Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-09
CONFERENCE BEGINS
First Meeting of Iowa Conference
Swedish Lutheran Church.
A LARGE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE
The Election Of Officers for the En-.
suing Year Took Place This Morn.
ing-Reports of President and
Treasurer Are Encouraging.


The Iowa conference of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church, Augustana
Synod, assembled today at 9 a. m. in
the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
church Of this place, for its thirty
third annual meeting. Sixty-eight del
egates were present, thirty-four being
pastors and thirty-four lay delegates,
representing seventy-three congrega-
lions with about 10000 communicate
members.
The presidents report was encour-
aging and showed that the conference
has been active in their attempt to
| further the cause of Gods kingdom.
Election OF Officers.
The following officers were elected
at the business meeting this morning
to attend to the matters which come
before the conference during the
year:
President-Dr Ludwig Holms, Bur-
| lington.
Vice president-Rev o. W. Fern,
Sioux City.
secretary-Rev. B. Modin, Bethe-
sada.
Treasurer-N. A. Lindquist, Gowrie.
The following committee was elect.
ed to consider the presidents report:
Revs. P. M Linden B. NJ Halland, J..
F. Ahlin, G. e. Olson, G. A. Ostergren
and Messrs. A. P. Soderquist, j. A..
Sandell, J. A. Erickson, Swan Kali
gren, and Hedman.
Rev. j. A. Anderson. secretary of
the executive committee, reported
that committees motion in regard to
the time for the services and business
sessions are as follows: Services
from to 8 p. m. and at 1880 p. M;
business sessions from to IL a. m.
and from to p. m.
New Congregation Received.
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Immanuel's congregation was receiv-
ed into the conference.
Missions.
The committe on missions reported
| that the conference had carried on
mission work at the following places:
st. Louis, ST. Joseph. Council Bluffs,
and at several smaller places of south
western Missouri.
| The conference appropriated the
following sums for mission work: ST.
Louis, $500; Council Bluffs, $3.50, and
Cedar Rapids and Delaware s475.
Treasurer's Report.
The treasurer's report showed that
the conference has given $1,075.0S
1 for home and foreign missions, or
| phans home, educational institutions
and other charitable purposes, the
| debt of the conference being at pres
,ent about $4,000. The treasurer and
auditing committees reports being &C
| cepted, the conference reelected Rev.
o. A. Landell and p. G. Stenholm to
serve another year as members of the
| auditing committee.
Yesterdays Meeting.
The ministerial members of the con-
ference met yesterday at o'clock in
the afternoon. Rev. o. w. FERN read
paper on the subject: "Of What I'M
portance Is the Outpouring Of the
Holy Spirit on the Day of Penticost
to the Christian Church of Today" An
interesting discussion followed. In
| the evening the sermon was preached
by President Ludwig Holms from the
following text: Psalms 1875 IS, 6, sub
ject, "The Sorrow, Security and Joy
of the Faithful Pastor" Rev. A. Gun
berg delivered the address of well
come.
The Enrolment.
The following named people are
present today:
Burlington District.
E. Corey, New Sweden.
| C. o. anderson, Upland.
Rev. A. E. Morrell, John Swenson,
Munterville.
DR.. L. Holms, A. P. soderquist. Bur
lington.
Rev. A. Norrbom, D. B. Alvine,
Sweedsburg.
A. r. Nordstrom, Mediapolis.
Sven Nelson, Rev. ]. P. Borg, Char,
/ iton.
Rev. A. Gunberg, Carl Halberg, OF.
tumwa.
Rev. c. Q. Moreland, C. w, Lans,
Keokuk.
c. ]. Larson. Summittville.
Rev. P. NJ. Linden, A. Anderson, Cen.
| terville.
A. Norlander, Hiteman.
Rev. G. ]. Renhardt. G. o. Berg, ST
Louis, Mo.
Stanton District.
Rev. ]. e. Rydback, c. w. Almquist,
Stanton.
Rev. E. S. Gunberg, Gust Peterson,
Fremont.
Rev. Bernard Modin, Andrew Helt,
| Bethesda.
Rev. g. A. Lindahl, Creston.
Rev. e. ]. Norden, A. ]. Sandahy
Red Oak.
Rev. Theo, seashore, ]. A. Eckeroth,
Essex.
/ Rev A A Maennssnn Connnil