Born: June 17, 1843, Vor­rel, Han­o­ver, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Au­gust 11, 1926, Co­lum­bus, Ohio.

Schuette’s fam­i­ly em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca when he was nine years old. He was ed­u­cat­ed at Ca­pi­tal Un­i­ver­si­ty in Co­lum­bus, Ohio, and was or­dained in 1865. He pas­tored at St. Mark’s Lu­ther­an Church in Del­a­ware, Ohio, be­came a pro­fess­or of ma­the­ma­tics and na­tur­al phil­o­so­phy (and lat­er the­ol­o­gy) at Ca­pi­tal Un­i­ver­si­ty; he went on to be­come the un­i­ver­si­ty’s pre­si­dent, and served as pas­tor of Grace Lu­ther­an Church in Co­lum­bus. In 1881, he moved to Plea­sant Ridge (now Bex­ley), Ohio, to be pas­tor at Christ Lu­ther­an Church there. In 1894, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Lu­ther­an Joint Sy­nod of Ohio and Other States. He helped found the Na­tional Lu­ther­an Coun­cil, and was its pre­si­dent (1923-25).

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Hymns

1. Great God, a Blessing from Your Throne

Translations

1. O Blessed, Holy Trinity