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 (129) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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[A Beggar-King Comes Riding] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
A Sower came from ancient hills | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
[A Wounded Man Lay by the Road] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[All Dressed In Fair Linen] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Alone and Filled with Fear] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[As On Hillsides Wrapped in Silence] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
"Away from us" the demon cried | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Blow Gently, Winter Wind, Tonight] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Breathing Hate, the Huntsman Hurries] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ, be our Host | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 2 | |
Christ, the Way we're called to follow | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ, you formed the Church, your Body | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
Clouds of witnesses surround us | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Could Earth Not Find a Fairer Place] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Defenseless Now He Hangs] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Desert Wastes Stretch On Before Us] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Far across the burning desert | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923- (Author) | 2 | |
Fishermen are sailing homeward | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
From shallow waters call us | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
God, our Father, you have granted | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
God, you see your loved creation Tortured, torn by violent hands | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
God, Your power, still creating | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
How good and pleasant, Lord, it is | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
[How Great Your Mercy, Risen Lord] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
How long, O Lord, how long Will evil's power prevail | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Let All Creation Praise Our God] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Loaves were broken, words were spoken | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
[Lone, Afraid, the Wanderer Rested] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Lone He Prays Within the Garden] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Lord Christ, the people flocked to you | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
[Lord Christ, the Word Is True] | Herman G Steumpfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Mary, Mary, My Beloved] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Not alone where silent woodlands | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Now the Earth's New Dawn Is Breaking] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
O Christ, at Your appearing | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
O Christ, You walked the road | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
O God, as with a potter's hand | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
[O God, Creation's Architect] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[O God, Our Strength Forevermore] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
O God, whose fire lit the stars | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923- (Author) | 2 | |
[O Risen Christ, You Search Our Hearts] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Older Brother, Older Brother] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[One Among You Will Betray Me] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[One With God Before Creation] | Herman G Stuemple (Author) | English | 2 |
Sing praise for rain that washes earth | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Sing praise to God, you heavens! | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
[Song of the Sower] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Stay with us, Lord, the sun descends | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 2 | |
[The Ranks of Death with Trophy Grim] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
The silent stars shine down on us | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
[The Sun Was Bright that Easter Dawn] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[The Walls of Hate Are Broken] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
To whom, Lord, shall we go? | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Unseen God, your hand has guided | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr (Author) | 2 | |
We are known and not unnumbered | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
We are your people, called from many lands | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
We join, O Christ, Your journey | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
We sing Your praise for work, O God | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
We sing your praise, O Christ | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[We Turn our Eyes to Heaven] | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[Weep for Eve, the Earth's First Mother] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
When Jesus walked beside the shore | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
[When We Wander, Lone, Bewildered] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
While Moses tended Jethro's sheep | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Wind of the Spirit, blow across creation | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Word of God, when all was silent | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 2 | |
[You Struggled in the Garden, Lord] | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Your praises, God, I'm bringing | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 2 |
Your Word went forth and light awoke | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 2 |
A blind man sat beside the road | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
A sower's seed fell on a path | Herman G. Stuempfle (Adapter) | English | 3 |
Are you the coming one | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Banned and banished by their neighbors | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
Christ, we climb with you the mountain | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr (Author) | 3 | |
Come, join in Cana's feast | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. b. 1923 (Author) | English | 3 |
Far from home we run, rebellious | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
God of tempest, God of whirlwind | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
God, who at the font once named us | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
"How long, O Lord, how long," The starving millions cry | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
How shocking were the people | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
How small our span of life, O God | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
How wide the love of Christ | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
I lie, O Lord, within Your care | Herman G. Stuempfle (Paraphraser) | English | 3 |
Lord, grant us grace to know the time | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Lord, whose then shall they be | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Martha, Mary, waiting, weeping | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
O christ, within these walls | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
O God, your justice towers | Herman G Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | English | 3 |
Rejoice, O Zion's daughter | Herman G. Stuempfle, b. 1923 (Author) | English | 3 |
"Shepherd, do you tramp the hills | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
Sing praise to God for friends who bring | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 3 | |
Son of God, by God forsaken | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
Stars and planets flung in orbit | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
They came a milling crowd | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
When Jesus came from Nazareth he walked beside the sea (Stuempfle) | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
When Jesus passed through Jericho, the people crowded round | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Who are you who walk in sorrow | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 3 | |
Wide open stand the gates adorned with pearl | Herman G. Stuempfle (Translator) | English | 3 |
You call us to the feast | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 3 |
You never saw old Galilee | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
You strode within the temple, Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
Your hand, though hidden, guides us | Herman G Stuempfle (Author) | English | 3 |
As the deer runs to the river | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 4 |
Be still, my soul, before the Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
Christ, your footprints through the desert | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
Lord, teach us how to pray As once the twelve you taught | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 4 |
O Christ, who shared our mortal life | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. b. 1923 (Author) | English | 4 |
O Christ, your heart compassionate | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 4 |
O God, whose healing power | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
The night will soon be ending | Herman G. Stuempfle (Translator) | English | 4 |
We come to you for healing, Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | English | 4 |
When the bonds of love are breaking | Hermann G. Stuempfle (Author) | 4 | |
Would I have answered when you called | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 4 |
Cast down, O God, the idols | Herman G. Stuempfle, 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 5 |
For builders bold whose vision pure | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 5 | |
Rest, O Christ, from all your labor | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 5 |
The temple rang with golden coins | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 (Author) | English | 5 |
Where armies scourge the countryside | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | English | 5 |
Deliver us, O Lord of Truth | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | English | 6 |
Help us forgive, forgiving Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr, b. 1923 (Author) | English | 6 |
Risen Lord, we gather round you | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 6 | |
The thirsty cry for water, Lord | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author (attributed to)) | English | 6 |
Voices raised to You we offer | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 6 |
Lord, help us walk Your servant way | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 7 |
O Christ, who called the Twelve | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. b. 1923 (Author) | English | 7 |
Earth, earth, awake! Your praises sing! | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | 9 | |
"Prepare a room for me | Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (Author) | English | 9 |
For all the faithful women | Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 (Author) | English | 11 |
Jesus, Tempted in the Desert | Herman G. Stuempfle (Author) | 15 |