Introduction

Biography

Strodach was the son of Hen­ry Bap­tiste Stro­dach and Ma­ry L. Zell­er, and hus­band of Ber­tha L. Klep­ping­er.

He was edu­cat­ed at Muhl­en­burg Col­lege, Al­len­town, Penn­syl­van­ia (BA 1896, MA 1899), and the Lu­ther­an Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, Mt. Airy, Phi­la­del­phia (1899).

He served se­ver­al pas­tor­ates:

• Evangelical Lu­ther­an Church of the Sav­iour, Tren­ton, New Jer­sey (1899–1901)
• Trinity Lut­her­an Church, Can­ton, Ohio (1907–11)
• Grace Church, Rox­bo­rough, Penn­syl­van­ia (1912–21)
• Holy Tri­ni­ty Church, Nor­ris­town, Penn­syl­van­ia (1921–26)

He then worked as li­ter­ary ed­it­or for the Unit­ed Lu­ther­an Church Pub­li­ca­tion House, Phi­la­del­phia, for two de­cades.

He trans­lat­ed the 1523 Lu­ther­an Or­der of Bap­tism from Ger­man to Eng­lish, and wrote A Ma­nu­al on the Li­tur­gy, which be­came the stand­ard li­tur­gi­cal ref­er­ence in his tra­di­tion.

He al­so served on the com­mis­sion for the 1958 Lu­ther­an Ser­vice Book and Hym­nal.

Works

• The Church Year, 1924
• Oremus: Col­lects, De­vo­tions, Li­ta­nies from An­cient and Mo­dern Sourc­es, 1925
• A Ma­nu­al for Wor­ship, 1930, 1946
• The Road He Trod, 1932
• The Col­lect for the Day, 1939
• Divine In­va­sion: And Oth­er Ser­mons on Lent­en Gos­pels (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Muhl­en­berg Press, 1946)