St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-30
GOT REQ IN The FACE.
The Lutheran Synod Worked
Off Some Red-Hot Reso-
lutions,
Denouncing Catholics, Epis-
copalians and All Secret
Societies.
First Orange Lodge Of Min
nesota Sent Booming
Under Way.
The Royal Commission Gets
Pointers on a Blind Pig
System.

The Augustana conference fired off
some strong resolutions yesterday MORN
ing. The resolutions were based on the
annual report of the president. and
opened with thanks to God for the JOY
and edification afforded by the jubilee
festival, and the local churches were
urged to celebrate the jubilee on Il
smaller scale. The king of Sweden and
BiShop Won Scheele were thanked for
what they had done for the jubilee
through the presence of the latter.
After number of speakers had in
dorSed the following resolution in nne-
quivocal terms, 1t was passed by
unanimous vote:
although our Lutheran church is not
yet directly attacked by the Catholic
church, we are still affected indirectly
by her hostility to the only infallible
source of truth, the Word of God, her
encroachment upon our public schools
and her Jesuitical schemes, by which
she acquires disproportionately large
share of the appropriations of the gov
eminent for the Indian mission and en-
croaches upon all fields of activity in an
improper manner. thereby threatening
our political and religious liberty;
"Therefore, we must, like our fore
fathers, diligently study and propagate
the'word of God, and cheerfully antag-
OniZe and demonstrate the anti-ChrlS-
tan doctrines of the papal church"
AS to the EpiscopalianS. several
speakers were of the opinion that tie
church could not te made responsible
for what certaiu aayenturerS had done
in the name of the Epi.c"palians. But
information was promised TO the effect
that even bishops of that church had
challenged the authority which the
Augustana church claims for itself, and
the following resolution was passed on
the subject:
1--WE protest most energetically
against the deceitful and shameful
manner in which the Episcopalian
church is carrying on its missionary
work among the Swedish Lutherans,
on the one hand falsely claiming that
the Augustana church had apostatiZed
from the Lutheran church. and on the
other endeavoring to make our people
believe that the Episcopal church has
the same creed and doctrine and uses
the same rites as the church OF
Sweden, which is a braZen falsehood;
and as Bishop Won Scheele testl-
fed before the conference by
means OF indisputable proofs and is
powerful language, the Episcopal
church never has been and never Will
be recognized aS Lutheran church by
the church of Sweden, but that, on the
contrary, the Augustana synod is her
genuine sister or daughter"
A lengthy resolution was passed
against the Adventists. charging them
with practlcing the old Jesuitical doc
trine that "the end justfies the MEANS"
and the churches were especially
warned against books published at Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
In one resolution secret societies
were stigmatized as 'infernal weeds"
and they ought to be treated accord
ingly.
The Afternoon session
was devoted to routine business of the
driest kind, after the following vote of
thanks to Rev. p. Sjoblom had been
passed:
1.-The conference tenders its sincere
and cordial thanks to Rev. z. Sjoblom,
the president of the conference for
series OF years. for the fidelity, diligence
and palnstaking care with which he
has discharged the duties of his i'm
portant Office"
The Red River Mission district has
organized itself into an association of
| the same nature as the Minnesota con-
| ference, although the former is con-
| stituent part of the latter. The confer
ence deprecated this action and de-
manded that said association be dis
| solved at once.
Rev. S. C. FranZen, of Mankato. re-
ceived SO out of 81 votes for business
| manager of the conference, and his
election was subsequently made unani-
nous. His salary was fixed at $1,000
| and travelling expenses. Some diff
| Guilty was experienced in drawing
| the line between the duties of the
| old officers and those of the new one;
but it was finally resolved that the bust
ness manager should have charge of the
money affairs of the conference and all
it's Institutions. Rev. FranZen is very
| energetic man, who has already demon
Strated that he is capable of accomplish
ing something.
The church at West Superior had re-
quested the conference to waive a debt
of about $3.50, but it was resolved that
said sum should be paid over to a new
church at South Superior, to be used by
the latter for five years without inter-
est.
The name of a church in Nicollet
|
to Bernadotte.
The report of Rev. Fremling, the
chairman of the board of directors of
the Vasa Orphans home in Goodhue
county, was very encouraging. The
institution mad been literally supported
during the year. Twenty acres Of land
had been bought for $780, making the
total area of the grounds owned by the
home no acres. A new building had
also been erected and fitted up for a
carpenter and blacksmith shop. The
attendance at present is SO boys and Il
girls, their ages ranging from two to
sixteen years. Four children were con
trlned in 1892.
The report Of the treasurer, j. w
Peterson. showed that the total receipts
for the year 1892 were S., 1885, and the
expenditures 1884. 16, leaving bal
ance of 81, 274.39 in the treasury.
The home was opened iii 1865 by Rev.
all about $50 children. The property is
worth at least s15, 900. One of the char.
acteristic rules of the institution is that
the children are admitted OIL condition
that they remain until they are sixteen
years old.
Two new members of the board Of
directors were elected, and the board
now consists of F. l. Johnson, Rev. q
A. Stenborg, Rev. j. Fremling, 2. O.
Tilderquist. Rev. q. Rast, l.. Engberg
and j. W. Peterson.
The following gentlemen were elected
board of visitors for the ensuing year
Rev. l.. q. Field, Rev. A. s. Melgren
A. P. Johnson, Rev. G. A. Krans, Gus
Anderson, j. Bodin and Rev. c. j. Ed
man.
When the question of erecting new
buildings came up many speaker
thought the home might have done mor'
good if it had been located in the neigh
borhood of some city. Rev. G. j. Petri
of this city. in particular, had Otter
been sorry. TO see that Scandinavian
children were sent to institutions owne'
and managed by the Catholics and othe
denominations because the Scandiva
vians had no accommodations for home
less children. The result of the discus
sion was that committee of five wa
. elected to consider the matter an