English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . ation. He was convinced that the fieldwas ripe for English work and that there should be delayno longer. The Augustana congregation was about tobuild a new church, more centrally located, and largeenough to accommodate the large Swedish populationalready in the city. The Doctor learned that the Swedishchurch was for sale, and at once commenced negotiationsfor its purchase. The bargain was concluded in June ofof the same year. In the Fall the Doctor made anothervisit for the purpose of securing a lot on which to movethe church whic
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . ation. He was convinced that the fieldwas ripe for English work and that there should be delayno longer. The Augustana congregation was about tobuild a new church, more centrally located, and largeenough to accommodate the large Swedish populationalready in the city. The Doctor learned that the Swedishchurch was for sale, and at once commenced negotiationsfor its purchase. The bargain was concluded in June ofof the same year. In the Fall the Doctor made anothervisit for the purpose of securing a lot on which to movethe church which stood on the corner of 14th Avenue Washington. A lot 132 by 165 feet was purchasedin what was then regarded the most central location inthe city, on Eighth Avenue S. and Fifth Street, aboutthree-fourths of a mile from the old Augustana Church,to which that building was moved in November. Thewhole outlay for lot, church, moving and repairing, was$9000 which the proposed English congregation was ex-pected to assume as soon as organized. The Augustana 24. >m St. Johns Lutheran Church, Minneapolis INCEPTION OF THE WORK 25 congregation had the privilege of using the building untiltheir new church was completed. At the meeting of the General Council in Rochester,N. Y., October 20-25, 1881, Dr. Passavant, Chairman ofthe Committee on English Home Missions, reported asfollows: Minneapolis English Mission1 The attention of the Committee was directed to thisgrowing city of the Northwest and to the neighboringcity of St. Paul, by circumstances which were clearlyprovidential. The former with a population of 50,000and the latter with nearly the same number, are rapidlybecoming cities of vast industry and are attracting tothemselves multitudes of our people from NorthernEurope and the eastern portion of the States. Whilechurches and schools, with a flourishing college andseminary, are already established for their welfare, owingto the peculiar circumstances of the early settlers, m
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