English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . iving them the Gospelin the English language. Shall history repeat itself inthe Northwest? God forbid. Better that at presentmore promising fields in the East be neglected, than thatthe work in the growing communities of the West, whereLutherans are the predominating factor as to population,be neglected until the different denominations and sectshave gathered the cream of our people into their churches,and we come after to gather, if possible, a few cullingsinto an English mission. But the present seemingly morepromising fields in
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . iving them the Gospelin the English language. Shall history repeat itself inthe Northwest? God forbid. Better that at presentmore promising fields in the East be neglected, than thatthe work in the growing communities of the West, whereLutherans are the predominating factor as to population,be neglected until the different denominations and sectshave gathered the cream of our people into their churches,and we come after to gather, if possible, a few cullingsinto an English mission. But the present seemingly morepromising fields in the East need not be neglected, forthere are neighboring pastors who should have enoughof the missionary spirit to be willing to do a little extrawork for a while; and besides, the Synods in whosebounds they are, are responsible for them, and should notlook to the General Councils Home Mission Board to carefor the work which each individual Synod should do inaddition to the greater work in the newer territory whichso imperatively demands immediate Salem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis CHAPTER XVIII THE CHURCH WAKING UP It always takes time to realize the necessity of a transi-tion from a foreign language to the language of the is especially true in matters of religion. In businessit comes naturally, and often very speedily; it dependsupon environment. The foreigner coming to America,with the purpose of making his home in this country, soonfinds it necessary to adapt himself to American condi-tions, and, as a rule, readily learns the language so as tobe able to get along in the matter of every-day is not so with respect to spiritual things, for the lan-guage in which the soul of the child was fed and nour-ished is the language in which the individual can bestcommune with God. Where there are large settlementsof only one nationality, whether German or Scandinavian,the mother tongue is often retained unto the third genera-tion, and even then is di
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