Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-18
CONF ERENCE is
BROUGHT TO END
SWEDISH LUTHERAN MEETING
ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS IN
CLOSING SERVICES.
LAST YEAR PROSPEROUS
Church Shown to Have Prospered by
Reports at the Meetina-Next
Meeting viii be Held in
Burlington.
MorIaN'S Daily.

Fr ,SfnSlays Daily
Yesterday. Sunday, saw the closing
of the Iowa conference of the Swedish
Evangelical Lutheran church at the
local Swedish church. Three big
meetings we're held. Large crowds
were in attendance, taxing the capac-
ity of the church, which. with it's gal
lery and anteroonn, seats 1000 peo-
pie. Mother Nature had also provided
a most excellent day for closing
big religious convention. The fore
noon services lasted for three hours,
from 10 a. m. to ! p. m. Two eXcellent
sermons were preached by Rev. c. a.
Randolph of Stanton and Rev. j. A.
Holmen of Essex. Holy communion
was celebrated. about 400 people
stepped forward to the chancel and
received the sacrament. 1t was beau
tiful, Impressive scene. The music
and singing during the service was
excellent, the choir being at it's very
best. With a thousand voices singing
| the Lutheran church anthems, the
congregational singing was something
grand. We doubt if any church can
surpass the Lutheran church in con
gregational singing.
Sunday School Convention.
At the Sunday school convention
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon eV-
cry available space in the church was
occupied. Young people predominated
in numbers in the audience, which
spoke we'll for the general interest in
the convention on the part of Sunday
school teachers from other Sunday
schools in the city. The Sunday
school in the local Swedish Lutheran
church has membership of 225 pll,
pills ard % teachers and officers. I'm
der the efficient leadership of S. j.
Seistrand the Sunday school is
steadily adding to it's membership
and promises in the near future to be
the largest Sunday school in the city
A splendid corps Of teachers is as
sisting Mr.. Seistrand in his earnest
labors. AS officers of the Sunday
school the present incumbents are:
John Edmund, assistant superin
, tendent: Carl Edmund. secretary anc
Carl Swenson treasurer. The schoo
has introduced the General Council!
Graded System of Sunday school quar-
, terlies, a system now in general usi
among nearly million Lutheran PEG
) pie in the United States.
5 Uses Two Languages,
The local Lutheran Sunday schoo
holds the distinction of being the onl!
school in the city using two languages
, in it's work. 1t is indeed compliment
: to any child to be able to read and re
2 cite and speak in public equally GOO
5 in two languages The greater mum
Der in this Sunday school are able tt
> do this with credit to themselves
: their teachers and their parents
5 About $3.50 is annually raised for cul
I rent expenses. Last year the Sunda
i school raised nearly 500 for the Swe
I dish Lutheran Orphans home at Stan
;; ton. Iowa
Most Successful Teacher.
u The speakers at the convention
J spoke along practical lines of Sunda
!, school work Rev. N. E. Kron of Da.
u ton, who is superintendent of a yer
9 successful Sunday school, gave hi
!, experience in Sunday. school wor
and gave number of characteristic
. of 'The Most Successful Sunda
:. School Teacher
4 For the information of those VIII
= were not present and who are Sunda
:. school workers, the characteristic
9 may be stated as the speaker gay
= them:
= 1. A Christian teacher with con
"a mon sense
2. A teacher, not preacher,
the Sunday school class.
j. g. Regular in attendance at teacl
A. ers' meetings.
n. d. Thorough knowledge of the do
e trines and confessions of the churcl
5. Orderly and systematic in elias
h work.
s, g. A teacher not only of Biblic
facts, but of spiritual truths apple
is BILE in daily life
Is T.. teacher that not only worl
ir but prays.
re Assuredly teachers having thes
t, I'll aracteristics are ideal teacher
S, They are wanted and sought for
8. every superintendent and every pa
70 tor Rev Kron's address was liste
I'd ed TO with careful attention and seer
es ed to have appealed strongly TO Il
8. large number present.
d. The second speaker was Rev.
ne w. Hanson of Manson, who, in ha
a. py, jovial strain. gave a talk to Il
le pupils in attendance.
~ Greatness in Little Things.
- - He used as his theme "Greatne
-, in Little Things" The little ones l
~ tened closely to him as he pictur
II how in nature. as we'll as in hum;
~ experiences great movements, gre
~ events, great acts and great lives ha