An Anaylsis and Comparison of Eschatological Elements in the Hymns and Sermons of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

It is in the wake of the proceedings of the Evanston Assembly of the World Council of Churches, and the re-examination of the Christian Hope in nearly every denomination of Christendom that this paper has been prepared. If it can truly be said that the actual living doctrine of a church is not properly that contained in its books only, but rather also that proclaimed from its pulpits and in the worship of its people, then this paper has value. It is the writer\u27s belief that this study will suggest more nearly than any other study to date the actual eschatological awareness of the people in the pews of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, as well as some of the major factors that have influenced their Christian Hope