New Britain herald., 1915-09-25

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 stant acts of kindness to you, and is true to you as we'll in your absence
 as in your presence, because his affec-
 tion for you is not merely assume ed
 or professed, but genuine. He has
 gained your confidence, and you have
 gained his confidence; this also you
 have in common; this also is mutual.
 Christian action is naturally in-
 dividual, and therefore you all have
 opportunities to do your share of the
 work in assisting your pastor; but l Christian action must not be lnd1-
 vidual action only. It is primarily 1n-
 dividual, but must become in the next
 place social, so that you Worh to- l gether as one living and organic unity. | Your pastor as true HllnisIer 1 aims at high ideals, and seeks TOT lm- l material and imperishable plasslngs, ] instead of pursuing material temporal
 and earthly advantages thereIore my
 sincere hope is, that you Will oally 1n-
 crease your labors and thus more and
 more exhibit the unity of the body of l Christ.
 q am very glad to notice that you l as a congregation occasionally strew
 flowers on your pastors, many a time | troublesome and stony path, and that you do this not as a payment for the
 work he has performed, but as an en-
 couragement for future activity and 1 as an appreciation thereof.
 1T say that rejoice in noticing that you do this while you still have him 1 with you and that you do not, as 1 many, wait until you gather to pay your last tribute to him-at the grave. 'Now you will perhaps wonder why oylyc f@ n Ohman, and said so little of his partner in life-his honorable wife. I | believe it will suffice when I say, that Mrs. Ohman is a wife, a mother and a Christian mother, and that no man ever prospered in the world without the cooperation of his wife.
 "In conclusion allow me then to ex- tend to the honorable bridal couple, ! at this their twenty fifth anniversary my most sincere and hearty congratu- lations.
 "When you, my dear brother, as pastor, and when you my dear friends as parishioners look back on the past twenty years of combined labor and the struggles. you will, I am sure, all together exclaim: 'Wonderous things hath God done with us in the past and then-looking into the future The Lord is my Shephard, shall not want"
 Congratulatory Telegrams.
 At the conclusion of MT. Olsson's address, Conrad Hultberg read forty seven telegrams from all over the country congratulating the guests of the evening. Herbert Anderson ren- TH Fromen read an original poem of fe- licitation, dedicated to pr. and Mrs. Ohman. The next event on tn pro- gram was vocal solo by Rev. Carl D.. Bastrom. Miss Clara Johnson re- cited poem in Swedish, after which Gustaf Modeen, in behalf of the presented Dr. and Mrs Ohman with handsome silver loving cup as a testimonial of the esteem in which that society holds them.
 Ex-Mayor Halloran Speaks.
 Ex-Mayor Joseph M. Halloran, a co-worker with Dr. Ohman in the Commercial Trust company and 8 warm personal friend delivered the following speech:
 My part on the program of ex- ercises for this happy event is that of warm personal friend of pr. and Mrs. Ohman, called upon to felicitate and congratulate them on this joyful occasion. The privilege is a rare one and I assure you my friends is ap- preciated. Any silver jubilee is worthy of attention but this particu- lar one is deserving of extraordinary notice.
 sc fn ind hn nj iy1 mi n G on an occasion like this in the prime 1 of life. pr. and Mrs. Ohman are to be congratulated on having passed 1 the twenty-fifth milestone of welded ! life and still retain their youthful 1 vigor and activity. There are many l things to which this can be attribut- 1 ed and the lives of pr. and Mrs. Oh l man present striking and splendid | In the first place there 1 was that all important requisite, a happy marriage and peaceful home, l sympathy and interest in each others lives, life of hope and contentment and an interest in other people in the world around them.
 These are facts we'll known to all of us as pr. and Mrs. Ohman are not | strangers having spent twenty of their twenty-five years of married life in this city. Their children now living were born in this city, raised and ed ucated with your children. In spend ing these twenty years in our midst pr. and Mrs. Ohman have made many sacrifices, many times at financial loss to themselves. To my knowledge pr. Ohman has received many lucra- tive calls from cities extending from coast to coast, but he has declined them all because his interest in the welfare and love for his people in this city.
 "The effect of this love and inter- est is shown when we realize that the |