1873–1964

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 26, 1873, Gran­ville, Wis­con­sin.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 7, 1964, Oco­no­mo­woc, Wis­con­sin.

Buried: Saint Johns Lu­ther­an Ce­me­te­ry, Wil­low Creek, Min­ne­so­ta.

Biography

Czamanske gra­du­at­ed from Con­cor­dia Col­lege, Mil­wau­kee, Wis­con­sin (1894) and Con­cor­dia Se­mi­na­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri (1898).

Ordained in 1898, he served Lu­ther­an church­es near Ma­del­ia, Min­ne­so­ta (1898–1902); West Hen­ri­et­ta, New York (1902–04); Ro­ches­ter, New York (1904–10); and She­boy­gan, Wis­con­sin (1910–51).

He con­tri­but­ed po­ems to the Lu­ther­an Wit­ness, Sun­day School Times, Etude, Ex­po­si­tor, and North­west­ern Lu­ther­an. He was a mem­ber of the sub­comm­ittee of the Com­mit­tee on Hym­no­lo­gy and Li­tur­gics for the Sy­nod­ical Con­fer­ence of North Am­er­ica, which ed­it­ed The Lu­ther­an Hymn­al.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Beside Thy Man­ger Here I Stand
  2. Beside Yon Pearly Por­tals
  3. Commit, O Heart Re­pin­ing
  4. Dear Fa­ther, Who Hast Made Us All
  5. Dearest Sav­ior, Hear My Pro­mise
  6. How Gent­ly the Sha­dows Are Fall­ing
  7. I Have Fought the Chris­tian Fight
  8. O How Joy­ful­ly, O How Mer­ri­ly
  9. Wait, My Soul, and Tar­ry
  10. What a Faith­ful Say­ing This
  11. Where, O Lord Je­sus, Could I Find Sal­va­tion?
  12. Youth, Like a Blos­som Un­fold­ing

Translations

  1. Beside Thy Man­ger Here I Stand
  2. On Christ’s As­cen­sion I Now Build
  3. There Still Is Room (1938)
  4. This Bo­dy in the Grave We Lay (1938)
  5. Ye Par­ents, Hear What Je­sus Taught (1939)
  6. Zion, Rise (1938)

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