Rev. Paul Henry Land
At Breslau, the largest and most influential city of the eastern part of the German Empire, was born the subject of our sketch, who is pastor of the German Reformed church of Lima. He went through the schools and colleges of his native city and in 1887 emigrated to this country. He first came to Cleveland, Ohio, and continued his studies at Calvin College, and institution of the Reformed Church. In the year 1890 he graduated with honors and went to Ursinus Seminary at Philadelphia, taking a course in theology. After graduating from the seminary he at once received a call from Zion's Reformed Church in Baltimore, Maryland, which charge he served acceptably for four years, beginning at the same time a post- graduate course in the oriental languages at the Johns Hopkins University. This course he completed in 1897, having been appointed "Fellow by Courtesy" in 1896 and holding this office for two consecutive years. President Gilman, now of Carnegie Institute; Prof. Paul Haupt, and Prof. Gildersleeve, well known among educators, were then members of the university faculty. During these years Mr. Land also taught classes in French, German and Hebrew at Dr. Deichman's famous gymnasium school at Baltimore.
In 1898 Mr. land accepted a unanimous call to the German Reformed Church at Lima, Ohio, following his natural inclination to preach and to teach, and this position he has occupied for the last seven and a half years.