Word: maier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the Rev. Walter Arthur Maier, the "Chrysostom of American Lutheranism," † inaugurated "the biggest religious event of the year." In Chicago's Stadium the radio pulpiteer opened the eleventh season of the Lutheran Hour ("Bringing Christ to the Nations...
...Creed, pledged allegiance to the flag, roared Luther's battle hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, put $15,260 into the collection, heard Indiana's Lutheran Governor Henry F. Schricker talk about the church in the postwar world, and, best of all, saw and heard Dr. Maier's initial broadcast of the current Lutheran Hour...
...dynamic, hearty Dr. Maier the Lutheran Hour is a personal triumph. He started on two stations, now has 224 over the Mutual network. In addition, transcriptions swell the list to some 450 stations in 26 countries. The Lutheran Laymen's League sponsors the Hour, pays for the time. Last year's time cost...
...equally great. $1 sends Christ's word to 1,500 persons." Some send coins, most send bills, and now & then someone sends a substantial check. Recently soldiers in the Aleutians took up two collections, sent $275 "in appreciation" of the Hour. Last month a Michigan farmer wrote Dr. Maier ("Dearly beloved servant of Christ"), praised the Hour in Biblical sentences, enclosed check for $1,000 with the request "Please don't mention my name...
Letters flow in from all parts of the world. Last year Dr. Maier got 300,000. Sometimes they come in at the rate of 17,000 a week, 5,000 a day. At the Hour's St. Louis headquarters, 55 stenographers and clerks send out replies which Dr. Maier signs. Many a letter requests spiritual help. To such people Dr. Maier dictates a personal answer which is inserted in the form letter. Recent letter from the Dominican Republic: "I am Chinese by birth. I am Buddhist by religion. I want you to show me the way to Christ...