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February 25, 1927 WILMETTE A lllstorlc American Choreh Luther's doctrine was heard in America even during . his lifetime. In 1532 the col~my planted by the Welsers of Augsborg m Venezuela had accepted the Lutheran · faith. In 1619 the first Lutheran Christmas and Communion in America was et.'lebrated by Rasmus Jensen, Chaplain of the Jens Munck expedition in quest of the ~orthwest Passage. Jensen died on the shores of the Hudson Bay ten months before the coming of the Pilgrim Fathers. Lutheran settlers from Scandinavia and f:erm:wy WE:re among the earlit-st colonists in tht Hudson Valley. In 1648 they f1rganlzt'd a church on Manhattan, which was one of the first groups in America to <:ont('nd for religious freedom. This congrt>gation was given a charter by the tirst go,·ernor, Nicolls, in J 664, and has surviH·d to this day in St. :\Iatthew's of Xew York, the oldest Lutheran Church extant in ~America. Tlw Lutheran <'olony planted on the Delaware in 16;{8 hy the Swt>des was one of lh<' first groups to grant religious liberty in Amerka. Their first pastor, H eo rw" Torkillus, l'ame in 1640. .John Camvanius arrived in 16-43, translat··d Lutht'r·s Catec hism into th e language of ti~t.· Indians and built the fin;t ~mbstantinl Luthe ran church in Amerit:a in HiHi. Trinity, \Vilmington, and <;Iorio Dei, Philadt· lphia, Htand today as the old st landmarks of Protestantism in ..r\meril'a. In lio!) the gr ;lt lnfiux of .C t·rnHlll Lutlwrans into ~ew York and Pennn:,;~·ivania began. In 1734 thl' Lutlwran Salzllurg·pr!', driv· ·n acros:,; tiH· ~··a:-; hv tlw pt·rl't ·<·ution of Rom<·, !Wtt!Pd in Gl'.Or~ia. .lohn .-\dam Tn·utlen, tlw first go\'crnor of (; l·orgia, was a son of th~· Salzhurgl.'l's. llt·urr )f. :\fuhh:nbe rg, who arriv e><! in LIFE 11 St. John's Lutheran Wilmette and Park A venues, Wilmette. Herman W. Meyer, M. A. pastor. 406 Prairie avenue. Telephone 1396. Church telephone 3111. Senh·f>s Sunday Before Lent !1 ::w a. m. Sunday school and Bible <'lasses. · !1 :4 :J a. tn. First service and sermon. 11 a. m. St"eond service and sermon. Subject: 'Th e Meaning and Observance of Lent," Luke 18, !ll-!l6. \\'(·dnP:-;day E,·ening at i :4a icC'. Lent~.· n St-n·- Jlcetlngs .:\funday and Friday at -t: . l'lasses for children. ::\lnnday and Friday at 7 :1 ;. : En·ning <'la~ses. Thursday at 2: Lndi<'H' Aid and ::\li::;sion; Thursday at 7 :45: seniors. The serYi('<'S Jwxt Sunday will sen·e as an introdu ction for the lf'ntt n sea son, which will begin · on Ash ·w ednesday, :\far<'h 2. The ord(·r of tlw service will be as follows: Prelude ..................... fluilmant Hymu 1 ~ii. "Saft·ly Through .\noth('r v,-<·t·k" Tlw liturg-i<'al s<·rvice Tlw Epistlf' an<l flosp<'l 1'11..- A ntiH·m bY th(' <'lwir Tilt· A postl<·s' rrc('(l HYmn 104 "( 'n,\\·n Him "·ith :\Iany ·Thorns"' TIJ,· s··rmon: "Tiw :\Tt>aning- and ObsC'rYanc·· of L··nt" Tht· ( )fft·rtoJ'Y ................ <iuilmant Hymn -tel "f'omf' l"nto )f<·" Tlw Bt·nt"dic'tion Doxology I 1742, became the founder of the oldest Lutheran synod, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, iu 1748. Before the Revolution Lutheran churches were found throughout America from :M aine to Georgia, and m en prominent in the affairs of the country were found among its members. Conrad Weiser was the Indian agent of the Government, Peter Muhl e nberg became a general in the Continental Army, and Frederick :\:luhlenbt-rg 1lhe Speakl·r of Congress. But the blight of rationalism and unionism which swept oYer the Chur<:h in Europe <'arly in the last eentury; also brought Lutheranism in the United States to a lo"' level. Tht- founding of the Gene ra! Synod in 1820 saved the Lutheran Church from complete absorption into the Rtdormed fold. ~ew lift> was infused into the Lutheran Church of America by the arrival, in 1839, of the Saxon pilgrims, who left nt>rmany on account of the persecution following the introduction of the Prussi~n Union. Th ey settled chiefly in the .:\liddle \VN;t, and under the lt>adership of Ur. Ferdinand Walther, organized the Synod of .:\lissouri, Ohio and Othf'r State~, which has always stood for <'Onservative, eonfes::;ional Lutheranism, and by its ~..:oura!o{<·ous t<'stimony has had a strong intluence upon the entire Lutheran Churc·h in Amt·rka. A log-hut colleg~._·, built in 1R39 in Perry County, :\lo., by th e ~axnn immigTants. b<·<·nnw th e first educational institution of tht· ~lissouri Synod, .and has sin<:t: cxpandcd into a s~·stem of fourt eHl eoilcg· ·s in the t..:niu·d Htat<·s nnd ft\'t · in fort· ign <·ountricl' (Canada, Brazil, Arg"t·ntine. India and <'hina.) Tlw larg·· migration from Ct·ntral IEurope, the attention given to the Chris tian training of the young by the skilled teachers in '""hristian Day schools, and the untiring labors of the pastors in home mission fields, are some of the factors that enter into the quick growth of the Lutheran Church in America during the last half c:entur·y. ? · THE ? · CARAVANS ARE FAST APPROACHING Eleven-0-Seven ? GREENLEAF ? ··················· I ~ All llle(·tings of a !'O<'ial C"haradt·r will, as has n Iways bf>Pn th f> custom at St. John'::;, bf> omitted during thP s1·ason of LPnt. 'flw \·arious organizations will han· thf·ir rt-gular mP ~ tings nPxt wt.·(·k, L<·nt f> n st'rviccs wil he lwld P \'('l'V 'Y~.· d JWS<lay evrning-, beginning at 7 :4G 'o'clock. rn tht·st· st>rvi<'<·s the history of our Lord's g-rPat I'Ufft·ring· and <lt ·a th as takt>n from tlH· four (;ospf>ls will ht· rt·:Hl as usual. Tlw <'ours(' of S(·rmons to bf> d t· li\·e r< ·d bv tlw vastor in tlws<' Sf>J'Vi('f·s follows: \Y, ·tlnt ·s<hv. :\lan' h ~: f'hri!'t \Yith His FathE"·r in r;,.tJ1s1 ·nwJw: \Vt ·dJws<lav. :\Jarrh ft: Christ \nth His Dis<'il'l"s ~·tt tht· Cnnkn: \Vf'dn<'sflay. Mnrrh 1tl: Christ \\·ith tlw ('hun·h in th· Hi!!h Pri··st's Palar(': \Y··<lJl f·s <lay. :\fan ·h 2:-f: f'hrist \\·ith th· · Skt·ptil' in tlw Pra(·torium: \Yt·dt1t's<lay, :\fard1 :w: Christ \\·ith tht· Crnsslwart·r on tlw \\·;t.\· of ~ormws : \Yt·dJwsday, Apl'il G: < 'hrb.:t \\·ith tlw Simwrs Pll tlw Cross. A \·t·rv ('Ordial invitation is (·Xtt'!Hl··d to thos .. \\:ho rt'ad this an<l to all thos·· whom tl1t'Y may infiUt·n<·t· to ;tllt·n<l tlwst · lt·n tt·n St·i·,·i<·t·!-:·. Thos" ·w ho ha '"" no l'll\.lr('h afCiliation are particularly iJwitt·d Twn hun<lrNl ~nd fHtr youn~· ]H·nJII<· attt·JHlt·d thP qunrtf·rly rail~· of tlw Xorth !-ihon· 7.on·· of thf> \\·a ltlwt· INtg'Ut' last :-;unflny nftt·rnoon anrl t·\·l' ning at Highland Park. Tt \VlUi mw o f th" lk~t lll<·<·tings t lw zotw has c·ver ·had. Tht· ])J'OC?.Tam waR hoth t·njoyablc and w1· ho1w of much lwtwfit . :\Tr. E . \Yf·nf.!'PI't, distri<'t attornf'Y of :\filwaukf'<' ('Otmty, Hcl<lr<'RSNl tbr young- folks nn "11an.,.t·r Rignal!-:" amnngwhi('h h(' nnnwd LawiPssnf's~. the trPnd tn t·ff· ·r t rig-htPou~nt'~s by J·aw. ancl the· tt·n<h·n<'Y to NlH('ntP witl1 no hig-ht·r g-o'll than to 'makt' monc·y. 1'hf· zt~nf. NmtributPd a consirlr-rabiP. a mount of mnnt>v for tlw ..-r0('tion of n(·W buildings at Immantlt'l Lutht·ran C'OIIt'l-!t' for tlw t·tlll('ntinn of 1wgro pastors, tParlu·rs nntl l'hllrC"h work··r:-: at <ir<·t'nshoro, ~. ('. (;orl's l'Jan (If Salratlon (;nfl':-; plan of ~aivation as rt·\·Palt·d in tlw HihiP ancl taug-ht hy tht· Lutht·ran <'hUJ'('h: 1. l\Jan i~ a sinnt·r an<l thPrt.·fore worthy of dt'·llh. "'l'hP :-;oul that sinn··th, it shall diP." 2. :\fan ('an not ~an· him!-: .. lf. tH·it IH·l' by his good workH nor by hi:-; f'hara<·tt.>l'. Eph. 2 :8, !l. ~.Tf'Rtts in our pla<'P and for us madt' full payml'nt for all our :-:ins by Hlll'fldine: His blood on thr cross. I. P<·t. 1 : 18. 1 !1. 4. l\fan must H.<'('ept thi~ .l('SUS, tiod's Son <'Ome Into the world, by believing in Him as his persona l Saviour. Tbf' D.-lty of Jt>sus l'llrlst Tlw Lutheran Chur<'11 tt·a<'hes and belit'\'t>~ that .Tesu~ is Ood. 1. Bt><'ause tlw RihiP s~1v« so in vxpli~it terms, and the Bible is. th<' unt·rring· Word of God. 2. Bf'<'ause .Tt>~u~ had thosP charnC't··risti<'s whi<'h arf' found only in God: HP is Almighty, All 'Vise. l~tern~.l. etc. !l. Be<'ause .Je~us did such mira<'lf'~ as <lod only can do: Cleansed the lepers, made the blind see, raised the dead. 4. Because .Jesus raised Himself from the dead, which no human being has eY<'r been able to do. 5. Because no one has been able to convict Jesus of a sin. 6. Because His Gospel to this day transforms the sinner into a saint. Editor Publishes the News That Fred o ne Stuff" Miller's Luncheon Is "Page · E. W. WEBER is the editor of WILMETTE LIFE, WINNETKA TALK and GLENCOE NEWS and a "round table" fan. -No. 4 of a series. I T'S a well known fact that the editor who ties himself to his desk too much is missing the biggest part of his job. The more people he can see every day, the better it is for himself and his paper. There are few places where I can see and talk to as many people at one time as at the "round table" at Fred Miller's Central Cafeteria. And there is the pleasant diversion that goes with an extraordinarily good 1uncheon. I'll put my 0. K. on Fred's luncheon with no blue pencil alterations. PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF FRED A. MILLER CENTRAL CAFETERIA Central A venue East of Wilmette Avenue WILMETTE