The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-07
TWIN CITY LEAGUE.
Lutherans Decide to Meet In ST. Paul
to Form One.

A meeting of the Lutheran young people
of the Twin Cities was held last evening in
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church,
Fifteenth avenue south and Fourth street
The object of the assembly was to effect an
organization of the Lutheran leagues of the
cities and broaden their power by union. The
church was filed with an interested audience
and the addresses of the evening were in
English, that the German and English Luz
therans present might enjoy the exercises
Rev. w. H. Zuber opened the meeting with
scripture reading and prayer and Rev. Frank
E. Jensen, Of st. James church, st. Paul.
delivered the speech of welcome. "The Lu-
theran Church in the Twin Cities and the
Need of Organization was the subject of an
address by Rev. G. H. Trsbert, in which he
briefly reviewed the position of the churches
and spoke of the added power to be gained
by a closer knowledge of each others aims
and plans. Rev. Henry Hartig spoke on, I'm
Union There Is Strength in which he en-
phasized the need of mutual helpfulneSs. Prof
E. G. Lund, of the United Church seminary,
told, why the Young People of Our Church
Should Join the Luther League 1t is an
association formed in the interest of the
Lutheran church and upon the Augsburg con-
fession of faith. 1t will lead the young peo-
pie to be more active in the church and
keep them safe in the Lutheran belief Rev.
A. Ramsey, of st. Johns church, Minneapolis,
spoke of THE Luther League and the Pas
tor" He thought the interests of the league
and the pastor were identical and that the
sometimes asserted, menace to the au-
thority of the church. The pastor is a mem
Der of the league interested in its welfare
and yet having sufficient authority to restrain
it in unwise measures.
Rev. ]. C. Peterson spoke of Some Hidden
Forces" He said the Luther league had an
excellent influence in the church through
its sanctifed devotion and good works. He
believed rather in pound of practical and
effective work than in ton of theories and
arguments. He believed that the league was
a strong force for good among the young peo-
pie and that their work reacts upon the inter-
est felt by the congregation.
Rev. Gerhard Rasmussen, the last speaker
of the evening, took as his subject 1.-The
Duty of the Hour" In his estimation, the
the faith and show the influence of ones
religious faith in works. 1t is a temptation
of the evil one when we feel that we can
say nothing and do little to confess the faith
we hold He spoke of the devotion shown
by Christions of old for their faith and
for an example of the fearless adherance to
belief it is shown in the Armenians, who
today sacrifice their lives rather than deny
their faith. He appealed to the young people
to so live that no one might doubt their re-
ligion and if need be to die for the faith
address, the committee of arrangements
recommended that the meeting to effect an
organization of the Luther leagues of the
Twin Cities, be held Friday evening in St.
James church, st. Paul. That a committee
of five be appointed to present constitution
sent from each Lutheran church of the
cities. The resolutions were adopted as
motions and vote of thanks to the speakers
of the evening was passed. The constitu-
tional committee appointed consisted of Prof
Lund, Rev. A. Ramsay, Rev. Henry Hartig
Mr.. Werner and Miss Guam. The meeting
was drawn to close by singing Luther's
hymn, "a Mighty Fortress Is Our Cod