"A historical account of the Saxon emigration to Perry County, Missouri, and a description of the Chiliastic debate that affected the early years of the Lutheran Church. Presents the Synod's clear arguments against the belief of a thousand-year Golden Age upon the earth before Christ's return. Koestering consulted early volumes of Der Lutheraner, synodical reports, and congregational archives for this comprehensive overview, in addition to direct communication with C. F. W. Walther, who provided documents to include. The volume also includes Koestering's obituary of Pastor G. A. Schieferdecker, originally published in Der Lutheraner. Translated into English for the first time"--