Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-03


Excursion Postponed Until Tonight.
AT the business session of the Lu
Their League of Illinois this morning
officers for the ensuing year were
elected. They are:
President-Prof. G. o. Solberg. OF
tawa.
First Vice Presidents. H. Holstad
Chicago.
Second Vice President-Walter j
Peterson, Rockford.
Treasurer-H w. Theis, Boards.
town.
Statistical Secretary-T. F. Phillips,
Mt. Carroll.
Recording Secretary-Miss Anna
Giesenheimer. Dixon.
| Executive Committee-Miss Vesta
E. Sitteringhaus. Chicago; Rev. F. l..
Sigmund, Carthage; Prof. G. A. Wen
dell, Rock Island.
| The convention will be concluded
this afternoon. Following adjourn
ment the visitors will be ban9ueted
ut Gable hall.
/ Afternoon Session.
Yesterday afternoon session was
devoted for the most part to adj
dresses, all of which proved highly
entertaining and instructive. f. O..
Chinlund, of Rock Island, spoke of
The Opportunity of the Lutheran
Church in America. He said the
| church in the past decade had ex-
| cceded all other denominations in
growth. The salient element of it's
strength was its settled system of
doctrine, not being distracted by dis
IN Nkrh. hn oh lIr
stood for. The work of the Lutheran
church was mainly how to meet the
practical needs of the people. Mr..
Chinlund stated that the language
question was one that must be settled
in the near future. The three bodies
of Lutherans ut Philadelphia agreed
better than any other distinct relig-
ious bodies could have, finding them
selves confronted by no disagreements
on the su bstantial elements of doc
trine.
Hospitals was the subject of an adj
dress by Mrs. o. j. Waters, she review
ing the history of hospitals from their
inception in 1850, and speaking par
ticularly of the work being done for
the poor by the Passavant hospital of
Chicago, the needs of this and other
hospitals conducted by the Lutheran
church, and also the necessity for
more young women to do the work of
mercy.
Sister Caroline Williams, of Chi
cago, talked of "Deaconesses. She
wore the habit of her order. She de-
scribed the duties of the deaconess,
whose mission was one of help. She
said novitiates were taken on trial for
six months, and if they had the faith
to preserve. they then entered into
the course to prepare for the work.
Her personal experience was ex-
pressed by the words of the gospel,
My Yoke is Easy"
Rev. Holmes Dysinger spoke of
Higher Education He said that
the end of higher education was a
Godlike character. Self-mastery and
sc f-direction were the means and
powers to obtain that end. True ed
ucation placed Il man in sympathy
with all conditions of human life
Little learning might put us out of
touch with humanity. 1t meant more
than the sharpening of the wits.
which might produce the criminal.
Information is but part of educa-
ton. A man might be mental ge-
MUS but physical dwarf. He might
be walking cyclepedia and vet not
be able to frame an argument A
harmonious development of all his
faculties was necessary. New ques-
tions were arising to he settled that
our fathers never dreamed of. Ma
terial interests were but secondary.
The spiritual must be first. In n
word, what we needed was power
mental power to think clearly. Rev.
Dysinger said we today were having
trouble in the Philippines, and the
problems presented by those
islands would not be settled unless
the Americans sent there as rulers
were men whose svmpathies were
broad enough to enable them to APP
preciate the ideas and institutions
which had been developed. Hosting
the American flag and seeking to
force the Filipinos' acceptance of
every detail of our civilization would
only result in endless antagonism.
The closing part of the doctors adj
dress was devoted to answering the
question where to get the sort of edu-
cation he had in mind. Not in the
state schools, he held. as they dealt
with the scientific investigation. |
Ethics and religious sentiments had
not their proper amount of attention
The Lutheran young people who at
tended schools other than Lutheran |
naturally were taught to get out of
with the institutions OF
their church The result was that |
many fell away, from not being able |
to catch the true idea of man and his |
mission. 1t was the duty. hence. of |
Luther Leaguers to patronize their |
own schools. that they might remain |
in harmony with the faith of their |
fathers
There were selections by the chapel |
choir and vocal solos by Miss SchuPp,
of Moline, and Mr. Carson, of DaveR-
nnrf lawn narfv ON the COLLEGE