English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . gation, which was the earnestwish of the pastor. But the majoirty of the congregationdid not favor such a move, and in the Summer of 1886pastor Sjoblom accepted a call to another part of theState. His removal brought the darkest period to theEnglish mission. Soon after his departure the ChurchCouncil came to the conclusion that they needed noEnglish services in the church, but offered the use of theschool house to those who desired English brought about a crisis which proved favorable tothe mission work. The mission
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . gation, which was the earnestwish of the pastor. But the majoirty of the congregationdid not favor such a move, and in the Summer of 1886pastor Sjoblom accepted a call to another part of theState. His removal brought the darkest period to theEnglish mission. Soon after his departure the ChurchCouncil came to the conclusion that they needed noEnglish services in the church, but offered the use of theschool house to those who desired English brought about a crisis which proved favorable tothe mission work. The missionary informed the fewpersons who desired to see a distinctively English Lutherancongregation in the city, that the only thing to do was toorganize and to do it as soon as possible. He also statedthat a hall should be rented and the work separated en-tirely from the Swedish congregation. His advice wastaken, and after holding one service in the inconvenientparochial school building, the hall was obtained andservices held regularly every other Sunday evening. 78. St. Paul English Lutheran Church, Red \\ ing THE WORK EXPANDS 79 A meeting was called for the purpose of effecting anorganization, in the office of the Probate Judge, N. , who was a member of the Swedish were six present at the meeting, of which three aidedin discussing the matter and giving advice, while the otherthree became the charter members. It was indeed a smallnucleus, but it was a beginning. The question as to thename of the congregation was settled by one of the organ-izers stating that, as St. Paul was the first great Christianmissionary, we should adopt the name St. Pauls as themost appropriate for the mission. The suggestion was atonce adopted. The congregation was incorporated De-cember 4, 1886. In the meantime the missionary visitedRed Wing every other week, preaching on Sunday eve-nings, and on Monday instructing quite a large class ofcatechumens. A Sunday school had also been or
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