The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-15

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thousand. DR.. Stub then pointed to
the question what shall be the task
of the Brotherhood in times Of peace.
/ He said, "Our Lutheran church,s
iman-power is today an undereloped
/ fact or of incalculable possibilities. It
is the aim OF the Brotherhood to or
ganize this force and make it avail
able for church. home, and countr.'."
There. are three things especially.
which / have in mind for the Broth
erhood to do. In the first place it
WILL of course, continue a good deal
of it's war work in such places where
our boys will be in the army andi ma
wy.
There is a great peace task before
US now though which we must do for
our young men; that is the establish
ment of Lutheran social centers in
every one of the larger cities. 1t is
necessary that we have such centers
as rallying points to which the many
thousands of young men of our church,
that come to the cities can be directed.
:: The losses to the church, through
lack of such provision now, is incal-
culable Our main interest is not in
retaining church membership. It is
the obligation Of protective care which
,ue have for those young men and it
is the larger view of service for our
country which we have learned dur
ing the war We want to serve them,
not for the church as an organization
but for our church as a living powe-,
for everything that is worth while in
our nation. ;.
a similar service we must render
at the state universities. Especially
in the middle west large percentage
of the students at the state universi-:
ties are Lutherans. The Brotherhood
! aims to establish Lutheran centers
at these universities that can serve
as gathering points and can bring the
service of the church to the boys that
are preparing for larger usefulness" )"
DR.. A 3. Leamer Of Des Moines,
Iowa. Secretary of the Brotherhood
reported on the war work done by
the Brotherhood. He pointed out that
the Brotherhood had buildings fer
eleven Student Army Training Corps,
that it spent more than a quarter Of a
million dollars in taking the church
TO the boys in the army and navy"
The officers of the Brotherhood are:
President Dr. ]. A. o. Stubb, Pas
tor General Lutheran Church, Mime.
apolis, Mimi, former Executive Sec
retary National Lutheran Commis-
sion.
/ Vice President. r. v. A. Norrbom,
Pastor First Swedish Lutheran,
Vice President, Mr.. n. S. Nielsen,
General Manager Randall Lunaber
Co.. Des Moines, Iowa.
Vice President Rev. Emil Rausch.
Pastor Lutheran Church, Waverly.
Iowa.
! vice President, Rev. P. o. Bersell,
Pastor First Lutheran Church, OF
tumwa, Iowa.
Vice President, Rev. Otto Mees,
President Capitol University, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
Secretary, DR.. A. 3. Leamer. Pastor
St. Johns Lutheran Church, Des
Moines, iowa.
Treasurer, Hon. A. o. Hague. Mem
ber of Iowa Legislature, President OF
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, Des
MoineS, Iowa.
In the evening banquet was held
/ in the Morrison Hotel at which nearly
1000 delegates and guests were pres
ent. DR.. J. A O. Stub presided at the
banquet. DR.. W. A. Granville, Presi-
dent of Gettysburg College, was the
ltoastmaster. The addresses OF the
! evening were given by DR.. Frederick
H. Knubel, President of the United
Lutheran Church and by Hon. Clar-
ence Magney. Mayor Of the city Of
Duluth. DR.. Knubel spoke on the
theme, "Mobilizing the Lutheran men
for Country and Church" His ad-
idress was received with great enthu-
siasm. He said, The war found the
/ Lutheran church divided, not know
irg it's strength nor its possibilities.
In a few months the war necessities
compelled united action in q manner
as was conceived impossible only
shortly before. The Lutheran church
took commanding position in es-
tablishing the church of Christ as a.
factor in bringin assistance and re-
| lief as we'll as ministering spiritually
! to the soldiers and sailors. The end
! of the war found the Lutheran Church
strong. a national force and factor for
good.
Great tasks have developed for
/ the church out Of the war. The great
est of then, is the obligation of the
Lutheran Church of America to the
Lutherans of the rest Of the world.
The war has made the Lutheran
church an international force. AL
ready closer ties through service and
heIpfulness are being formed with
the Lutherans across the water. whose
cry for help has been unanswered IN
large and generous measure by the
Lutherans of America, and when the
debris of the war is finally cleared up,
there will emerge, no doubt, Luz
theran Federation embracing the Lu-
therans of the world based on a unity
of faith and of heart.
ITO this great international task