The Minneapolis journal., 1905-06-16
CHURCHES c / d ( o I: TRADE ! !
MISSION STA Ill0lN|S| 1
STATUS OF. THE WORK OF THE;
!. FREE GIIURgII IN NIAsDAGAsGAR.
Encouraging Increase IN the Numb ber of
Baptized and Those Attending serv
ices-Contribut tionssof $l2,54s9 for the
Work-GsSnild Of Willmar chosen
President of Conference.
special to, The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Millnlar, Mimi, June ley Yesterday
and today have. been. busy days for
sHsn ETA 'gssf Fec sRTeh ed 'e After ysStsFdays
prayer meeting, a service Which. pre-
cedes the forenoon sessions, several re-
ports, We're read. The Lutheran board
Of missions reported an exchange of
/, mission stations with the ynited Nor
wegjan lutheran church, which also has
station acquired by the Free church
is nearer that church body's mission
field than its own.
The committee also reported the
death of one of it's workers, Mrs. Sa-
geng, daughter Of S. Heskin, prom
inent lay preacher in the Free church.
Rev; MI: sagSeng IS still laboring in
had been sick in Madagascar, left the
mission field just in time, for he had
no more than departed when fearful
war among the natives broke out.
Needs of the Work.
Several new buildings are greatly
needed, the old, thatched can huts are
neither sanitary nor strong. At pres
ent the mission has three stations and
sixty-fve gathering places, where ma
tive helpers preach. DR.. Dyrness, Rev.
Mr.. Sageng and Rev. Mr.. Jerstad have
charge of the stations, while two dea-
conesses are occupied mainly with the
care of an orphanage that has been EEL a
great blessing to the natives. There
has been steady increase in the num-
Der of baptized and church -goers. The
mission is not old, it being just ten
wears since the Free church began its
work in this field. Hereafter, the med
ical mission will receive more atten-
ton. -.
has in due manly to unforeseen misfort:.
3unes that have befallen it. A few of
the missionaries in Madagascar have
died, while as many as ten have had to
return to recuperate. Still the Free
church is hopeful and expects, great
noon session has been set aside for the
purpose of rekindling the interest in this
Important branch Of church work. The
contributions this year toward this mis-
sion amounted to .$12,489.
( The Home Mission committee reported
Rugby, N. B. About thirty-five minis
ters received aid from this committee,
and $500 was contributed last year.
+ A report from the Wortbnrg Bible
School was read by its president, E. E.
1Iobeck. Rev. Chr. Ytrehus also spoke
for the school and recommended it to
the Free church and its friends: :.
s O. A. Hahn of the Free Church Book
Concern reported fairly successful
year for that branch.
Gynild Elected President
4 Rev. f. E. Gynild, pastor Of the Will
mar church, was elected president, the
tered that no president was elected.
Rev. II. Casperson of Madelia was re-
elected secretary.
r Rev. L. O. Iverson Of Battle Lake,
Mimi, opened the afternoon session with
scripture reading and prayer. A report
Professor Laurhammer. Bethany high
school is a year old, but will in time, as
it has to some extent already the first
year, fill long felt want Of Free
church people on the Pacific coast. This
school is at Everett, Wash. and the aim
is to give young men and women a prac-
tical education based on Christian prin-
ciples.
Committees on the various reports
were elected; they in turn will report
to the meeting as soon as possible.
An auditing committee consisting of
was elected, to audit the accounts of
the Home Mission committee.
Il Additional members elected to the
augsburg board corporation were L.
Gilstad Of st. Paul and John Olson of
Big. Stone county, Minnesota. The fol
uOW1ug were elCcleQ TO Jno corporation
of the Lutheran moard Of missions: Rev
ID. O. Larson, Marinette, iNs.; Rev. H
s. Quambeck, Hatton, N. D.; Rev. Lud
Wig Peterson, Montevideo, Minn.; P. j
Kyllo, Kenyon, MINI, and Ingebrigt
Sonderal.
Professor George Sverdrup delivered
a powerful and timely lecture on ere
quirements Necessary to the Organiza
tion of Congregations
Rev. 0. L. Christensen Of Peshtigo
Wis, and Rev. S. E. Odland of Badger
EMinn., conducted services last evening
]. Resolutions to Be Wired Norway.
The meeting dipped into internationa
policies by electing Professor Georg,
sSverdrup and Rev. E. E. Gynild to draf
resolutions to be wired to Norway OF
account of the political situation in tha
country. s- ..-
The resolutions will no doubt express
the hope that the present movemep
may lead to complete divorce and lib
.eration of the church from. the stat
government Of Norway.
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