Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
Lu1AERANS IN SESSION
Annual Meeting Of Lutheran Free
Church Opens Weeks Session
in City Today. =.

and will remain go for a whole week.
The annual meeting of the Lutheran
Free church of America opens this
morning and many delegates from
out'of~town points are in the city to
attend the different sessions. Up to
yesterday morning $50 delegates had
expressed their intention of being here
for the meetings and the prospects
now are that this number will be con.
siderably increased before the end of
the week.
Willmar extends her hand of well
come to all who assemble within her
borders and hopes that the sessions
will not only prove spiritual bless
ing to these church workers but that
they may also derive both pleasure
and profit as they mingle with our
citizens. Many of our homes will en-
tertain the delegates, entertainment
being furnished by not only members
of the Lutheran Free church but also
by those of other congregations.
About one hundred ministers will
be present to take part in the sessions
during the convention. Among them
are two missionaries from the foreign
field, the island of Madagascar. They
are Revs. G. P. Hogstad and Chr.
Jorgenson. The former will be accom-
panied by his wife. Besides mission.
ary addresses by prominent clergymen
there will be interesting sermons on
other topics Of particular interest to
the church. The island of Madagas-
car is the only foreign mission field
supported by this church and much
active work has been accomplished
there. Home missions will also be
thoroly discussed. The Augs ber &
Seminary and Lutheran Deaconess'
Home at Minneapolis, the Children q
Homes at Paulsbo, WASH, and Lam
berton, Minn., the latter institution
being the one which will soon be re-
moved to Eagle Lake, will all have
representatives at the convention, and
the work being accomplished at these
different institutions will form very
interesting reports.
The opening session of the conven'
tion begins at ten o'clock this morn
ling, when Rev. S. r. Toilefson, pas
tor Of ST. Luke : church ia Minneapo:
lis, breaches the opening sermon. In
the afternoon there will be q business
session, when the convention will bt
regularly organized and the work will
be largely of q routine nature. The
forenoon and afternoon sessions the
rest of this week will be evoted large
ly to the business of the convention
This evening, and also every evening
following g, there will be sermon
on some interesting topic. On Satur
day evening the meeting will be OF :
social nature, as there will be a lawr
festival at the parsonage, when ic'
cream and other refreshments will b.
served.
At nine o'clock on Sunday morn
ing there will be communion servic,
and it is probable that there will be I
missionary sermon. At p. m. ther,
will be An ordination service, whe1
several candidates for the ministr!
:, will be ordained. The evening ser
vice will most likely include an ad
dress on Home Missions.
The meetings will be presided owe
by Rev. Chr. Ytrehus, of Alexandria
who is president of the Lutheran Ere
church. Rev. H. Casperson, of Ma
della, is the secretary.
Delegates are expected here iron
different parts of the Union, som
coming from the Pacific coast. Tn
majority are from the Northwestern
states.