El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-11
PASTOR W.LL BE
Installed SUNDAY
Mothers Day Services to Be
Held in Several FL
PasO Churches.

Sunday viii be a day OF special inter
est to the Lutheran church people Of
this city and vicinity. The field sec
rotary of home missions. the Rev.
Luther P Ludden. D. D., Of Lincoln,
Neb.. viii be present. and Rev F. H
Combs will be installed as pastor st:
PauIs church has been making com
mendable progress and just now the
mem bers are busy looking up location
on which 10 begin their new church
building. While in this city the Luth-
eran church is not so very large, YET
IN the world Il is larger than all the
other Protestant churches combined
in the world the Lutheran church IS
credited with 28,1O2 ministers. 6O,365
churches and 10000, 600 members. The
combined Protestant church outside Of
the Lutheran church has about 1900
600 members. II is stated. The Luther
an church. from its very beginning. in
the 18th century, has been known as a
lIrUrgical church. and in this day OF
rush and push and hurry the Lutheran
church still clings 10 the old land
marks. so thRt no matter Wnere they
gather for Worship. in the mission In
FL Paso OF in some Of the first
churches planted in this country, you
VIII find them using the same lit
Urgical services.
In the United States the Lutheran
church began In 1928 in what was then
Dutch New Amsterdam, now New York.
with q handful of workers, but has
grown RAPIDLY. twenty-five years
ago Il stood ninth among the Protest
ant churches in America. The govern
ment figures today place IL third IN the
great Protestant family. For the last
u years the government figures show
that it mas made the largest percentage
OF gain or growth Of any Of the protest
ant family. The Lutheran church is not
so very strong in Texas, but with the
great tide Of people coming TO Texas,
Nd 1.H r-= u 1rHn
year
Rev. DIT Ludden will preach Sunday
morning and evening, the cOngreEaLiO
holding services in the city library
building. and at the close OF the even
ing service the pastor VIII be formally
installed.
Mothers Day Service
At the Trinity Methodist church, at
the morning service, Rev. c. Wesley
Webdeu. the pastor, viii preach a
Mothers day sermon. using the text
"Son. behold thy mother" The mu-
sic. hymns, solos and anthems viii be
in keeping with the spirit Of the sub
ject White carnations wiu be worn
by members Of the congrega ton in
memory Of mother
At the service last Sunday at this
church g were received into. the
church. The evening service tomorrow
WIN be along. evangelical lines. Sunday
school is at $3.50 a m, EpWOrth League,
Z p IA, preaching l0-45 q. m. and S p. ~
At First Presbyterian.
At the First Presbyterian church.
corner Boulevard and stanton Rev.
Chas. l. Overs treet. pastor. preaching
services viii be at II q. IN. and 70. m.
Unavoidable circumstances prevented
the pastor from attending the Louis
Vile assembly. and he will therefore
preside at the Sunday services. In
the evening. II. b DUrkee, Y. " c. A.
secretary. will give a short address on
Phases OF possible institutional work
IN FL PasO churches"
Morning anthem. Gloria" CIozart).
and Mr. Coggeshau viii sing Hear We
not o Israel" Evening anthem, Ny
Heavenly home" lHavens). and Miss
Anne Hughes viii sing a solo.
In the Sabbath school at 9-45. short
Mothers day program viii be rendered
ar the opening of the school Junior
Endeavor meets at 9 D. m
First Methodist.
Rev. z, O. Beckman, a former. pastor