The Lutheran Witness, April 16, 1918, p. 158, reported the following event in light of persecutions which came upon Lutherans who were still speaking (and singing) in German:
In a southern Illinois town a pastor’s beard was painted yellow because he supposedly had led his congregation in a song which elevated Germany’s General von Hindenburg to the status of a god. Actually, the congregation had sung Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, not Ein Hindenburg ist unser Gott.
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Some things never change!
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