The Washington herald., 1911-07-31

German Lutheran Church Ccncordia, at
official church Of the members Of the
German Embassy. last night was filed
to its capacity on the occasion Of the
twenty-flfth anniversary of the ordina-
ton of its pastor, Rev. Paul A. Menzel,
as minister of the German Lutheran
Church. Tho congregation attended in
full force to do honor tc their beloved
shepherd, and seven brother pastors of
the Jubilee came here from Baltimore to
add dignity to the pleasant occasion.
The latter presented DR.. Menzel with
Young's famous treatise. Analysis of
Concordia," a valuable adjunct to the
library Of any pastor, while the congre-
cation. through its president, the ven
cradle FIR. Imhofr. a well-known old
resident Of this city. gave DR.. Menzel
silver cup, suitably engraved. and also
silver-headed umbrella.
Each of the visiting Baltimore pastors
made congratulatory speech. eulogiz-
ing the pastor Cor all the good work
he has done during the tw wenty-five years
OF his service here and elsewhere, not
only pertaining to the moral and social
uplift OF the large congregation under
his spiritual care, but also and pre-
eminently in mission work for the Lu-
theran Church, especially in East India.
The music was excellent Prof. Koester.
the organist, gave an elaborate pro-
gramme, and his son delighted the con-
gregatlcn with finely executed violin
solo.
The chairman of the meeting was Rev
c. w. Locher, pastor Of ST. Matthews
Church. in Baltimore, who made a brief
address.
Speaks for CIassmate.
Rev. William Batz, vice president of
Atlantis district of the Lutheran Synod,
also spoke. He was a classmate Of DR..
Menzel. and therefore able to speak
feelingly ~ their united struggles in
early life. Other Baltimore pastors pres
ent were Rev. o. Spitz, Of the Immi-
grant Mission, v no said the PRAYER; Rev
Fred klemIne, of St Luke's, who read
a section Of the Scripture: Rev. w. H
Aufderhaar, OF ST. Johns, and Rev
William Giese. of Concordia From An
napolis, where DR.. Menzel also held a
pastorate. Rev. c. Sprenger was present
Rev. DR.. MenZel is a native of Chicago,
where he was born forty-fOur years ago.
the son of Rev. Frederick Menzel. When
he was four years old his father died
and his mother married the Rev. +.
KeuChen, who placed the boy in the
educational institution of the German
Evangelical Church, in the college at
Elmhurst, Ill. and in Eden Seminary, at
st. Louis. DR.. Menzel was ordained at
Piqua, Ohio, July %, 1856, and after
spending a year OF study each at the
universities at Berlin and Tuebngen
Germany, was given charge OF St. Mar
tins Church at Annapolis. While there
he became a member Of the German
Evangelical Synod. He next served as
pastor Of the United Evangelical Church
in Canton, Baltimore. He married Miss
Emma Ebinger, Of Marietta, Ohio. To
this union were born six sons and four
daughters, all living.
DR.. Menzers pastorate at ConcordIa
Church. in this city, dates from October,
1895. In 1905 that prosperous congrega-
ton celebrated its seventy-fifth anniver-
sary. on which occasion the late German
Ambassador, Baron Won Speck Stern
burg, in the name of the German EN-
peror, decorated DR.. Menzel with the
Order Of the Crown Of Prussia. For the
past eighteen years DR.. Menzel has been
an active member Of the foreign mission
board of that denomination. which main
tains growing work in the central prov
inces Of East India.
One Of the members Of Concordia
Church, Miss Elise Kettler. Of this city,
at the present time is engaged in
"zenana" work for women in the city of
Raipur.