Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-21

branches of work within the church
were oil marked by their comprshen.
siveness and practicality and they
were all listened to with attention and
given earnest consideration. In short
the meetiag served its purpose, to give
the members Of the church an oppor-
tunity to come together and exchange
ideas, TO acquaint them with the efforts
Of the workers iii the different fields
and the condition Of the church, and
lastly, to give them spiritual advise
and encouragement that they may con-
tinue, with more unity and more earn
estness, the work for righteousness
and truth. The report Of the conven-
tton follows. 3>'->' 3D.. ...~- .>&: T..
1.r ;3=rz. IN WEDNESDAY,. =. !:
+ A, large audience listened with close
attention TO the opening sermon which
was preached by Rev. s.. r Toilet
son, of Minneapolis. He chose for
his text Phil. 2: 5, laying special en-
phssis on the importance Of Z Christ
like, self sacrificing life. The presi-
dem, q. + .Rsv.sag Mr. or fsa.;A lex-
eandria, thereupon declared The meet.
ing opened in the name Of the trtune
God. szs s... se.;> # +. ~ r. # &: Il .=ss S=s
After transacting some routine busi.
ness, the conference WAS greeted with
words of welcome by Rev. Gynild.
He stated that 800 delegates we're ex-
pected and lauded the citizens of Will
mar for the Willingness with which
they had received and promised to
entertain them, willingness which
had been especially marked among
those Of Swedish descent. IS =. -: -
At the opening Of the afternoon
session letter was road by President
Ytrehus, containing greetings to the
conference from Prof s. Oftedal,
who has been spending the winter
studying ct Athens, Greece. ~ M. :
f. Rev. M. b. Michaelson read .: re-
port from the committee on organi.
cation. The committee had directed
ito efforts chiefly towards promoting
the circulation Of the different publi-
cations of the Free church, arranging
for special gospel and missionary
meetings and had also taken steps to
gather statistics of the religious work
within the church. In the latter work
the committee had only been partially
suce essful. .=z5.-:..... Il. #.: s
Mr.. 8. Larson, of Madelia, read Z
report from the Board of Trustee 90 of
the Augsburg Seminary. the theo.
logicsl school of the Free church.
The report asked the conference to-
suggest some plan by which the RnAn-
cial condition OF the Institution might
be improved. =. s..s*%,. : 81 ~. I.
Prot. Geo. sverdrup, president ofthe
Seminary, reported that the attend
ance the past year had been 100 and
that there were eight graduates from
the theological department He stated
that the different courses at the school
had been somewhat supplemented and
that the standard OF scholarship had
been raised: ss .::s. T.. . :. .:. E
The report of the treasurer OF the
Seminary was read by Prof. a., a.
Urseth. s The total receipts had been
u, SEQ and the total disbursement
90, $50. To cover the deficit the
Board of Trustees had been Obliged
to make . loan Of %, ,O00 Suhscrip:
ttons from last year to the amount Of
81, 500 yet rem mstned uncollected.
The following were elected to serve
on tho nomination Ncommittee Rev. .
Elias Aas, OF Northwood, N. D.; Rey.
s. r. Rislov, OF Wanamingo; Sven
Heskin, OF Portland, Nd; Theodore
johnson, of Fergus Falls, and Prot
J. L. Nydahl Of Minneapolis. :. ;..$a:
T A vote on president for the ensuing
year WAS taken, but none Of the can:
did, atAa rAcAivadf = mainrlEv ~ Il Era