M.A. Bluemke letter to Theodore Graebner - March 6, 1919
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Long Beach [March] 6, 1919 Prof. Th. Graebner Dear Sir. Your answer long since received, and in reply I beg to ask, why, need resolutions doing away with the German language, take, even, thought of, much less passed, aren
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[page 2] you say, you are, concerned, about the Spiritual distress, and pleaded their cause, and yet in the Lutheran Witness [October] 15 we read an article written by, Martin Senne, where he says, It is a fact that one good way of dealing with mob violence is to get ahead of it, as your paper has been advising, that shows us how great your, concern, must be, the aged people do not ask anyone to be concerned about them, all they wanted is to keep on Worshiping their Heavenly Father in the churches they had part, in erecting and expected the Protection all Law abiding Citizens are entitled to, as for Martin Senne, be He Preacher,
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[page 3] Teacher, or layman, I say for shame on him for such, Cowardly Act, and the same to all those that did likewise, in the Lutheraner of [November] 5 under the heading of [ms illegible: 4 wds] we read of 16 teachers that resigned, whatever their grievance, they, at least will not, knowingly teach and lead the children on, to stay true to the church, when later on, the Synod advises, or some Martin Senne
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[page 4] us of the right of keeping that Promise, in the Lutheraner of [December] 3 under the heading of, [ms illegible: 4 wds], above the signature of L.F. we read, [ms illegible: 10 wds] whoever L.F. is, I say why waste the, dollar, on a paper that writes, contrary to what we were taught, Scripture does not tell us that a, paper or book should, or does, answer for a, sermon, but, it, very plainly, tells us, [ms illegible: 4 wds], and, no where does it tell you to discontinue a language, Servants of the Lord that
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[page 5] are told to bring the Gospel to all people in all languages, and, you, advise against that, anyone would think, you, were advising about some merchandise or other faltry worldly thing, the way, you, & others do take, it, away for close [ms illegible: 1 wd] a year, and then take a motion to, dole, out a little at a time, and I dare say expect the masses affected to be satisfied, take it when its doled out, and go without when, you, and others say so, since when has the Lutheran Synod or Pastors the right of a Catholic Priest, it
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[page 6] much the worst, for, they, will never tell their people to, Pray, at home, they have, backbone, enough to defend them, Scripture tell us [ms illegible: 15 wds] Servants of the, Lord, supposed to be Shepherds, but have proven themselves to be, not even hirelings, as the Bible tells us [ms illegible: 9 wds] didn
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[page 7] in and grab a bit & sneak out, so the world will not know, for it is not published as the regular service is, & its all cut short when they have Holy Communion they can not have a sermon for there is no time for both, and when it was started, he gave them the sermon from the Alter, till some one told him, He mounted his sermon from the Pulpit, at early, mass, as it is called by some that have heard about it, we were not taught to speak our sermons in such a sneaky way, a true Christian can never stoop to anything like that, in this free Country, and anyone that has a grain of sense left, and thinks of
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[page 8] the way, true Christians have been treated can not, wonder, when they, turn away to other churches or to none, and those of us treated thus, can not help but think, that God sent this world war to show up the Lutheran Synod & its Pastors in their true lights, in all their Cowardice and Hipocrasy, and in conclusion I would say that Webster did not give us a wide enough range of words to express my contempt for such sect. May our Heavenly Father have Mercy on those responsible for such scattering yours Respectfully
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[page 9] Miss M.P. Bluemke 1915 Atlantic Ave Long Beach [California]
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Too long to read [stamp] Long Beach [California March] 6 6-PM 1919 Prof. Th. Graebner, 3618 Texas Ave, St. Louis, [Missouri]
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Miss M.A. Bluemke 1915 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach [California]
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| Title | M.A. Bluemke letter to Theodore Graebner - March 6, 1919 |
| Creator | Bluemke, M.A. |
| Source | Bluemke, M.A. Letter to Theodore Graebner. 06 March 1919. Graebner, Theodore Collection. Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from M.A. Bluemke to Professor Theodore Graebner concerning the prohibiting of using the German language in public and private schools. The author is of German decent and uses passages from the bible in German to illustrate her points. Following World War I, anti-German sentiments rose across the county. Several states passed legislation forbidding the teaching of German in both public and private schools. The Lutheran Church was divided by the conflict on conducting services and religious instruction in German. |
| Subject LCSH | German language; World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | Concordia Historical Institute |
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| Date Original | March 6, 2019 |
| Language | English |