Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-10
CHURCH HAD
FINE GROWTH
SAYS REPORT
Authorize Naming Commit.
tee for Need Of English
m Church

1OG8Ve Cs Ley SVl0 AVS"1"0 CO6S
wegtan Luk11eean Church Of America
this mHufng began the consideration
Of The board Of education report
covering tho chuTch's educational In
tere6h Recommendations that VIII be
disposed Of definitely, including one
for the abandonment Of the Lutheran
seminary at Hamline, and the con
centradon of all work at St Anthony
park The entire day had been set
alton Of business.
Tomorrow morning tho nine DIS
tr3cts that 60. to maxi up the general
body win hold their annual meetings.
Each district win elect officers and
dispose of such business as ma come
before them.
The Luther college corporation Of
Dscorah, Iowa. probably will hold q
meeting today, or tomorrow. DR..
Preus, president of the college, has
recommended to the board that the
corporation name be changed to
abandon the word Norwegian as .
part Of the Official title. It would have
no effect Of cours upon the college
itself, which is known a. Luther col
lege.
As a result Of the report made to
the general church body that many
pastors fail to send in annual statfs-
tics as required, q rule RAJ adopted
ordering the publication in official
church papers of the anne of the
h8HardA.
a commdtteet to Investigate the need
Of Engfsh in ceetHn congregations
wss authorised. Il wm be tbs duty
Of thts COMMITTEE 10 Witt con9rega-
uous w4sere nqnest III made for Eng
1Hh service. 1t W0s abo decided to
authorize the discreet president and
vice peest6emts to get into com1nunt-
cation with the English Lutheran
churches IN places where these
churches re believed to be en@oacta-
ing on the Norwegian Lutheran
ehGrch.
President Stubs Recommendation
that the chHeh name a committee to
bodies notably the 8Uedteh Danish,
Finnish and Icesandic, WIKI the OBJ
ject in view Of bringing about a
further union Of the Lutheran forces
Of the Moth Ame14cm Continent, was
unan&muu1ay approved, and Q commit
tee 'oe three authorized for that work.
An Attempt to eliminate seamen's
miBiugM maintained by the~ehnnch on
the Pacific coast, met with shsm OPP
sspea1ners declared them8ee11 OPP
posed to The plan, insisting that the
y0eAmem's Missions were doing q ire
,mendcusly important work.
That the Norwegian Lutheran
church has had a splendid growth
duflng tn first car under the ANAL
tEamatton Is set forth in the report Of
the r~eoolations committee, which ex-
press . hopeful view Of the work for
the counting year.
An outline for a constitution for
indfStdoal congregations was ordered
submitted to the general body, which
body also approved the model consti-
tuition proposed for young peoples
societies.
Investigations WIN be made by the
church, through q commtttee, Of vari-
oug war measupeA This applies par
ttcu5ariy to tho oeder issued by tho
governor OF Iowa. prohibiting the use
OF any 1pre&gn language in religious
seFvtcnA me resolution authorizing
the Committee urges all mtzlsters and
members of the church to obey re-
dgiously every var measure.
Dr.. Sinh, - PRESIDENT Of the>church,
+, strongly opposed the suggestion that
. theological professors shall Also serve
congregations, with the result that the
propoe1a was returned to the COM
mftfee.
Ordination Services.
The Twenty-Five graduates of the