Introduction

Biography

Julius was the son of Hein­rich Fried­rich Horst­mann and Ma­rie Chris­tine Wil­hel­mi­na Ham­mer­schmidt.

He was edu­cat­ed at North­wes­tern Col­lege (now North Cen­tral Col­lege), Elm­hurst Col­lege, and Ed­en Theo­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary.

Ordained in 1931, he served churches in In­di­ana and Tex­as in his ear­ly ca­reer.

He ed­it­ed The Ev­an­ge­li­cal Her­ald of the Ev­an­ge­li­cal Syn­od of North Am­er­ica (1906–35), and was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of The Mes­sen­ger of the Ev­an­ge­li­cal and Re­formed Church (1936–39).

A num­ber of Horst­mann’s hymns ap­peared in The Ev­an­ge­li­cal Hym­nal (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Eden Pub­lish­ing House, 1917).

Works

• The Will of God, 1925
• Through Four Cen­tur­ies: The Sto­ry of the Be­gin­nings of the Ev­an­ge­li­cal and Re­formed Church, with Her­bert Wer­nec­ke (Saint Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Ed­en Pub­lish­ing House, 1938)