St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-24
A Remarkable Service Of Song
in the Exposition Audi
topium.
Bishop Won Seheele Present.
Rev. Norelius Delivers
the Sermon.
Thomas ]. Thompson Gets Big
Damages in His Eleva-
tor Suit.
Two Men Thought to Have
Lost Their Lives on Min
netonka.

The Swedish jubilee, auspiciously in
augurated Monday evening by we'll
attended and creditable concert, opened
yesterday morning with divine services
in the exposition auditorium. The wallis
which had resounded with the eloquence
of Rev. B. Fay Mills and DR.. Chapman.
the rich strains of Sousa's band and the
sweet, grand harmonies Of the carnival
chorus. re-eochoed with psalms and
hymns sung in, to them, a strange and
yet familiar language. Yesterday morn
ing everything was Swedish. from the
first psalm through the chants, prayers
and sermons to the closing hymn and
benediction. The full service of the
Swedish Lutheran church prevailed.
Members Of the vast congregation felt
as if they were attending services in
their churches on Sabbath morning.
The congregation numbered about
three thousand people. The improvlsed
altar, altar railing and pulpit used at
the services in the Coliseum last sunday
were brought into requisition and were
placed in front of the stage. Two large
palms were placed near the pulpit. and
formed almost bower, making pretty
frame for a the preachers form, and
enhancing in no small degree the festi
val character of the service. In the rear
of the stage was a row of chairs occu-
pied by distinguished visitors to the
fetival. The principal one was of course
Bishop yon Scheele, who sat next to DR..
o. OLSON. The bishop wore the in
sigma of his high Office, the golden
cross suspended on a golden chain
around his neck. On his breast shone
the bright star of the Order Of the North
Star, for the bishop is all aristocrat by
birth. AS member of the nobility he
has been decorated by King Oscar with
the insignia Of the order, which he wore.
He holds the highest rank, that of COM
mander. He took no part in the eXer-
cises beyond that of worshipper and
an attentive listener, for much that he
saw and heard was to him a novelty.
DR.. OLSON, president of the Augustana
college and seminary at Rock Island; {;
Prof. S. j. Carlson, of Gustavus Adol-
phus college, st. Peter; Rev. Abraham
son, and others of note in the Swedish
church also occupied seats on the stage.
Behind the stage were the ladies of the
jubilee chorus, tier rising above tier Of
female faces. The male portion of the
chorus were arranged on both sides OF
the altar. Their voices were as clear
as In the concert of the preceding even
ing. and all their numbers were rem
dered with the same excellent precision
and blending of parts. Prof. Gustaf
Johanson was the musical director.
Much of the singing was done by the
congregation in unison with the chorus,
and the grand old Lutheran hymns
rolled out and echoed as they never did
before in the Northwest.
The services began by the singing by
the assemblage and the choir of the
134th psalm III the Lutheran hymnal.
RGys. z. j. Svard and j. Fremling read
the liturgy, a quartette composed OF
RevS. l.. p. Bergstrom, j. Moody, Q. j.
Petri and n. 0. Grundeu chanted the
responses, and the immense congrega-
tiOn fell in at the proper places.
Rev. E. Norelius. ID. D., of Vasa, who
has been preaching iii this state up
wards Of thirty years, and is the oldest
Swedish Lutheran pastor in the state in
length of service within its boundaries,
j
one of the pioneer preachers of the sect
in the state, only one OF two preceding
him. HIS activity in the early days was
particularly noticeable. He travelled
continually, organizing congregations
and preaching the Gospel to his coun-
Irymen, many Of whom understood no
other language than the Swedish. DIR.
Norelius in his sermon used the Ian
guage he learned flom the cradle and in
his youthful days. His voice was in
good condition, and quite powerful i'll
volume.
The afternoon session was devoted to
a service Ill behalf Of the children, the
exercises including short talk by
Bishop Won Scheele and an address by
Gov. Nelson. The exposition was
crowded, the center Of the main audito-
rum being reserved TOR the little ones,
and the scene presented was animated
in the extreme.
The jubilee closed in the evening with
q grand festival programme, when Bis
hop Won Scheele made an address. Prof.
j. S. Carlson, of st. Peter, delivered a
speech in English. An original festival
poem was also read by Rev. l.. Holmes,
of Burlington, 10.