The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-06-25
MEET IN FLOUR CITY.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERANS MEET
AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Nineteenth Annual Convention of the
Minnesota and Dakota District;
Program for the Sessions Which
Will Be Held June 20 to 29; A
Grand Chorus of One Hundred and
Fifty Voices; the Features.

Minneapolis. June 2l-The Minute
sofa and Dakota district of the Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran synod OF
hold its nineteenth annual convention
in Minneapolis from June % to 30
About 400 clerical and lay delegates
will attend the sessions, which will be
held at Trinity church, Rev. Y. HUGH
thausen pastor.
The Minnesota and Dakota district,
one of the twenty districts of the gen.
eral body. commonly known as the
Missouri synod, whose COMMUNICATE
membership numbers $4,000, covers
the territory of Minnesota, North Da-
kota. Montana and western Canada.
It's year book reports Els ministers, 376
congregations. 234 mission stations and
47.OOO communicate members.
The present officers of the district
are Rev. H. Schulz, Faribault, presi-
dent: Rev. A. Kuntz, st. Paul, vice
president; Rev. F. Schokneeht, Wykoff,
secretary; H. G. Pliefke, st. Paul,
treasurer.
fIO3Idh lUl tlC SOh'Chtioh.
The following program has been ar
ranged for this convention: Wednes-
day morning. divine service with ad-
dress by the vice president of the gen
eral synod, Rev. F. Photenhauer, Ham
burg; Wednesday evening, special ser
vices of the "Kinderfreund Gesell-
schaft." led by Rev. II. c. Brinkmann,
Blue Earth; Thursday evening, pas
toral conference; Friday evening, adj
dress on missions by Rev. II. A. Fact
Ike Weaton; Sunday morning, the Luth-
Grams of the Twin Cities connected
with the synod will meet in joint SER
vice at the Auditorium in Minneapolis.
Addresses will be made by the presi-
dent of the district, Rev. H. Schulz,
the president of Concordia college, st.
Paul. Professor TIL. Buenger and Rev.
"A Ude, Vernon Center.
The Grand Chorus.
A grand chorus composed of the
teachers choir and congregational
choirs. numbering some $50 voices is
being trained for this occasion by Prof
fessor f. Kannenberg, st Paul. An
organ recital beginning at 1910 given
by Professor X. Haase, instructor in
music at the Lutheran normal school,
Seward, Neb., is to precede the regular
service which begins at 1920. Profess
sor Haase, who ranks high among the
organists of the country will also have
charge of the organ during the ser
vice.
Undoubtedly thousands of Lutherans
of the Twin Cities will participate in
this Joint service. No admission will
be charged, but a collection will be
taken at this service for the mission
treasury of the synod.
An Illustrated Lecture.
Sunday evening, at the church an
illustrated lecture by Professor c. L.
Arndt on the history of the district
during the first twenty-five years. Mon
day evening there will be commun-
ion service with pastoral address by
Rev. NJ A. Wichmann, GAINESVILLE, and
preparatory address by Rev. A. Fitz
man, Morristown.
The regular morning sessions of the
synod will be given to the reading
and discussion of papers on doctrinal
and church historical topics. The after
noon sessions will be devoted to bust
ness matters and the home mission
work carried on by the district.