St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-21
A LUTHERAN JUBILEE.
A Great Service Of Song to
Be Opened Today at the
Coliseum.
Bishop von Scheele, One OF
SWeden's Bishops, to Be
Present.
A Receiver Finally Appointed
for the Guaranty Loan
Company.
The New Plan Of Mayor Eus-
It's Working Like a
Charm.

Thousands of devout children of the
fair land of Sweden will assemble this
morning for a service of song and praise
in the Coliseum. The w0rShiperS in
the seven Swedish Lutheran churches
of the city will gather there and hun
dreds of outsiders will improve the op-
portunity to be present. The services
are in reality the opening prelude to
the great Lutheran jubilee, although
not inclnded in the original programme.
The center OF all eyes during the exer-
cises will be Bishop Knut Hennlng Ge-
ZeliuS Won Scheele, one of the twelve
bishops of Sweden. and the only one
who has ever visited this country. He
had promised Rev. Petri to preach a
sermon in the AuguStana church. but
there was such general desire to hear
this distinguished divine that it was
found best to secure the commodIous
Coliseum, in order to accommodate the
large numbers that would surely de-
mand admittance. The jubilee chorus,
the members Of which are now in the
city, will b6 prepared to render the
choral effects.
The jubilee proper begins tomorrow
evening with concert Ill the exposition
auditorium. Extensive preparations
have been made to make the concert a
truly grand one. The chorus will con-
tain 500 voices selected from the leading
church chOirs of the state. Every city
aud town IN the state having
a Swedish Lutheran congregation
within its limits will contribute to the
chorus. The orchestra. which will be
under the direction of Frank DanZ, will
consist of fifty pieces, to be selected
from among the best in the Northwest.
The soloiSt will be Nine. Ohrstrom-
Renard, soprano; l.. p. Bergstrom,
tenor; Prof. r. Lagerstrom, baritone;
Emil Straka, yiolinist. Among the
numbers on the programme will be
such selections as the Tannhauser
March for orchestra and the LeOnOra
overture, an original cantata composed
for this jubilee by Prof. Lagerstrom.
Tuesday will be devotad entirely to
the jubilee. There will be three ses-
si0nS-mOrning, afternoon and evening
and each one is expected to fill the
eXpOsition'S 5000 seats. In the forenoon
the principal event will be carefully
prepared sermon by Rev. Eric Norelius,
OF asa, lne OlQeSG SWeulSn Lutheran
pastor in the state. Gov. Nelson, eX
Congressman John Lind, and DIR. o.
ClSSon, president of AuguStana college,
will make addresses during the after
noon. while in the evening Bishop Won
Scheele will make his second bow TO
Minneapolis audience. The orchestra,
chorus and Soloists will be heard at all
sessions.
The occasion that calls for this hearty
celebration 10y the Swedish Lutherans
of the Northwest is the tri-centenmal
of the PRONUNCIATION of the famous de-
cree of the council of Upsala, from
which dates the introduction Of Protest
antiSm in Sweden. Carl TX. was acting
king i'll Sweden in 1893, and when a
council of the learned and power
fHl had adopted the Augsburg con-
feSSion LutheranSm was made the
state religion. The monarch has been
looked upon as the one who introduced
religious freedom in this country. Each
succeeding anniversary has been cele-
brated with more or less ceremony, but
none of them-not even the Ole OF 1898
will equal the obSeryances to be held
this year in the United States and in
| Sweden.