Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-21
the LUTHERAN FREE : L.
I. !. .. CHURCH CONVENTION

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! !. .. . CHURCH CONVENTION
Continued from first page. ST.
The pastors working In the homo mis-
sion field. s n. 81 g. I. :l.sz s.
The attsrnoon was spent In disouss-
ing and accepting reports from the
various committees. Prot. LsurhAm-
ner read the remainder. OF the p1ra.
grApha In HE report. one proposing
that the board of home missions be in.
oorporatsd and Another asking that .
collection b taken ct THE meeting for
the work. Both paragraph were
adopted. .&s. <>:5vs. l., .>a Is ..>z>s =.
The COMMITTEES on tho organic alton
committees report presented Ito reso
lutiOns thru Prof. "a. N Hendrickson.
The organization committee has up
to the present time been looked upon
90 % Unnecessary one but tt;noW seems
70 have proven ito usefulness. 1t 10
concerned chic fly with gathering STA.
tistics regarding the d fferent branches
of work In the church, with arranging
for larger meetings and with planning
the work of the different emissarie II
also superintends the distribution Of
Lutheran Free church literature. All
the resolutions we're adopted - read,
altho some Of the paragraphs brought
forth some Interesting discussions.
The committee on the president OF
AugsburR's report WAS next? to be
heard from thru ito secretary, Raw. J.
Nj. Mtohaalson. Augsburg Seminary
Ia dear to every member OF the Free
church and this report, Is usual, re.
ceived the undivided attention of the
convention. Tue problem just nov
seems to be how to keep the students
at school thru0ut both terms. UndeI
the pres lent arrangement many studenta
ate Obliged to leave school before the
spring term ends in order TO oil the
wants of congregations which desire
parOchial teachers 1t that time, and
this has often compelled them to dis.
continue their studies ct q very inop
perfume time. Furthermore the wagel
paid them have been small and thu
COMMITTEES asked tho congregations K
give them Q more liberal remuneration
Tor their work and also to have theil
parechial school terms during th(
summer vacation. 1t also urged oil
members of the church to encourag,
young people desirous OF . practica
education on . Christian basis to st
tenn Aug sburg. ,..
SUNDAY.
Sundays meetings r OF the Ere,
church convention will long be remem
beeed by every person who attended
them. At9 O'Clock communion ser
vices were conducted by Rev. N. o
BerRh, assisted by Rev. Nj. B. Michael
son. In spite OF the rain the church
was packed TO- the doors. At lO:3(
before the mission services began Rev
Gynild, announced that IN over los
meeting would be held in the Presby
terian church and that Rev. M. o
Bake would preach there. :..- !:
Rev. M B. Michaelson read TIL
opening prsyer and eptstle and afte1
1 hymn had heen sung Raw. T.. s
Strand preached powerful sermon.
Whom the Offering to the mission :
Madagascar Was called for by Profes
sor George Sverdrup the convention
went forward TO . man, giving th'
sum of o464. VI ,.'.,: :. i: y: r. :.
The services in the afternoon wer,
very impressive, the ordination O
three candidates taking place. Ever!
nook and corner whore person nigh
stand or sit was occupied. Rev. q
Rufsvold OF Marinette, Wis preacher
the Introductory sermon. Rev. f. E
Gynild performed the ordination. Tn
following were ordained: Johan To
] h30a nn1An1 0A1la fNFNvr1 no,
cations ct Minnewaukan and Fisl
Lake, N. D:;ECarl Edin J: NordberR
Luverne, Num-, and Sibley, Iowa
and J0han Arnt s. Psuls0n, Hsn
cock, Mich. ..@.. :, >- Z...
The offering for home mission
taken ct this service amounted to S242
In the evening English services wer
conducted by Rev. J. Halvorson q
Chicago and Professor n. A. Urset
OF Augsburg Seminary. ~" ~ ; *szss:
The offerings for the home IN
foreign missions broke al previou
records by hundreds Of dollars an
thus the Free church still holds til
banner among the Norwegian Luther
On churches In America for it, spiri
Of self sacrifice and generosity. Y.
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The nomination committee nominal
ed the following, ali of whom wer
elected: Home mission superintend
emit, Rev. j. U. Peterson, Fort Rar
som, N. D.; on the board of home mil
sions, Revs. E. p. Harbo, Chr. Ytr<
hus, c. Wang, P. Winter, ]. L6gelan
and f. O. Larson; on . committee {
prepare for publication hymn boo
for the Free church, Prof. a.: A. Vi
seth, Rev. A.. Holland, Rev. n. {
Casperson and Prot. III. N. Hendriot
son; on . committee to revise tho Wor
Of the working committee, Prof. S
Oftedahl, Emissary o. NJ, Anderson
/ Rev. o Dahlo and Rsv. G.. Ofteda
i Rev. E. 4P. HArb0 and Mr.. Henri
IHslvQrson Of WanaminRo were. elect
ed - additional members OF the boar
Of directors OF Augsburg Seminary
Prof. II. N. HondrickrOn and Prof.
| O. Severson were appointed member
i Of the revision committee. S$:3,.
i Rev ]. ~FoSSum of Ashland, Wiz
reported for the committee on the boar
of trustees, report. Plans for gather