English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . lding of English services, at first in a hos-pital founded by Dr. W. A. Passavant, dates back to1856. This shows the slowness of the English work inthe growing cities of the West, owing, on the one hand, 18 ENGLISH LUTHERANISM IN THE NORTHWEST to the difficulties which had to be met and the lack ofmen trained for the work; and on the other, the apathyof the older portions of the Church with respect to Englishwork in the West. Prior to 1883 no congregation was or-ganized in any city northwest of Chicago, and but onesmall English Lu
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . lding of English services, at first in a hos-pital founded by Dr. W. A. Passavant, dates back to1856. This shows the slowness of the English work inthe growing cities of the West, owing, on the one hand, 18 ENGLISH LUTHERANISM IN THE NORTHWEST to the difficulties which had to be met and the lack ofmen trained for the work; and on the other, the apathyof the older portions of the Church with respect to Englishwork in the West. Prior to 1883 no congregation was or-ganized in any city northwest of Chicago, and but onesmall English Lutheran Church existed at Eyota in thesouthern part of Minnesota, formed by a colony fromEastern Ohio, under the leadership of Rev. W. Thompson,a member of the East Ohio Synod (General Synod).This congregation numbered in 1891, twenty-sevencommunicants. But a new era was about to dawn, forwhich preliminary work had been done for a numberof years, and when, in the providence of God, the propertime had come, the way was prepared successfully tocarry on the Rev. C. F. Heyer CHAPTER II PREPARATION FOR THE WORK The man who, above all others, took the deepest in-terest in the gathering and upbuilding of the wholeLutheran Church in America, was, without any doubt,the Rev. William A. Passavant, D. D., of Pittsburgh,Pa. He was not only a man of eminent piety, with a heartaglow for the welfare of the needy and destitute, but aman with a wide outlook for the Church, of whatevernationality; always keeping in mind the future, thatample provision be made to save the coming generationsto the Church, by the founding of English the West and Northwest began to be settled bySwedes and Norwegians, he took the deepest interest intheir welfare, and again and again collected money toaid the first pastors in their work. In the fall of 1856he took his first trip to Minnesota. He took with him aNorwegian pastor, the Rev. Paul Anderson, from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, they f
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