1859–1930
Friedrich Wilhelm Herzberger

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 23, 1859, Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land.

Died: Au­gust 26, 1930, St. Lou­i­s, Mis­sou­ri.

Buried: Con­cor­dia Ce­me­te­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri.

Biography

Frederick was the son of Fried­rich Au­gust Herz­berg­er, and hus­band of Mar­tha Schroe­ter.

He was edu­cat­ed at Con­cor­dia Se­mi­na­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri. After gra­du­a­tion, he held pas­tor­ates in Car­son, Kansas; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; and Ham­mond, In­di­ana.

He was al­so a pio­neer mis­sion­ary in Ar­kan­sas, be­came the first ci­ty mis­sion­ary (in St. Lou­is) of the Lu­ther­an Mis­sou­ri Sy­nod in 1899, and worked for ma­ny mis­sion­ary and char­i­ta­ble caus­es.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Again Is Come the New Church Year
  2. Branch So Fair Has Blos­somed, A
  3. Christ Is Aris­en, from Death’s Pain­ful Prison
  4. Come, Child­ren, Sing Re­joic­ing
  5. Glad Christ­mas Is Here
  6. Glory, Glo­ry, Praise God on High
  7. Greetings Thou­sand­fold Re­ceive Thee
  8. How Great the Joy to Be a Lamb of Je­sus
  9. Hush, Hush, Hush, Be­hold the Won­drous Light
  10. I Come, O Christ, In­vit­ed
  11. In Beth­le­hem, the Low­ly
  12. In Lone­ly Dell, Where Drea­ry Night
  13. In Tri­umph He Went Hea­ven­ward
  14. Jesus Sin­ners Doth Re­ceive
  15. Just Be­lieve from Day to Day
  16. Let Egypt Boast Her Pyr­a­mids
  17. Let Me Have but Je­sus
  18. Now Raise Your Hap­py Voice
  19. O Did You Hear the Won­drous Sto­ry?
  20. O Great­est Man of Pain
  21. O Have You Heard the Won­drous Story?
  22. O Thou Day, What Shall I Call Thee?
  23. See, There in the Man­ger Lies a Lit­tle Child
  24. The Ear­ly Sun Shines in the Skies
  25. The Tru­est Friend I Have in Hea­ven
  26. There Still Is Room in Je­sus’ Arms
  27. We Thank Thee, Lord, with One Ac­cord

Translations

  1. Now Are the Days Ful­filled
  2. Send, O Lord, Thy Ho­ly Spi­rit

Help Needed

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