St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-20
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1sH GJ:RTSEN TELLS REV. MINN:
THAT He LIES.


HolO tho, Heated FACTIONS
Down. = Committee Appointed
to Confer With Augsburg Fac.
tion-A Bad Tangle to Unravel.
Not until the strains of song began to
pour out of the interior Of the AuditO-
rum yesterday morning did the large
crowds at the front of the building
think Of betaking themselves into the
building for business purposes. The
religious, services were conducted by
Rev.C. l. Moon. of Dawson, Num-, who
read Rom. viii. The services lasted
fully twenty minutes.
Rev. j. N. Kildahl, of Chicago. sub
mitted report OH the much talked-of
document Of the minority" which was
read by Prof. Sulldrup last week. On
the basis of this report the meeting
passed series of resolutions, the main
points of which are: j..
The United church cannot confer
with any body elected by the "minor-
ity" at its meeting Nov. 81 to % at Min
neapolis, because that meeting did not
have proper authority. The United
church cannot confer with the board of
trustees of Augsburg seminary in re-
gard to the union, because the union Is
already perfected. The United churc h
declares the refusal to transfer the
seminary property to bs unjust.
The United church cannot recognize
the minority" as a representative of
the old conference. The assertion Of
the minority" to the effect that the
union is not perfected is false. The
falsity of that assertion has been estab-
lished by the courts. which have given
the publishing house to the United
church. The board of trustees of Augs-
burg seminary is fully able to give the
United church "full control' of the
property.
Point seven was holly discussed. 1t
provided that although the United
church does not recognize the control of
the seminary by the board. the board of
trustees of the United church shall be
authorized to receive the property in
case the Augsburg board declares be-
fore Jan. l, 1895, that it will give tn e
United church control of it by electing
the members of the annual meeting of
the United church as members of the
board. Or If the board of trustees
of Augsburg seminary would rather
give the United church control of
the seminary by changing its articles of
Incorporation in manner to permit the
United church to elect new board,
this plan shall also be satisfactory to
the United church.
Prof. Theodore Mohn was afraid this
resolution might involve legal pro-
ceedings, to which he strenously OBJ
jected. LET US rather be cheated than
have law suit" he said. E. Holland
brought asolemn warning from the vet
eran Rev. P. A. Rasmussen. of Lisbon,
ILL.,, not to resort to the courts. but
rather lose the property. Rev. Kildahl
explained that point seven had nothing
to do with law suits; it simply proposed
legal and practical ways of obtaining
possession Of the property In dispute
Rev. o. Hoel would rather let
the minority keep their barracks
than take them by proceedings at law.
Seth Halyorsen. of DEBORAH, 10, charac.
terized the action OF the board as a
crime. They have stolen that prop
erty in the name of Jesus" were his
words. and he wanted to deter future
generations from similar course by de-
nouncing the action of the board.
Point seven was finally carried.
The eighth point was that. the board
of trustees of the United church shall
confer with the Augsburg board OF
other parties authorized to act in Its
name and report at this meeting.
Rev. e. Holm knew there were "great
men" on both boards, and Oh account OF
their very greatness they might be un.
willing to yield the one to the other.
He. therefore, suggested that some
smaller men be elected to act as inter
cessors between the boards. Rev. w.
G. Brown was sick of negotiation, -
and thought Jan. l, 1890, might as well
be mentioned in that connection as
Jan. l, 1895. The Augsburg board must
be prepared for threefold condemna-
ton; that OF our contemporaries, that
of history. and that of eternity. E. Hol-
land followed up the suggestion made by
Rev. Holm and proposed that seven
men be elected as intercessors between
the boards. and his motion was carried
after sharp contest i'll which Rev. l.
NJ. Dahl said the buildings of Augs-
burg are rotten. Rev. Stettedahl, of
Duluth. used his chances by telling the
audience that he had been on his knees
praying for the United church before
coming to the meeting. Knut Myhre
said the majority men wanted to lead
the United church people as if by a
rope. aud Rev. Bo said the minority
had been handled as carefully as though
it had been an egg. A motion by Rev.
upon some plan not mentioned in the
seventh resolution was carried.
INTERCESSORS NAMED.
The following gentlemen were elected
to intercede between the two boards who
are to confer about the transfer of
Augsburg seminary: Rev. q. Hoyme,
Prof. NJ. o. Boeckman, Rev. l.. Lund,
Rev. Nj. Satterlee, William Christian
sen. t. Aslesen and j. Larsen.
The board of directors for the institu-
tons Of learning was instructed to re.
port on the matter of permanently locat-
ing tile theological seminary of the
United church.
The following were elected a commit.
tee on ordination: Rev. &. HOyne. Rev.
". MVlUys llCN. l. II. lam, hCV. M ".
Tvedt, Rev. y. A. +. Solem.
Prof. E. q. Lund was reelected asso-
clate editor of the Christian Youth, but
having been accused of supporting the
general council i'll that capacity in the
past, he refused to serve. and Rev. j g.
Jensson, of Clinton. Wis, was unan-
imously elected to fill the place.
liver Lorsen. the chairman of the
board OF trustees, Informed the au-
dience that he had wired Prof. OftedaI
to attend Joint meeting of the two
boards at 9 o'clock this morning. Rev.
Kildabl had noticed that the seven men
chosen to intercede between the two
boards. with the exception of single
one, were decided majority men, aud
upon his suggestion, Rev. Il. e. Holm
and Rev. r. Anderson were added}to
the seven.
Rev. N. NJ. Mime, of South Dakota,
proposed that the United church APP
point committee to have charge of the
meetings of Lars o. SkrefsOnd, the
Santhal missionary. Rev. Sovde wanted
to know why the committee which so
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