Group (2)
10. Sermon at a Bible Festival
11. Sermon on the Occasion of the Conversion of a Roman Priest to the Lutheran Church
12. Guest Sermon
13. Sermon at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Second Wing of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
14. Sermon at Synodical Convention
II. Occasional Addresses
1. Confessional Addresses (25 plus 2 in the appendix)
2. Wedding Addresses (22)
3. Funeral Addresses and Prayers (9)
Also, please permit the editor/translator of this work some comments about apparent changes in the Lutheran Church from Walther's day which may, in some ways, make some of the sermons or even some genres in the collection (see above) 'alien' to our twenty-first century ears. The following appears in the appendix of the book, pp. 591 f.Click on the title below to peruse these comments introducing some issues you may want to study!
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