The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
CONFERENCE BEGINS WORK
THE SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
DELEGATES HEAR REV. p.
SJOBLOM'S ADDRESS
NEW CHURCHES DEDICATED
FIRST Vote for the Selection of n
President Taken-ResuIt to BE
Announced This Morn
ing.

minnesota conference of the Swedish
lutheran church put in a busy forenoon
TINS being the first business session of the
meeting A large number of delegates
mad arrived since the last session yes
teroay and the church was filed today
with ministers and lay delegates The
roll call demonstrated that no pastors
and 1f0 lay delegates were in attendance.
and nearly all of them took part in the
exercises of the forenoon. Additional
delegates will arrive tonight and tomor-
row morning, and the attendance during
the remainder of the session will exceed
the 900 mark
Kew. T. Sjoblom, of Dunnell. Mimi.
president of the conference delivered his
annual address this morning the address
being a thorough history Of the work
accomplished during the past year and
suggestive of changes to be made for the
betterment OF the work. TIE report stated
that the churches had been able to wipe
OUT a large part of their Indebtedness
during the period, and many of them
hoped within the next year to free them
SELVES from the burden of Indebtedness.
During the year churches had been dedt-
Gated at Hector, MINI. Union Creek, S.
D.; SWede Park, MINI; Steel Plant, Wis:
Two Harbors, Mimi; Midway, Mimi;
West Duluth, Mimi; Gibbons, Mimi;
Groton, S. D.. and a chapel had been ded-
icated at Scandal, Canada. The pastors
orCainst during the year were Revs, A
M. Breton, G. e. LindSten, Kr. Rosen-
thai, P. e. Fredlund, F. E. Sard, G.. o.
Schoberg, Christian Swenson, T. A. Carl
son and c. o. Swenson. One or two pas
tors had removed from the jurisdiction
during the year, but no deaths had oc-
Cured.
. The report Of the president gave rise
to considerable discussion, and the fol-
lowing committee, consisting of one from
each mission district, was appointed to
review the report of the president and
to prepare resolutions for presentation
bearing upon the report: Rev. j. T.
Kjellgren, Mr.. A. Barqufst, Mr. T. j.
Pearson. Rev. C. J. Edman. Rev c. b. L.
Bowman, Rev. A HUT Mr.. H. L. Lee
wine, Mr.. Linus Johnson, Rev. ]. O.
Sundquist, Mr.. P. NJ. Hedenstrom, Mr. T.
Dahlquist, Mr.. c. f. Anderson, Rev. B.
O.. Berg, Rev. A. Engdahl, Mr.. c. M.
Ali and Rev. A. NyvalI. This commit
tee will report in a few days, and the
report will be acted upon at forenoon
session, the delegates in attendance nav
ing decided to enforce the plan Of trans
acting the business Of the meeting only
at forenoon sessions, devoting the re-
mainder Of the day to religious ques-
TONS
The election of officers was on the
programme for this morning, but the
meeting adjourned before time had been
taken to make the selections Rev. P.
Sjoblom, of Dunnell; Rev. L. A. Johns
Iston, of St. Paul; Rev. l.. G. Amen, of
Balaton, and Rev. ]. Fremling, of Vasa,
were nominated for the presidency, and
a., vote was taken, but the result was
not announced prior to adjournment,
and will not be given out until tonnor-
row. The bylaws provide that the sue
ceSsful candidate must have majority
Of all votes cast and several of the
delegates were of the opinion that the
first ballot would not result in election.
The question of salaries for the COM
ing year was discussed, and upon mo-
ton the various officers will receive the
following sums for their services: The
president will receive $500 per annum;
the treasurer, $500, and the secretary,
$50
AT the opening session this afternoon,
Rev Harold Ardahl was to have preach
ed sermon on The Teachings of the
Bible as to Living a. Worldly Life" but
was not present and the topic was dis
,eussed without the sermon. A large
number of prominent pastors and dele
gates from all parts of the jurisdiction
took part in the discussion.
This evening Rev. E. J. Werner, of
West Union, preached a sermon in the
Swedish Lutheran church on 1.-The Prom
inent characteristics of the Worldly
]. H. Randall, of Sven, Mimi, preached
in the Norwegian Lutheran church in
this city. and Rev. J. P. Leaf and Rev.
M. A. Nordstrom preached in the Swe-
dish Lutheran church at South Still
water.
Tomorrow's programme includes
business session from to y a. m. At
2 o'clock Rev. c. ]. Edman. of East
Union, will preach on What it Means to
Find Christ" This sermon will be fol-
lowed by discussion. In the evening
Rev. J. J. Frodeen, of Spring Garden,
will preach a sermon for young people
on THE Proper Relation of the Pastor
and Congregation to the Young People"
and this will be followed by a sermon
by Rev. ]. Moody. of Eagle Lake, Mimi,
on 1.-The Proper Relation of Young Peo-
pie to the Pastor and Congregation"
Rev. Gustaf Peterson will preach in the
Norwegian Lutheran church in the even
ing.