Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-06-05


South Dakota; Rev. H. O. Nordby
from North Dakota to Norman coun-
ty, Minn.,, Rev. 0. K. Klevjord from
the Iowa district to Ellington, S. d.;
Rev. E. B. Austvold from Montana
to Ottertail county, Minn.; Rev. NJ.
F. Mommsen from Amhurst, Wis, to
Belview and other places. Rev. S.
NJ. :Orwall has accepted call to
Sioux Falls, S. D. OF this years
class of the Seminary the following
have accepted calls in this district:
c.. w. Aanestad to Beaudette; Gilbert
Oppen to Renvine and Bird Island;
E. Edbo to Hardin and Stanley
county, S. D.; G. c. M0ller to sue
coed Rev. Rem in Aitkin county and
other places; N. NJ. Ylvisaker- to
Mahnomen and other places; O. Nae
seth an assistant to Rev. 0. Haugen
III Rochester and Kasson, Rev. Hau-
gen going to Europe to study for
Year, Pastors moving out from the
district are the following: Rev. A.
Larsgaard from Milaca to Minneha-
ha county, S. D.; Rev. C. T. Clausen
Of Minneapolis to Bloomer, Wis; Rev.
IT. L. Rosholt has resigned from his
present call; Rev. C. N. Peterson has
moved from Willmar to Hibbing; Rev.
j. B. kilness has moved from Lily
to Mead county, S. D.; Rev. 0. O..
Rem will go to Milaca. The president
spoke of a number Of deaths which
has occurred in the families of pas
tors and other personal matters.
During the year seven new churches
have been dedicated: Zion Of North
Minneapolis; Scandinavia in Nor
Q man county; Nicollet in Nicollet
county; Holt in Marshall county
Emanuel in Northeast Minneapolis
4 Beaudette in Beltrami county; Zion
: in Roseau county. The president has
4 held visitation in twenty-nine con.
I gregations during the year and has
Il made a trip to the Pacific coast ant
: travelled quite extensively. He an.
o nounced that two questions would b,
: discussed during the meeting: first
It the Fifth Commandment, to be Led b,
o Rev. Jordahl; and second, the paro
). chial school question, to be led b.
e Rev. O. j. Ordal.
u Following the presidents repor
y DR.. H. G. Stub, president of the Nor
:, wegian Lutheran Synod as a whole
- :, read his report, which he will delive
u at meetings Of the nve different dis
tricts of the synod this month. d.
>. Stub spoke Of the progress Of tn
:" synod as whole, touching many o
10 the questions which president Bj0rg
- had mentioned. He spoke of the grea
need and possibilities Of the churc
- extension fund and Of the questio
1 of pensions. He reviewed the need
/ Of the schools, spoke Of the selectio
/ of Prof. H. S. Hilleboe as the princi
i pal of the preparatory department 0
\ the Luther college as move tina
| was very pleasing to all who had tn
/ best interests of the school at hear
Il He reviewed the situation Of the HON
i missions, Of the Alaska missions
i The young man is needed to devot
L himself to this mission and learn tn
i Eskimo language. He emphasize
il the need Of the synod owning its ow
Il Immigrant home in New York; spok
Il of the seamen's missions in Ne,
/ York, Seattle and other places; tn
\ Indian missions and Utah mission
4 the desirability Of having an indepen
dent foreign mission and urging tn
establishment Of one in the Prov
ince of Honan, China; til
y Schroeder mission in Zulu lan'
A young man will be ordained ne,
n Sunday afternoon by DR.. Stub t
take up the work in this mission, {
U. Faye. He is young man who ha
in been in South Africa and knows tn
t. Zulu language. Luther Seminar
l. graduates 81 men this year who wi
g, enter the ministry. He spoke Of tn
rs progress being made with the Englis
re hymn book, which, he declared, woul
ze be the best English Lutheran hymn
v book so far printed and which is mo-
e. in the hands Of the printer. He spok
lie in regard to his work on the Luthe
t. College endowment fund; spoke 9
'e length on the union question and re
m commended that an extraordinar
n session Of the whole synod be hel
is at St. Paul this fall to discuss an
RS decide upon this important matter
er He read number of communication
n from different churches urging tn
IN union with the other Norwegian Luth
'e eran bodies. He had received mes
E. sage from Hon. Edward Liljeda
l. minister Of church affairs in the gov
Is eminent Of Norway, stating that Bis
re hop B0ckman Of the diocese o
I'd Trondhjem and Hans Nilsson Haugt
l. parish minister at Skien, had bee
'e appointed to represent the stat
1t church of Norway and bring it
N greetings at the meetings of the var
IL ious Norwegian Lutheran churc
l. bodies of America this summer. H
II expected that the Bishop could b
l. nrovailo1 r,non RI nraach Snnda