Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-08
LII THERAN
(. CONVENTION.
Rev. R. |. SChlOtter, Of This City
tTOOk Part in Annual Session
at Elizabeth.

Rev. Robert l.. S~chlotter, pastor of
Grace English Lutherap church of
this city, took a prominent part at
the eleventh annual convention of the
Luther League of New Jersey in the
German Lutheran church in Eliza
beth Tuesday.
The convention opened with Scrip
ture reading, hymns and the reading
of Psalms, after which an address of
welcome was delivered by the Rev. G..
G. Fischer, of Elizabeth. He said
that while they were holding the con-
vention in a church where all the SER
vices were generally conducted in
German, they would this time be con-
Quoted in English.
But" he said, mo matter what
language is spoken, we are all N in
Christian faith. | understand that
there are church services conducted
in this country in ten or eleven Ian
guages, and our hope is that the
number will be greatly increased as
time goes on.
"or ten years it has been the OBJ
ject of this society to further the
kingdom of God in the church, and
while the league is not so large as
some church organizations, it has
been fairly successful in its aims"
He then welcomed the delegates to
the church.
The response was made by the pres
ident of the state league, the Rev.
frederick G. Krapf, of Elizabeth. He
said that it was eight years since the
league had held a convention in that
church, whose young peoples So
ciety is a charter member of the
league. He thanked the Rev. Mr..
Fischer for the cordially of his well
come. Il hope" he said, that this
convention will go down in the his
tory of the league in New Jersey as a
very fruitful one"
The minutes of the last convention
were then read and approved. The
report of the president was read,
and referred to a committee.
The report of the treasurer showed
that at the beginning of the year
there was a balance on hand of
$21.35. The total receipts for the
fiscal year ending today amounted
to $3.50, and the disbursements to
$4S.90, leaving a balance on hand of
$3.50, or nearly $40 more than
there was last year. The report was
referred to the auditing committee.
One report that was most favor
ably received was that of the extern
sion committee, which reported that
three churches have made application
to join the league. They are st.
Johns, of Trenton; Trinity, of New
ark; and Zion, of Riverside. The en-
trance of the last church into the
league was very welcome, especially
because it would give them a foot
hold in the southern part of the state.
The election of officers followed.
Nominations were made from the
DOR. The Rev. Mr.. Krapf was nomi-
mated for president. He declined,
saying the he would not have the nee
essary time to devote to the Office.
4. Glen Beck, of Elizabeth, was
then nominated and unanimously
elected.
According to the custom, he imme,
diately took the chair, and the con.
v~ention adjourned till 2 O'Clock.
Afternoon Session.
After the singing of a hymn, pray
err by the Rev. F. @. Krapf, and read
ing of Scripture by the Rev. Mr.
Schlotter the following officers were
u~naniomusly chosen:
First vice president, Rev. John e
Heindel, Greenyille; second vice pres
ident, j. o. Linquist, Kenilworth
third vice president, Miss L. Schultze,
Jersey City; recording secretary, Stel-
la Coble, Asbury Park; correspond
ing secretary, Clarence Kline, Gran
ford; statistical secretary, Lena
Block, Newark; treasurer, Edward
Bartells, Elizabeth.
National President William Stoev-
er, of Philadelphia, arrived at $3.50
O'Clock, and was accorded a welcome.
He thanked the delegates for the re-
ception, and said he brought a mes
sage from the Rev. Luther NJ. Kuhns.
of Omaha, Neb., general secretary OF
the Luther League of America, who
had been announced to speak in the
evening. President Stoever said the
Rev. Mr.. Kuhns had been taken i'll in
Philadelphia, and would be unable to
attend. A committee, consisting of
the Rev. Frederick c. Krapf, the Rev.
Mr.. Schlotter and Louis Van Gil
luwe were appointed to forward a
telegram of sympathy to him, and ex-
press the hope that he might speedily
recover.
Miss Florence Fellows, of New
York, was presented to the conven
ton, and vas greeted with a risins
vote. Miss Fellows read an interest
ing paper on "a Practical Readins
Circle She favored the formation
of reading circles, and told what ex.
cellent results had been obtained il
New York. The reading of the pa
per was followed by a brief discus
sion.
1t was resolved that the place Of