1841–1884

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 30, 1841, Ma­hon­ing Coun­ty, Ohio.

Died: Au­gust 21, 1884, Del­aware, Ohio.

Buried: Oak Grove Ce­me­te­ry, Del­aware, Ohio.

Biography

Becker at­tend­ed Lords­town Acad­emy; gra­du­at­ed from Ca­pi­tal Uni­vers­ity, Co­lum­bus, Ohio, in 1864; and fin­ished his theo­lo­gic­al stu­dies at Ca­pi­tal Uni­vers­ity in 1866.

He was or­dained by the Joint Sy­nod of Ohio in June, 1866, and served church­es in St. Pa­ris, Ohio (1866–67); Thorn­ville, Ohio (1867–77); and at St. Mark’s, De­la­ware, Ohio (1877–84).

He ed­it­ed the Lu­ther­an Child’s Pa­per for near­ly 10 years, con­trib­ut­ed ar­ti­cles to the Lu­ther­an Stand­ard, and wrote ma­ny po­ems and hymns.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Back to the Cross
  2. Beautiful Christ­mas Is Com­ing Again
  3. Blessed Are the Meek and Con­trite
  4. Christ Is Ris­en from the Dead
  5. Let Us Wel­come Our Christ­mas
  6. Shine on, Thou Star of Beth­le­hem
  7. They Say I’m Poor and Have No House
  8. To Seek and to Save

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Beck­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),