Background
Remensnyder, Junius Benjamin was born on February 24, 1843 in Staunton, West Virginia, United States. Son of Honorary John Junius and Susan Augusta (Bryan) Remensnyder.
Remensnyder, Junius Benjamin was born on February 24, 1843 in Staunton, West Virginia, United States. Son of Honorary John Junius and Susan Augusta (Bryan) Remensnyder.
Master of Arts, Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 1861. Graduate Theological Seminary, same, 1865. Doctor of Divinity, Newberry College, 1880.
Doctor of Laws, New York University, 1902.
Served in Civil War in 131st Pennsylvania Volumes, 1862-1863. Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1865. Pastor in Philadelphia, 1865-1874, Savannah, Georgia, 1874-1880, in New York, since 1880.
Pastor Saint James’ Lutheran Church Elected president General Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church in United States of America, 1911.
President Peace communications of the Churches in America. Author: Heavenward, 1874.
Doom Eternal, 1880. Lutheran Literature, 1882.
Work and Personality of Luther, 1884. Six Days of Creation, 1886.
Lutheran Manual, 1892. The Atonement and Modern Thought, 1905.
Mysticism, 1908; The Post-Apostolic Age and Current Religious Problems, 1910.
Eucken, and the Problem of Life, 1913. What the World Owes Luther, 1917. Lectures in University of Upsala, Sweden, 1918.
Light on the Shadows of Life, 1919.
Trustee Church Peace Union (founded by Andrew Carnegie).
Served in Civil War in 131st Pennsylvania Volumes, 1862-1863.
Married Emma L. Wagner, June 28, 1870.