Walter A. Maier 1893 - 1950 "What a glorious Lord of unlimited power He is for us in all our needs! Compared with a star of the first magnitude, you and I are truly less than one-millionth part of a grain of dust; yet how deeply the Lord loved us, insignificant specks in the universe that we are, when He gave His own Son for our redemption! Marvelous as these mightiest stars are, they do not mean as much to our Father as your soul. Jesus Himself declared, 'What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'" Seen by some as a modern day Jeremiah, Dr. Walter A. Maier was the most dynamic preacher in the world during the 1930s and 40s. Beginning with a small attic transmitter His ministry and outreach grew so rapidly that by the time of his death over 1200 stations carried his broadcast worldwide, in a number of different languages. The power of the Word penetrated hearts and stirred souls in a mighty way as the energetic and vigorous preaching of Dr. Maier called the world to heartfelt repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Preaching for exactly 19 minutes every Sunday, his broadcasts reached an estimated 20 million people over the Mutual Broadcasting System and independent stations around the world. He condemned sin without compromise while calling modern adulterers, cheats, crooks, hypocrites, worldlings, and all unbelievers to turn from their wicked ways. "You are all sinners, unforgiven and without hope in this world or the world to come if you haven't repented of your sins and taken Christ as your Saviour," Dr. Maier warned. A manuscript was before him, but his message came from the heart as he comforted the repentant, warned the unrepentant of God's wrath and in every broadcast exalted Christ as the only hope of a lost and dying world. He often received 25,000 letters a week. It took 70 women to handle all the mail. Yet Dr. Maier did not accept one dime for his Lutheran Hour broadcasts. His outreach was a work of faith and a labor of love for lost souls. His only income was a professor's salary (of O. T. Exegesis) supplied him by Concordia Theological Seminary. Born in Boston in 1893 to devout parents who prayed daily for and with their children. He was the author of fifteen volumes of radio sermons, a 598-page work on marriage and the Christian home, entitled "For Better, Not for Worse", and an unequalled commentary on the Prophet Nahum.