Short Name: | Herman G. Stuempfle |
Full Name: | Stuempfle, Herman G., 1923-2007 |
Birth Year: | 1923 |
Death Year: | 2007 |
Rev. Dr. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 83, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, after a long illness. Born April 2, 1923, in Clarion, he was the son of the late Herman G. and Helen (Wolfe) Stuempfle, Sr. Stuempfle lived most of his life in Gettysburg, PA. He served as President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. He attended Hughesville public schools, and was a graduate of Susquehanna University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He received additional advanced degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a doctoral degree at Southern California School of Theology at Claremont. He retired in 1989. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was the author of several books and numerous articles and lectures on preaching, history, and theology. He was also among the most honored and respected hymn writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was known for his leadership in community and civic projects. Always taking an active stance on social issues, he participated in the creation of day care centers, served on the Gettysburg interchurch social action committee, helped create and support prison ministries and a homeless shelter, and tutored young people in the after school program of Christ Lutheran Church, where he was a long time member.
--Excerpts from his obituary published in Evening Sun from Mar. 15 to Mar. 16, 2007
Texts by Herman G. Stuempfle (127) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Your Word went forth and light awoke | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Your praises, God, I'm bringing | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Your hand, though hidden, guides us | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
[You Struggled in the Garden, Lord] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
You strode within the temple, Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
You never saw old Galilee | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
You call us to the feast | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Would I have answered when you called | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | English | 4 |
Word of God, when all was silent | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 2 | |
Wind of the Spirit, blow across creation | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Wide open stand the gates adorned with pearl | Herman G. Stuempfle (Translator) | English | 3 |
Who are you who walk in sorrow | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | 3 | |
Where armies scourge the countryside | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 5 |
[When We Wander, Lone, Bewildered] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
When the bonds of love are breaking | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 4 | |
When Jesus walked beside the shore | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
When Jesus passed through Jericho, the people crowded round | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
When Jesus came from Nazareth he walked beside the sea (Stuempfle) | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
[Weep for Eve, the Earth's First Mother] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[We Turn our Eyes to Heaven] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
We sing your praise, O Christ | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
We join, O Christ, Your journey | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
We come to you for healing, Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
We are your people, called from many lands | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
We are known and not unnumbered | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Voices raised to You we offer | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 6 |
Unseen God, your hand has guided | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr (Author) | 2 | |
To whom, Lord, shall we go? | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
They came a milling crowd | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
[The Walls of Hate Are Broken] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
The thirsty cry for water, Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr, 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 6 |
The temple rang with golden coins | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 5 |
[The Sun Was Bright that Easter Dawn] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
The silent stars shine down on us | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
[The Ranks of Death with Trophy Grim] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
The night will soon be ending | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., 1923-2007 (Translator) | English | 4 |
Stay with us, Lord, the sun descends | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 2 | |
Stars and planets flung in orbit | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
[Song of the Sower] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Son of God, by God forsaken | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Sing praise to God, you heavens! | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
Sing praise to God for friends who bring | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 3 | |
"Shepherd, do you tramp the hills | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
Risen Lord, we gather round you | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 6 | |
Rest, O Christ, from all your labor | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 5 |
Rejoice, O Zion's daughter | Herman G. Stuempfle, b. 1923 (Author) | English | 3 |
"Prepare a room for me | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 9 |
[One With God Before Creation] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[One Among You Will Betray Me] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Older Brother, Older Brother] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[O Risen Christ, You Search Our Hearts] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
O God, your justice towers | Herman G Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | English | 3 |
O God, whose healing power | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 4 |
O God, whose fire lit the stars | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 2 | |
[O God, Our Strength Forevermore] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[O God, Creation's Architect] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
O God, as with a potter's hand | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
O Christ, your heart compassionate | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | English | 4 |
O Christ, You walked the road | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | English | 2 |
O christ, within these walls | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
O Christ, who shared our mortal life | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. b. 1923 (Author) | English | 4 |
O Christ, at Your appearing | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Now the Earth's New Dawn Is Breaking] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Not alone where silent woodlands | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Mary, Mary, My Beloved] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Martha, Mary, waiting, weeping | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
Lord, whose then shall they be | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
Lord, teach us how to pray As once the twelve you taught | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
Lord, help us walk Your servant way | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 7 |
Lord, grant us grace to know the time | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
O Christ, who called the Twelve | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 7 |
[Lord Christ, the Word Is True] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Lord Christ, the people flocked to you | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
[Lone He Prays Within the Garden] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Lone, Afraid, the Wanderer Rested] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Loaves were broken, words were spoken | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
[Let All Creation Praise Our God] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, Tempted in the Desert | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | 15 | |
I lie, O Lord, within Your care | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Translator) | English | 3 |
How wide the love of Christ | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
How small our span of life, O God | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
How shocking were the people | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
How long, O Lord, how long Will evil's power prevail | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
"How long, O Lord, how long," The starving millions cry | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
[How Great Your Mercy, Risen Lord] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
How good and pleasant, Lord, it is | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Help us forgive, forgiving Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 6 |
God, Your power, still creating | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
God, you see your loved creation Tortured, torn by violent hands | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
God, who at the font once named us | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
God, our Father, you have granted | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
God of tempest, God of whirlwind | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
From shallow waters call us | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
For builders bold whose vision pure | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 5 | |
For all the faithful women | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 11 |
Fishermen are sailing homeward | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Far from home we run, rebellious | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Far across the burning desert | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 2 | |
Earth, earth, awake! Your praises sing! | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr (1923-2007) (Author) | 9 | |
[Desert Wastes Stretch On Before Us] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Deliver us, O Lord of Truth | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 6 |
[Defenseless Now He Hangs] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Could Earth Not Find a Fairer Place] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Come, join in Cana's feast | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Clouds of witnesses surround us | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ, your footprints through the desert | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 4 |
Christ, you formed the Church, your Body | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ, we climb with you the mountain | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr (Author) | 3 | |
Christ, the Way we're called to follow | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ, be our Host | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 2 | |
Cast down, O God, the idols | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 5 |
[Breathing Hate, the Huntsman Hurries] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Blow Gently, Winter Wind, Tonight] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Be still, my soul, before the Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
Banned and banished by their neighbors | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
"Away from us" the demon cried | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. b. 1923 (Author) | English | 2 |
As the deer runs to the river | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
[As On Hillsides Wrapped in Silence] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Are you the coming one | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
[Alone and Filled with Fear] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[All Dressed In Fair Linen] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[A Wounded Man Lay by the Road] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
A sower's seed fell on a path | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
A Sower came from ancient hills | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
A blind man sat beside the road | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
[A Beggar-King Comes Riding] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Sing praise for rain that washes earth | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |