Christian Cyclopedia

(Gräbner; November 23, 1876–November 14, 1950). Son of A. L. Graebner*; b. Watertown, Wisconsin; educ. Conc. Coll., Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Conc. Sem., St. Louis, Missouri; instructor Walther* Coll., St. Louis, Missouri, 1897–1900; instructor Lutheran Ladies' Sem., Red Wing, Minnesota, 1900–06; ordained 1902 as mem. of The Syn. for the Norw. Ev. Luth. Ch. in Am. (Synoden for den Ev. Luth. Kirke i Amerika; see Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The); asst. pastor Trin. Ch., Red Wing, Minnesota, 1902–06; miss. for Norw. Syn. in Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1906–08; pastor Jehovah Ch. (Mo. Syn.), Chicago, 1908–13; prof. Conc. Sem., St. Louis, Missouri, 1913–50; active in many religious, civic, and cultural organizations. Works include The Borderland of Right and Wrong; Church Bells in the Forest; Concordia Seminary; The Dark Ages; A Dictionary of Bible Topics; Essays on Evolution; The Expository Preacher; God and the Cosmos; Handbook for Congregational Officers; A Handbook of Organizations; The Historic Lutheran Position in Non-Fundamentals; Inductive Homiletics; Is Masonry a Religion?; Letters to a Masonic Friend; Pastor and People; The People; The Pastor as Student and Literary Worker; Dr. Francis Pieper; The Pope and Temporal Power; Prayer Fellowship; The Problem of Lutheran Union, and Other Essays; Prophecy and the War; The Secret Empire; Spiritism; The Story of the Augsburg Confession; The Story of the Catechism; Touring with God; A Treatise on Freemasonry; War in the Light of Prophecy. Coauthor Popular Symbolics; Toward Lutheran Union. Ed. The Annotated Pocket New Testament; Illustrated Horne Journal; Lutheran Herald; Der Lutheraner; The Lutheran Witness; The Bible Student. Coed. What Lutherans Are Thinking. Assoc. ed. CHIQ; The Cresset. Dept. ed. L. u. W.; Homiletic Magazine. ARS