Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-19
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Inner MISSION convention which was
held' in Copenhagen August last. The
constitution of the union has lust
been published. From this it ap-
pears that the union was intended
as protection from the destructive
Bible criticism of modern times" We
are told that lit is by no means the
ann OF the union to endeavor to pre-
vent conscientious and honest study
OF the sacred writings" The union
is not afraid of the light which rev.
erent study, based on On archeolog-
zeal ethnographical and linguistic
foundation, may throw on obscure
questions; but it protests against
the idea that religio-philosophical
and materialistic infidelity ought to
determine the Interpretation of the
sacred writings and that sacred his
tory ought to be represented as a
system of myths and legends and
adapted to the whims of a one-sided
theory of evolution" The union pro-
poses to publish popular booklets and
to have its views aired in the daily
papers and in religious magazines.
Each one of the Scandinavian coun-
tries is to have an executive commit
tee composed of seven members.
Queen Marguerite, during whose
reign the Kalmar Union (Sweden,
Norway and Denmark) was estab-
lished, and who has been called the
Semiramis of the North, was to have
monument at some place near the
Sound. The monument committee
was large one, and the names of it's
members were heralded in the press
as though something great was to
take place. Financially, the work of
the committee has been the very re-
verse of a success. The whole amount
subscribed to the monument fund in
the course of a couple of years is
$1,S36, of which Sweden contributed
SASS, Norway $72.9o, and Denmark
$1,74S.25.
FINLAND.
Monument to the Homer of Fin
land. A magnificent monument to
Elias Lonnrot, the author of Kale-
wala, the national epic of Finland,
was recently unveiled at Helsingfors.
The monument was designed by Emil
Wilkstrom, a noted sculptor. A ban
quet was given at Hotel Fennia, and
addresses were made by Walter
Runeberg, the sculptor, and J. Bro
feldt, a popular writer. A vast ar
ray of floral tributes from the diff
ferent parts of Finland were dis
played at the unwilling. The notices
on these gifts were partly in Finnish.
partly in Swedish. It is one hundred
years since Elias Lonnrot was born.
SWEDEN.
The Swedish Policemen's National
Association was organized at Gefe.
The chief aim of the association is
to establish pension and aid fund.
It is estimated that the new church
building of the St. Johannes congre-
cation in Malmo will cost at least
100000.
The provincial government of Norr-
botten has an aid fund of $4,000
which will be distributed among
those who suffer most severely on ac-
count of the failure of the crops. Be-
sides this fund the parishes of
Arvidsjaur, Arjeploug, Jockmock,
Pajala and Gellivare have aid funds
of their own.
The Bible committee has revised
both the Old and the New Testament,
but some work still remains to be
done before the whole Bible is COM
pletely revised.
A motion was made in the riksdag
to remove certain ignominious fea-
lures of the rules governing the rites
cides. The matter was referred to
the ecclesiastical authorities, and
opinions have been expressed by all
the consistories of the country. The
consistory of Strengnes is the only
one which is in favor of the change.
The most common argument in favor
of retaining the present rites at the
interment of suicides is, that it is the
duty of the church as well as of the
Christian state to brand self-destruc-
ton as crime. Thus the church au
thorities are overwhelmingly against
the riksdag on this question, and the
latter body is expected to reject the
motion.
A Swede who returned from Amer
lea for the sake of his health has
rented a small island in Horshult
Lake, Jarsnas parish, Smaland, and
part in Sweden. It is built of bould-
ers and old trees, all of which he
fshed out of the lake. Not a nail
was used, and even the hinges of the
doors are made of wood. The archi-
tect proposes to live in this house
during the warm season, and the
whole island will be devoted to the
growing of fruit trees.
A philanthropist who desires to
have his name remain unknown to
the public has donated $4,000 to the
kings jubilee fund, and the money
will be spent for the benefit of the
sanitarium for consumptives.
In view of the fact that all the
sugar III Sweden is expected to be
consumed by the time the crop of
1903 reaches the market, the sugar
ring will order an increase of fifteen
per cent of the area to be devoted to
the growing of sugar beets next
yesr.
The medals which were awarded to
Swedish exhibitors at the Paris
worlds fair in 1900 have at las.. ar
rived >sat Stockholm.