Wilhelm Sihler
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| Born | November 12, 1801 Bernstadt,Germany |
| Died | October 27, 1885(aged 83) |
| Nationality | German American |
| Children | Ernest Gottlieb Sihler |
| Religion | Lutheran |
| Ordained | Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio,June 1844 |
Congregations served | St. Paul's Lutheran Church,Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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Wilhelm Sihler(November 12, 1801 – October 27, 1885) was aGerman AmericanLutheranminister. A proponent for Christian education, Wilhelm Sihler foundedConcordia Theological Seminary,inFort Wayne, Indiana.
Biography
[edit]Wilhelm Sihler was born in Germany inBernstadt,nearBreslau,in the historical region ofLower Silesia.He studied in Berlin 1826–29. He was employed as a private tutor in Breslau during 1829 and 1830. He was an instructor at a private college inDresdenduring 1830. From 1838 until 1843 he worked as a private tutor within theBaltic area.
Sihler immigrated to the United States in 1843. He served as a teacher inPomeroy, Ohio,and vicinity during 1844. He was ordained within theEvangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohioin June 1844. Sihler served as the third pastor ofSt. Paul's Lutheran Church,Fort Wayne, Indiana.[1]
Wilhelm Sihler had arrived in America as the result of a call for help byF.C.D. Wyneken.Pastor Wyneken had arrived in Fort Wayne in 1838 to find that the only pastor in Indiana had died a few days before. Shocked at the condition of the Lutheran church in the area, Wyneken returned to Germany to search for new pastors willing to emigrate. In June 1841, Pastor Wyneken met with and sought assistance from Dr.Wilhelm Löhe.Sihler was one of those who read Wyneken'sThe Distress of the German Lutherans in North America(German:Die Noth der deutschen Lutheraner in Nordamerika) and decided to leave his home country for America.[2]
In September 1846, Wilhelm Sihler started a small seminary in the parsonage at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Fort Wayne. This marked the foundation of theConcordia Theological Seminary.The seminary trains pastors for theLutheran Church–Missouri Synod.Sihler was also the father of prominent classicistErnest Gottlieb Sihler.[3]
Sihler encouraged zeal and love for the Word of God and the Lutheran Confessions. He especially criticized theGeneral Synodfor lacking these, claiming that their leaders, for example,Samuel Simon Schmucker,were apostate "open counterfeiters, Calvinists, Methodists, and Unionists... traitors and destroyers of the Lutheran Church".[4]
Selected writings
[edit]Books
[edit]- Sihler, Wilhelm (1862).Predigten über die Sonn- und Festtags-Evangelien des Kirchenjahres: nebst einem Anhange.Fort Wayne, IN: Verlag von Aug. Siemon u. Bro.OCLC19025601.
- ——— (1874).Predigten über die Sonn- und Festtags-Episteln des Kirchenjahres.Dresden: J. Naumann.OCLC16795046.
- ——— (1879).Lebenslauf von W. Sihler: Auf mehrfaches Begehren von ihm selber beschrieben (Vol. 1).St. Louis: Lutherischen Concordia-Velags.OCLC7092905.[5]
- ——— (1880).Lebenslauf von W. Sihler: Auf mehrfaches Begehren von ihm selber beschrieben (Vol. 2).St. Louis: Lutherischen Concordia-Velags.OCLC7092905.[6]
Journal articles
[edit]- ——— (7 July 1883). "To What Intent Does God Afflict Us With Sickness?".The Lutheran Witness.2(4): 31–32.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Christian Cyclopedia(The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=S&word=SIHLER.WILHELM
- ^Jacobs, Henry Eyster; Haas, John Augustus William (1899).The Lutheran Cyclopedia.Scribner.ISBN978-0-7905-5056-5.
- ^The Pilgrim Seminary(by Rev. Robert E. Smith. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana)http://www.lifeoftheworld.com/lotw/article.php?m_vol=10&m_num=4&a_num=3
- ^Bente, F.American Lutheranism, Volume ISt. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 1919, 116.
- ^Sihler, Wilhelm (1879)."Lebenslauf von W. Sihler: Auf mehrfaches Begehren von ihm selber beschrieben (Vol. 1)".RetrievedApril 30,2019.
- ^Sihler, Wilhelm (1880)."Lebenslauf von W. Sihler: Auf mehrfaches Begehren von ihm selber beschrieben (Vol. 2)".RetrievedApril 30,2019.
- ^"To What Intent Does God Afflict Us With Sickness?".RetrievedApril 30,2019.
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