1883–1965

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 24, 1883, Dear­born Coun­ty, In­di­ana.

Died: Ju­ly 13, 1965, Gold­en Val­ley, Min­ne­so­ta.

Buried: Crys­tal Lake Ce­me­te­ry, Min­ne­ap­olis, Min­ne­so­ta.

Biography

Paul was the son of min­is­ter Carl Hein­rich Ernst Kretz­mann and Eli­za­beth An­na Ma­ria Po­lack, and husband of Lou­ise The­re­sia Schroe­der.

In 1956, Kretz­mann, a pro­fes­sor in the se­mi­na­ry of the Or­tho­dox Lu­ther­an Con­fer­ence (OLC), sus­pend­ed church fel­low­ship with some con­gre­ga­tions af­ter they charged him with teach­ing er­ror in class.

Those con­gre­ga­tions formed the Con­cor­dia Lu­ther­an Con­fer­ence, while most of the oth­ers, along with Kretz­mann, lat­er joined with oth­er con­ser­va­tives leav­ing the Lu­ther­an Church–Mis­sou­ri Synod (LCMS) to or­ga­nize as the Lu­ther­an Church­es of the Re­for­ma­tion (LCR) .

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Ever Con­tent with the Ways of My Fa­ther
  2. Father, Hear Thy Child
  3. Fervent in Spi­rit, Serv­ing the Lord
  4. God of the Ag­es, The
  5. I Will Bless Thee, Said the Sav­ior
  6. Immanuel, God with Us
  7. Immanuel, Our God and Lord
  8. Lead On, O Lord, Above the New Year’s Gates
  9. Little Ba­by Je­sus, Born To­day
  10. Lo Christ Is Ris­en
  11. Lord God Al­migh­ty, King of Hea­ven
  12. Lord Is Near, Why Should We Fear?, The
  13. Lord, Thine For­e’er To­day
  14. O Come Be­fore Je­ho­vah
  15. O God of Love and Truth
  16. O Migh­ty God of Earth and Hea­ven
  17. Praise and Ho­nor to the Fa­ther
  18. Sing Forth with Glad­some Voice
  19. When up­on the Rag­ing Wa­ters
  20. With Thee, O Lord, Alone to Go

Translations

  1. All Glo­ry Be to God Alone
  2. Christ Him­self, My Pride and Glo­ry
  3. Jesus Christ, My Pride and Glo­ry
  4. Mighty For­tress Is Our Lord
  5. O Sav­ior Dear, Thy Manger Drear
  6. O That Thou Wouldst Rend The Hea­vens
  7. Praise Ye the Lord ye Gen­tiles All
  8. When All the World Was Cursed