The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-25
BIBLICAL NUMBER, SEVEN
PROVES THE ERA OF GOOD Eel
LOWSHIP IN A FORMERLY
TROUBLED BODY,
KIND WORDS AND MANY OF THEM
Mark the Close of the Weeks SEES
sion at the First Swedish
Lutheran Church.

America is thing of the past And
it differed very materially from all the
previous ones excepting the one from
which the association dates it's organ
ization. The ceaseless filibustering OF
the minority or Augsburg party, in
the United church ceased Even in
the midst of the most heated discus
SIGN, the spirit of Christian charity
was maintained. This meeting also
revealed the fact as never before that
there is no leader" whose influence
can be traced in the general trend of
the policy Of the United church. The
work accomplished by the gathering
is, upon the whole, the result Of the
combined efforts Of many minds, an
eXemplification of the purest democ-
racy.
The conference granted President
Hoyme leave of absence for several
months, in order that he may make a
trip to Europe, his health being in
such a condition that he needs recu-
t peration.
The text books used in the parochial
schools present great confusion, as
many as three different books on the
same class A motion to try to remedy
this evil by the appointment of COM
mittee to agree on certain books,
therefore, met with hearty approval.
o. o. Norvold and O. S. Dykoren,
both of whom have been school teach
ers in Goodhue county, thought this
was one of the most important SUBJ
jects brought up at the conference,
and the president was instructed to
appoint a committee Of three to report
on the subject next year.
A proposition to strike the names Of
a certain category of ministers from
the minutes of the conference evident
ly interested the clergy very much.
The ministers proposed for cancellation
were those who either have crowded
themselves into the congregations Of
the United church for the purpose Of
tearing these to pieces, or who have
openly violated the constitution of the
United church. President Hoyme
spoke vigorously in favor of the mo-
ton, which he characterized as very
mild, and the meeting by a unanimous
vote resolved to elect a committee Of
three to revise the list according to the
above mentioned principles.
The following ministers were singled
out as having transgressed the reso-
lutions Of the United church, and were
urged to confess their sins and make
amends
Rev. E. E. Gynild, Willmar. MINI.
Rev. A. J. Logeland, Cumberland, Wis.
Rev. c. Dahle, West Duluth, Mimi.
Rev. G. Ytrehns, La Crosse, Wis.
Rev. j. H. BronO, Fargo, N. D.
Rev. S. E. Sorensen, Maple Bay, Mimi.
Rev. II. Ostgalen, Warren, MINI.
Rev. A. K. Qvamme Cooperstown, N. D.
Rev. H: I. Villesvik, Neby, Mimi.
The churches were also admonished
not to encourage the agitation which
the Free church, is expected to in
augurate whenever there is an OppOr-
tunity.
The conference was bound to make
some change in the committee on nomi-
nations. Accordingly, it was proposed
that it's membership be increased from
five to nine; that four of the members
shall be laymen, and five ministers;
and that this committee shall be nomi-
mated by a committee of five elected
by the conference. Rev. Svalestnen
proposed that the number of members
of the committee on nominations be i'll
creased from five to eleven, six of
them to be laymen, and five ministers,
and that the committee shall be nomi-
mated by two laymen and one minister
from each district; that is, SeVenty-two
altogether. These complicated propo-
sitions were strongly supported, but
were knocked out by the adoption of a
third one by Rev. H. O. Fjeldstad to
the effect that the committee on nomi-
nations shall consist of nine members.
and that three times that number shall
be nominated before the committee is
elected
The board of school directors pro-
posed the appropriation of $1,000 to
enable some young man to make
special preparation to fill the proposed
chair Of Old Testament exegesis at the
United church seminary. Rev. o. Mil
sen thought the motion came too sud
denly; that it was too important to be
sprung upon the conference just before
it's close; and that it would entail
keeping a certain man as professor
whether he proved himself to be a sue
sess or not. Suddenly about a dozen
sprang to their feet and protested
against such a motion being Sprung
on the conference" and it was voted
down by a very large majority
Rev. P. Dreyer, who wanted to turn
the Madagascar mission, bag and bag
gage, over to the Mission society of
Norway, resigned as a member of the
committee on the Madagascar mission.
his reason for so doing being that the
burden would be too heavy for him.
Rev. G. Rasmussen was elected in his
place.
Henceforth ministers from other de-
nominations, as we'll as students from
non-Lutheran schools, who wish to be-
come ministers in the United church,
shall be subjected to a thorough eX-
animation.
Rev. Mr.. Granskon was elected to fill
a vacancy in the committee on the
support of poor ministers and ministers
widows caused by the resignation of
Rev. M. Galbrandsen; and Prof. Glaso
in place of Rev. Mr.. Engh, resigned,
on the committee on the English hymn
book
Rev. Messrs. Kildahl and Dreyer in
troduced far-reaching motion 1t
provided for the election of a commit
tee of five to meet a similar committee
from Hauge's synod, both committees
to be elected in 1898, with view to
the union of Hauges synod and the
United church. Several speakers could
see no reason why such a union could
not be consummated. But others held
the motion to be untimely, inasmuch
as the United church itself is not yet
very solid1y welded together. Tie mo-
ton was carried by 80 against A votes.
Half q dozen lay delegates handed in
pressions by Rev. Mr.. 30 on prayer
meetings. Attempts were made to have
the protest adopted by the meeting,
but it was voted down by a small ma
jcrity. The meeting expressed itself
in favor of free conferences.
The conference passed a lengthy reso-
luton in memory of the six ministers
who died in the course of the past year.
The T,l1ther "a SIle of Dane COllntV