The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

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Correspondence of The Journal. r.
r Christiana, April 1S.-When DR.. Nam
ZEN returned from his recent trip to Lon
don he received hearty welcome from
The crowd gathered at the station. His
articles on the political situation, pub
lished in the London Times and in other
more made him the man of the hour.
1t is rather odd that two men, world
famed as explorers, seem to be the
chosen spokesman for the two coun
tries, Norway and Sweden, when it
comes to voicing the claims of each.
Sven Hedin, the famous explorer Of
Asia, is taking Sweden's side. These
two men, both able in their own lines
Of science, have got into newspaper
conflict, carried on in several leading
European papers, each trying his best
80 make the cause of his own country
appear in the most favorable light.
What beneficial influence this will have
for either country may be doubtful, but
one thing is at least certain; it will
make many acquainted with part of the
history and the politics Of the Scandi-
navian peninsula.
A Period of Revival.
Revival meetings have been held in
more than the usual number and in the
last few weeks the movement has
reached it's climax. The ministers of
the different churches have joined with
the laymen and meetings are now be-
ing held every day in the several
churches and in other suitable edifces.
At first it was a much-debated question
whether the Lutheran state churches
should be placed at the disposal of lay
preachers, but now the difficulty seems
to have been settled and all work in
harmony.
The originator of the present
religious wave is Albert Lunde,
who, however, does not belong
to the Lutheran but to the Bap-
fist denomination: This fact has
dox against the Lutheran ministers who
have opened their churches for Mr..
Lunde. The ministers, however, claim
that his teachings are not of sectarian
hue, and do not in any manner conflict
with the Lutheran creed.
Albert Lunde was born near Farsund
in western Norway. For a number of
years he followed the calling of a
sailor. He spent three years in the
custom house service at Boston, Mass.
One fine day he quit the job, however,
and the next he started in as a preacher
without any special study or training.
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time exclusively to religious work. 1t
was in Chicago that he became con-
verted and he spent some time there
in the service of the seamen s mission
Later on he visited South Dakota for
six months and from there he went to
New Haven, Conn.,, where he labored
for five months.
He then returned to his native coun-
try where he at once took up the work
again. Last summer he made short
visit to America, but during the fall
and winter he has been preaching the
gospel in great number of towns, along
the Norwegian coast. At the beginning
Of the year he came to Christiania and
he has certainly been very hard
worker while here, and that he is the
right man for that kind of work is
best proved by the thousands who daily
flock to hear him.
Gustav Adolf and His Bride.
1t now seems settled that Prince Gus
tav Adolf will make Christiania his
home after his marriage, which will take
place next June. The honeymoon will
next fall the royal couple will make
their entrance into the palace at Chris
tiania-a palace not haunted, as the
most European palaces are said to be
but perhaps it is only because it is SO
seldom inhabited that the ghosts have
place until the house had more perma-
nent tenants.
The Swedes have proposed an allow
ance of 100000 kroner annually for the
prince from the time he is married, and
the Norwegians now think they also
and SO, 900 kroner will be the sum asked
for by the administration and the stor-
thing will no doubt find it a proper
charge against the Norwegian treasury
The storekeepers of Christlanla will be
glad indeed to receive their share OF
the $4,000 which the prince thus will
have at his disposal annually.
Money From America.
Again statistics have been published
on the subject of money coming into
Norway from America. The figures
cover only the amounts sent by inter
national postal orders, in other words
only small portion of the aggregate
sums coming to the country from that
source, and still the figures are rather
large.
In 1904 Norway received 5,669,545
kroner by postal orders from America r
against 2,251,215 kroner in 1898. Dur
inc the twelve years, 1S93-1904, the to:
tai amount of such American orders
was about 34,O0OOO0 kroner. When the
amount of money sent from Norway &c
America in the same manner our
ing the same period is deducted
it leaves a balance Of 3d. 49, 875 kroner
in the favor of America. The net
profit for Norway from this source was
in 1903, 4,561,13 kroner and in 1903
4,971 ,665 kroner.
Now these figures certainly show some
return for what Norway has given to
the far west in human working power
but these figures do not tell the whole
story AS everyone knows, the postal
orders represent only the small amounts
sent. All larger sums are sent in the
form of drafts. Further should be put
down to the credit. of America all the
simply enclosed in a common letter
without the authorities knowing any