May 2025 – The Rivertown Press

A painting of George Washington based on an engraving made by John C. McRae which, in turn, was based on an original painting by Henry Brueckner.

The Elector Friedrich the Wise’s Prophetic Dream of Martin Luther.

The Elector’s dream

Luther and the Open Bible, a painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach

The LCMS convention of 1956 at Saint Paul, Minnesota

The Protest at Spires

A picture depicting the Lutherans who presented a protest in April, 1529 at Spires, professing, “In matters concerning God’s honor and the salvation of souls each one must for himself stand before God and give account.” The open book pictured is opened to Romans 14:12 in the German, which reads, “So then each of us…

“Morning prayers in the family of Sebastian Bach.” A photogravure of a painting by Toby E. Rosenthal (1848-1917).

Rosenthal acquired the inspiration for his picture from a comment which Bach had made in a letter to a friend of his, Georg Erdmann, dated 28 October, 1730, announcing, “Of my first marriage, three sons and a daughter are living [Wilhelm Friedemann, age 19; Carl Philipp Emanuel, age 16; Johann Gottfried Bernhard, age 15;…

Dame Music, a Preface for all good Hymnals Martin Luther

A Believing Soul enters Heaven.

Christian Art a woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld from 1858

A woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872) for the title page of the German periodical Christliches Kunstblatt fuer Kirche, Schule und Haus (Christian Art Newspaper for Church, School, and House) in 1858. The monogram of von Carolsfeld is in the lower righthand corner. In an ingenious way von Carolsfeld depicts the church as a…

Lectures on Dr. Graebner’s Outlines Volume I by Prof. W. H. T. Dau

To read in book format, to copy, or to download, click here – revised 1 Dau LECTURES on DR. GRAEBNER’S OUTLINES By Prof. W. H. T. Dau Volume I Edited by Ethan and Gene Urtel The Rivertown Press Saint Paul 2025 While this revised…