The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-17
WILL BUILD new CHURCH
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The Lutheran Emmanuel con-
aregation Of this city held their
annual meeting yesterday.
The main business, however,
was in regard to new church.
The present church has been too
small for some time so that it is
necessary to build a new church.
Subscriptions have already been
raised and therefore the congre-
cation at its yesterdays meeting
decided to build a new church as
soon as plans and bids can be
obtained.
The new church will be 62x124
and will be erected on the same
lot, corner Spring and Second
streets.
The material of the old church
will partially be used. The cost
of the building will be about
$4,000, also a new $4,000 pipe
organ will be Installed.
Work will be begun as soon
as the weather permits.
The congregation has grown
immensely within the last few
years, which is mostly due to the
untiring efforts of their pastor,
Rev. A. r. Winter.
Plans for the celebration in Min
neapols in 1917 of the four hun
dredth anniversary of the German
reformation begun by Martin Luther
was brought up at meeting of the
Lutheran ministers today. Commit
tees of the various synods are al
ready at work arranging for ma
tional celebration of the quadri-
centennial and the meeting tomor-
row will discuss preliminary plans
for local celebration. The associa-
ton includes all the Lutheran minis
ters of the city except those con-
nected with the Missouri synod.
p. P. Quist of Minneapolis and C.
A. Smith now of Oakland, Cal, are
two members Of a committee of
twenty laymen appointed by the
general council to raise $2,000,000
fund to be dedicated to church pur
poses at the time of the celebration.
1t is purposed to use half of this
animated ministers and the other
half for home and foreign missions.
The Augustana synod of Swedish
Lutheran churches and the English
synod of the northwest are members
Of the general council and the Nor
wegian Lutheran organizations affil-
late with it. When the general
council meets in Toledo, Ohio, i'm
September, plans will also be dis
cussed for the general celebration
in 1917, according to Rev. G. H.
Trabert of Salem English Lutheran
church.
Many Business Men Interested.
The Missouri synod, composed en-
tirely of German Lutheran churches,
has just provided for the appoint
ment of national committee of
200 active business men to make
plans for the celebration, the exact
date of which is October 81, 1917.
The Missouri synod is a national
organization, of which the majority
OF the German Lutheran churches
in Minnesota are members. Others
are members of the Minnesota synod
Both the Missouri synod and the
Minnesota synod are parts of the
synodical conference. the Norwegian
synods also being affiliated with that
body. The general council, the synod
| zeal conference and the general
synod are the three large bodies of
the Lutheran churches, but the
General synod has no churches in
| the northwest
Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Louis, De-
troit, Baltimore, Washington, Pitts
bur2h and other strong Lutheran
centers are represented on the Mis-.
souri, synods committee. The form
of the celebration has not yet taken
definite shape. but the plan of es-
tablishing Lutheran university as
the permanent part of the celebra-
ton seems to be meeting with gen.
eral favor. it is said. There is also
a probability that in several cities
Martin Luther statues will be set up.
Committee of Norwesians.
The Norwe gian Lutheran churches
| have made no definite plans for a
celebration, according to Rev. T. Fl.
Dahl of Minneapolis, president of
the United church, and Professor H.
G. Stub of st. Paul, president of the
synod of Norwegian Lutheran
churches. Committees will undoubt-
eddy be named in the near future,
they said, although the Norwegian
Lutheran churches at present are
more interested in the negotiations
for union 81 the United Church,
the synod, the Hauge synod and the
Free church. If this merger is eff
fected, it is expected that plans for
/ a general celebration of the centen.