For Altar and For Hearth

Lutheran Wisdom for Church and Home

Echoing the bold witness of faithful Lutherans of generations past as they proclaimed the Word of God in its truth and purity on matters of daily and spiritual life.


1924 Hans Manthey Zorn The Lutheran Witness

Courtship and Marriage: Evil Beginnings

The world is very much gratified to see that the Church is becoming conformed to it more and more. Church, awake! Congregations and pastors, awake and be not mute dogs, but speak out!

1924 Hans Manthey Zorn The Lutheran Witness

Courtship and Marriage: Why Do We Write About It?

Courtship leads to marriage, and marriage is the beginning of the home, and upon the quality of the home rests the quality of the Church and of the State. Such as are the homes, such is the community.

1918 Anna Hoppe The Lutheran Witness

A Tribute to Lutheran Hymnology

Sing me the songs to my heart so dear, those Lutheran songs of old; their matchless melodies let me hear, their infinite charm unfold.