Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
SWEDEN,


SWEDEN.
Prof. F. A. Johansson, of the Uni
versity Of Lund, who was appointed to
revise the catechism of the Church of
of Sweden, has held series of lee
lures on that subject at the university
summer school Those who claimed
that the changes will be made in
liberal spirit now prove to have been
right. At the opening of the lectures
he stated that in revising the cate
chism he would keep three objects con-
stantly in view. In the first place,
such a work should be based, not only
on the spirit, but on the exact wording
of the Bible, which book can never be
equalled in point of correctness and
richness of spiritual life Secondly,
the catechism ought to be adapted to
the present stage of development of
the church, it's doctrines and expert
ences from different ages, and it's pro-
gress towards a clearer and closer con-
ception of the innermost purpose of
Christianity. Finally, the contents of
the revised edition ought to be fructi-
fed by and harmonized with the cur
rents of thought which sway our times
and to be of such a character as to con-
tribute to the solution of the great
problems confronting the present gen.
Grafton. The subject of Justification"
is by far the most difficult in the re-
ligious textbooks of the Scandinavian
Lutheran churches. What Prof. Jo-
hanson said on this subject indicates
that he will simplify the treatment of
it in the new book, and remove what
has been stun bling block to millions
upon millions of Scandinavian school
children. Prof. Johansson promises a
practical book throughout. He thinks
the old catechism is too ''duallstic"
It makes religion too abstract. In
the new book on the contrary, God
and man will be drawn more closely
together, and it will be made plain
that religion and pure life are in
separable.
A derrick barge has been built for,
the Swedish navy at the Kockum iron
works in Malmo.
The proprietor of the Nykvarn knit
ting factory at Linkoping advertised
time and again for help, but he could
not secure sufficient number of
Swedes to keep the factory running at
it's full capacity, and so he hired 81
italians in bunch
A pastoral conference at Orebro
passed resolutions embodying it's views
on some very important questions
Some Of the main points of the resolu-
tons may be stated as follows;, There
ought to be appointed one man in each
diocese to organize the young people
and put them to work in connection
with the church; the general lack of
preachers is due partly to the growth
Of infidelity and indifference, religious
controversies and a lack of faith and
love in the homes, partly to low sala-
ries and the absence of pension sys-
tenn.
Some one has taken the trouble to
figure out that it will not pay to run a
car ferry between Sweden and Ger
many. A ferry large enough to carry
10 freight cars, containing about 22O
tons of goods, would cost about $3.50,
900. A twenty-four hour voyage will
require IS tons of coal and a crew of
"a men. But steamer large enough
to carry 22o tons of freight would cost
only $40, 900, and require tons of coal
and crew of 10 men. This indicates
that a car ferry between Sweden and
Germany will be pushed off into the
dim future. The above calculations
were made by German. ...~. -
A thunder storm that passed over
Stockholm in the middle of the day
left portions of the streets covered
with water, to the depth of more than
foot, and il q public park the piles
of hail and snow were six inches deep,
so that the boys could throw snow
balls ia the latter part OF August.