St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-19
MINORITY IS ROASTED,
Z AVCSBVRC SEMINARY NATTER lDExL1
Win At LENGTH
OLAF SEMINARY MENTIONED.

OLAF SEMINARY MENTIONED.
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President Of Augsburg Seminary
= Granted the Floor With Re.
luctance - Heated Dennncia-
/ I. tions = Mention Of sSecret so-
yrnciety Matter Causes a Rush
Il .; for the Doors. - ii. 1@1" Z
1 V,rhe forenoon session OF the conference
OF the United church at the a uditoriu1n
was opened at 9o'clock Yesterday MORN
ing by Rev. II. o. Fjeldstad, of Sloan,
To-, who read Heb. iv,, and led in
prayer.
/ yThe roll call showed that 1s0 ministers
and professors were entitled to vote at
the meeting. Two lay delegates were
also admitted, making the whole number
Of members about $50.
The committee on nominations sub.
mitted part Of its report, and, ON the
basis of this report, the following were
elected members of the board of dlrec
tors Tor the institutions of learning:
President, q. Hoyme, Rev. L.. NJ.
BiOrn, Rev. j. Olson, Rev. Thomas Egg
gen, Knute Thompson. E. Holland, b {.
K. SalvesOn.
Rev. Til. Eggen. of Grand Forks. was
elected editor of the Christian Youth.
Prof. E. G. Lund was also proposed.
but his experience during the past year
had convinced him that 1.-TWO heads'
for that paper was '.just one head tho
many" and the matter was referred to
the committee on the report of the
Augsburg Publishing house for consid-
Grafton.
Prot. &. Sverdrup. the president of
Augsburg seminary, was given the
privilege of the floor by vote of 165 to
142
Rev. o. Nilsen, of the committee on
the presidents report, rea long
string of propositions bearing on the
subjects treated by the presidents re-
port. The propositions were headed by
expressions of thanks to God, which
were passed by rising vote. The sail
ing was quite smooth for some time,
one proposition after another being
adopted without any serious objection.
But a snag was finally struck in the
shape of strong censure upon the
action of the minority" churches in
charging the United church with hav-
ing violated the articles of union by re-
moving its theological seminary froin
the Augsburg seminary to new'q quarters.
A number nt minority ministers objected
to this proposition, but it was finally
carried by a strong majority.
Rev. Haupt. of the English Lutheran
church Of this city, was accorded the
privileges of all advisory member.
The consideration of the propositions
made by the committee ON the presi-
dents report was resumed. The presi-
dent and the secretary were instructed
to write TO each one of the .minority''
churches and request them to recon-
slider their resolutions -condemning the
actions, of the United. church. The
action of the leaders of the ''minority'
were censured in strong terms. The
action of Prof. Oftedal and H. Enge-
moen III forcibly taking possession of
the Augsburg Publishing house was
characterize d as "revolting and un-
just" and the gentlemen were request.
ed to ask forgiveness for their sins.
The board of trustees of Augsburg
seminary also came in for its shar e
of the dennnciatious because it did not
transfer the seminary property as per
agreement. A motion instructing the
board to transfer the property called
forth. a protracted debate in which a.
large number of speakers expressed
thniseives. t--s@~''fss'--.
Said Rev. r. Andersen. of Rochester,
Mimi: This summary treatment will
exclude the United church from friend
ly negotiations. Let us at least delay
action ON this point until we hear from
port -
Rev. S. Strand. of Blooming Prairie:
''This is a case Of discipline, and the
other side ought to be heard" Accord
ingly Prof. OftedaI was granted per-
mission to defend himself. but he did
not show up. -
Rev. R. Andersen asserted that the
| board of trustees OF Augsburg seminary
was eaing aud might transfer the
Rev. e. w. Bo, siIver- Lake. To-.
thought the United church had waited
lDUS duu was Ill IdVOT OIL lRQOI-
| ing the "minOrIty.o
E. Holland. Lisbon, Ill.-What are we
voting for? The minority bas always
cried, "Let US negotiate" and that is
! the end of it; that is all the minority in
| tends to do. -.
Rev. 6. Rasmussen-We expected the
| minority committee had something new
for US, but even those affiliating with
| the minority were actually surprised be-
| cause it was simply the old story, Let
! us negotiate" And, at the same time.
we do not even know whom we are to
| negotiate with, viz. the members of the
| board of trustees OF Augsburg semi
! nary.
q. NorvoId. of Goodhue county-You
| make altogether too much fuss about
| the report OF the minority. for it was
conceived in sin and born in iniQuity."
| Rev. H. c. Holm, of Cambridge, To-,
| thought the board was wrong and the
| United church right; still, he would
| treat the minority in a conciiiatory
| spirit.
Rev. j. N. Kildahl. of Chicago.
| thought the board had sinned, and was
in favor of calling things by their proper
| names.
The motion to postpone action was
| lost and the original motion was carried
| by a strong majority.
| The meeting further protested against
the minority" posing as the old con-
ferelce and instructing the board not
to transfer the property, OH the ground
that the minority" had no authority to
| do such things.
| The action of the board of trustees in
removing the theological seminary from
the Augsburg seminary buildings to
| other quarters was sustained. But a
| nj fn 1~<>kL l.. A.
and the college departments in the same
blilding another year met with
earnest opposition from many who
were in favor of removing the
| school to the buildings of st. Olaf col
| lege, Northfield, Minn., Prof. Mohn. the