Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
HOLD OBSERVANCE
OF REFORMATION
Martin Luther's 396th Anniver-
sary Occasion of Ceremonies
at Augustana.
CHlCAGOAN IS SPEAKER
Rev. G. K. Stark Tells of Interesting
Life, Giving Illustrations With
Lecture.

Reformation day, the 396th anniver- ,
sary of the day when Martin Luther
nailed his famous 50 theses on the |
chapel door at Wittenberg, was cele
brated yesterday at Augustana with
fitting exercises. The afternoon was
observed as half holiday. DR.. n. For
sander lecturing at 4 O'Clock before
the Concordia society in the Denk-
mann Memorial library. In the even
ing Rev. G. X Stark of Chicago lee
tured in the chapel on THE Land of
Luther and the Reformation"
Rev Mr. Stark, who recently re-
turned from trip to Germany. Illus
trated his lecture with stereopt!con
views, giving graphic descriptions OF
the various places associated with the
life of Luther. Rev. Mr.. Starks pres
entation of the life of the great re-
former was one of the best that has
been heard here, and the excellent col
! lection of pictures he exhibited added
much in making his address strikingly
vivid.
The six great points in Luther's
| protest" said Rev. Stark, were these.
| abolition of monasticism, abolition of
! celibacy of the priests, the use of the
vernacuar language in public wor-
! ship, reading of the bible in the tongue
! of the people. the administration of
/ the wine to the laity at the commun-
! ion, education of the common people
! in Christianity
Luther, the speaker said, was
happy man. He prayed mucn and sang
! much lie was family mana good
husband and kind father-and his
home life was most Happy one. In
closing his address. the speaker said:
In every civilized land, though
| dead, Luther lives in the thoughts, in
the liberties, in the best life of the
I people, while many Of the great names
will be forgotten. the name of Martin
Luther will gather increasing luster
and all the world. set free by the
strokes Of his hammer, will increasing
( ly do his memory honor"
DIR. Forsanders lecture before the
Concordia society was an able and
scholarly comparison between the
Apostle Paul and Luther The strong
similarity between the two characters
was strikingly brought out by the
speaker.
70 TELL OF CONVENTION.
DR.. c. C. Hopkirk of Chicago, one
OF the leaders OF the Student Volun-
teer movement, viii speak before the
! Augustana Foreign Mission society
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. The
meeting viii be held in the college
chapel Dr. Hopkirk will speak on the
coming convention OF the Student Vol
unteer movement, which will be held
in Kansas City, Mo, from Dec. 81 20
Jan. A. The convention viii be the
seventh international gathering and
hundreds of delegates will attend
Augustana will send five representa-
tiyes.
NEW ROAD BUILT.
Yesterday was road building day al
Augustana college. A small army Of
Students, tired of walIowlng through
the mud Of the Cluebra cat on Thirty
eighth street, responded to a cali q
construct a short cut road on tn,
J south slope of Zion hill. The Foa6
, had been laid out by AIbin Larson anG
: Z. G. Anderson, constructing engi
5 neers, and the work was carried on
, under the direction OF d. A. Knocl
and E. H. Carlson, road supervisors
: Old clothes we're donned and each stu
: dent appesred At the appoi1ted hour
! equipped with spade, pick or