The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-20
Resolution Presented to Nor
Wegian Lutheran Synod

St. Paul, June 14.-Pastors and
congregations of the United Nor
wegian Lutheran church of America
have subscribed since last fall 1886
1879 toward jubilee fund, which
is being raised i'm cOmmemoration of
the twenty-fifth anniversary ,of this
church body, which will be celebrat-
ed in 1916. The decision to raise
such a fund was taken at the. annual
convention held in Fargo last sum-
mer.
Professor ]. N Kildahl, Nd. D.,
president of ST. Olaf college, reported
to the convention in the Auditorium
this forenoon that this amount had
been obtained. He made a. strong
appeal to the convention to raise at
least 100000 before the celebration
in 1915.
The jubilee fund will be used in
the establishment of an endowment
fund for st. Olaf college, the pay
ment of all Indebtedness of the Vari-
Gus educational and charitable insti-
tutions which are controlled by this
, convention, and various other pur
poses.
$4,000 From J. J. Hill.
Of the amount named 1851, 489.69
, has been paid in and James j. Hill
r has promised $4,000 toward that
portion which is for an endowment
: at st. Olaf college, provided $780,
900 has been raised in cash before
10
+. pected that the stipulation will be
met
Rev. DIR. Petrie of Minneapolis,
brought the official greetings of the
last convention of tho Swedish Lu-
d theran Augustana Synod. This is
n the only church bniy among the
: Swedish Luthersns in this country.
r Another development in the pro-
O posed union of the United Norwegian
e Lutheran church with the Norwegian
l. Lutheran synod, which is holding a
IS convention in Minneapolis, took place
|, when Rev. Thore Eggen of Mime
e, apolis, editor of Lutheralleren, the Of
a, fcial weekly church paper, read a
s. motion here signed by twenty-five OF
IL the pastors present at the conven
Of ton, and which after its reading was
}; referred to the standing committee
lie on church union.
I Motion Is Most Important.
b. The motion is considered one o.
n tne most important ones that viii
of he brought before the present con
It. vention, as it has to do WIN {
m former misunderstanding in doctr1n
al matters The document follows:
It. "In order to prevent misundeI
=, standing and if possible TO remoV
". hindrances for further progress il
ID. affecting a union, be it hereby dc
ia clared:
ed "The theses concerning electio
III which i'm 1910 We're presented by tn
at Norwegian Synod's committee o
union to the joint meeting of all tn
committee on union, and concern
- ing which the committee of on
church body declared that they col
the election which the committe
On could not agree to as being scril
no tural and Lutheran these
Of have never been laid before tn
90 United Norwegian Lutheran churc
on for consideration at any annual col
es vention, they have never been pu
70 lished i'm our church papers, an
mt are for this reason unknown to tn
no great majority of our church peopl
Considers II Unreasonable.
IN at is therefor unreasonable to d
nm mand that our church body, aft
tor having found satisfactory expire
ON sion for the doctrine of election,
nd the statement adoeted bv all of tt
he three comforting church bodies, sha
off now take up for consideration the:
af theses and express any opinion co
NJ corning them. For the same reason
80 we cannot, as a church body, plat
lin our stamp of approval On the jud
ment expressed by our committee {
union concerning these theses
.itv 1910" 81 .
,sa. 1t was believed by those who h;
etc signed the resolution that it's ado
the ton by the present convention won
be a long step toward effeeting
better understanding and that an
innate organic union can be ma
easier provided it is adopted.