English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . pon that beautifully white ceilingwhich formed a bag from which the water was runningdown upon the doctors feet. The ceiling was of muslintacked up along the rafters. From Red Wing Dr. Passavant went to St. Paul, wherehe spent a week studying the place with a view of further-ing the interests of the Church. He determined to securea lot for an English Lutheran Church near the center ofthe city, but found that he was several years too late toobtain such a site by He secured subscriptions of$1200 for a church lot, and the pres
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . pon that beautifully white ceilingwhich formed a bag from which the water was runningdown upon the doctors feet. The ceiling was of muslintacked up along the rafters. From Red Wing Dr. Passavant went to St. Paul, wherehe spent a week studying the place with a view of further-ing the interests of the Church. He determined to securea lot for an English Lutheran Church near the center ofthe city, but found that he was several years too late toobtain such a site by He secured subscriptions of$1200 for a church lot, and the present of a deed for threeacres of ground on Lake Como (now the center of a beauti-ful park) which could be either sold for a church or usedas a site for an Orphan House. Concerning the importance of an English LutheranChurch in the capital of the territory of Minnesota, hewrites: It is already late in the day to begin an enter-prise which should have been commenced with the verycommencement of the city. The difficulties which are1 Life of Dr. Passavant, p. 365-. Rev. E. Norelius, PREPARATION FOR THE WORK 21 now inseparable from such an undertaking, are but theconsequences of our sinful neglect. But these cannotmake us shirk from our obvious duty. Whatever be thecost and the exertions in entering the field at the eleventhhour, it must be It was the obvious intention ofDr. Passavant that an English Lutheran pastor shouldbe located at St. Paul within a year. This was in 1856,just twenty-seven years before actual work was begunwhich resulted in the permanent establishing of EnglishLutheran congregations in the Northwest. Although there were no direct results from the doctorsvisit in 1856, the subject was kept before the mind of theChurch. In 1857 Father Heyer returned from India,where he founded our first Foreign Mission in after his return he was called as a Home Missionaryand sent to St. Paul to gather a German and an EnglishLutheran congregation. While Father
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