New Ulm review., 1919-08-27
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
At JUBILEE MEET |
LUTfi. TEACHERS SEMINARY
AND INDIAN MISSION
rs YEARS OLD.
JOINT SYNOD CONCLUDES 18th
BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AT ST. PAUL's.

sunday on the Dr. Mdrtln Luther Col
lege campus to listen to the sermons Of
able preachers of the Lutheran faith
in memory of the foundation of the
Evangelical Lutheran Teachers Semi
nary Is years ago and the humble be-
ginning of the Indian Mission of the
same church in the Indian Reservations
in the state of Arizona. They came from
all parts Of the state and from places in
Northern Wisconsin and in South Da-
kota. The double celebration was held
in connection with the 18th bi-annual
conference Of the Evangelical Lutheran
Joint Synod of North. America. This
convention was opened last Wednesday
morning and lasted full week, closing
last night.
Inspiring Services.
Both services were inspiring for the
many thousands present. Church songs
and hymns. were sung by all those in
attendance. Able preachers had been
!. secured for a number of sermons in Eng
lish and German. Revs. W. Bodamer,
Toledo, Ohio, and Prof j.. Schaller,
Wauwatoosa, Wis, delivered the sermons
in the morning, the services being in
commemoration Of the Silver Jubilee
of the Teachers Seminary. In the
afternoon, when memorial service was
held to commemorate the foundation
of the Indian mission in the state of
Arizona blythe Synod, the speakers were
Revs. @. "a. Koch Columbus, Wis,
and E. Guenther, Fort Apache, Ariz.
Indian Speaks.
Jack Keyes, the Indian interpreter
at the mission in Fort Apache, for sew
eral years, and who was made preacher
by the conference on Tuesday, also spoke
during the afternoon services. He told
his hearers that Rev. Mayhoff of the
Ev. Luth. church came to Fort Apache
where he was living with his father
25 years ago. He was the first man to
tell the members of his tribe something
about God, he said. They were wholly
ignorant with regard to spiritual things,
he added. There are two missionary
stations in the state of Arizona, each
having school with about 40 children.
The one is at Fort Apache and the
other at the St. Carlos Reservation.
These two reservations comprise a total
of about 25,000 Indians, Mr. Keyes
explained, stating further that the
territory awarded them was about as
large as the State of Rhode Island for
each reservation.
Bergemann Reelected.
Rev. G. E. Bergemann, Fond du Lac.
Wis, was. reelected president Of the
Joint Synod after the committee on
nominations had made their report
early during the conference. The other
officers elected were:
Rev. J. H. Westendorf, Saginaw,
Mich, 1st. Vice-president; Prof John
Meyer, New Ulm, second vice -presi-
dent; Rev. Cert. Hinnenthal, Goodhue,
Mimi, secretary; Rev. w. Nommen-
son, Hustisford, Wis, recording secre-
tary, and Rev. w. II. Groebner, Milwau-
kee, treasurer. Rev Paul sBrockmarn,
Waukesha, Wis, was made chaplain.
Church ReconstructionW Work.
Reconstruction work of the Lutheran
church was the main topic of the doc
trinal discussion to which about an hour
was devoted every morning during the
regular session. These sessions were
held at the local Lutheran st. PauPs
church, Rev. C. j. Albrecht, pastor.
The first meeting was in the nature Of
church services which were held We'd
nesday morning at ten o'clock There
were about hundred delegates present
at that meeting. They came from all
parts Of the Northwest where the Ev.-
Luth. Church has any adhearers, the
organization being called the Joint
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and
other states.
Rev. G. D. Bergemann 1nadethe open
ing address during the first meeting.
He submitted his bi-annual report to the
conference, which was referred to the
proper committee. This report later
on was the object Of discussion during
the business meetings: Rev. Bergemannt
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