Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-07-16
WILLlMAR STRICT
LUTHER LEAGUE
Annual Convention Held At Trip
oils Church Was Most Sue
" ces,ful In Years. =

tue scene Oh LQ9 annual convention Oh
the. W111mar District Luther League
held Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
An immense crowd approaching near
to the thousand mark poured into the
little community from all parts of the
District to attend the exercises. Dele
cations from all Luther Leagues were
present in large bodies, arriving in
cars which closely lined the grounds.
The gathering on Saturday was, as
anticipated, scant In numbers, but the
Sabbath brought visitors and dele
gates in never ceasing streams which
throughout the day more and more
densely thronged the little church
yard. A business session was con-
Quoted in the afternoon of the first
day when a new executive staff was
elected as follows: Pres. Rev. C. O..
Bergquist of Pennock; Vice Pres.
Rev. J. B. Sorenson of Svea; Secre-
tary, Miss Ruby Bergquist of Atwater
and Treasurer, Miss Myrtle Welander
of Litchfeld,
The delegates present unanimous
ly agreed to contribute the sum Of
twenty-five dollars to the Bethphage
Mission in the state of Nebraska and
the balance over expenses of the Sun
day afternoon Offering to be donated
to the cause of home and foreign mis-
sions. This offering amounted to ov-
ter sixty dollars. The place for the
convention next year was not decided
upon and will be announced later.
On Saturday evening the conven-
i0r, vol Vy VrY{f NJ
| which struck key note of pride and
steadfastness in the name of Luther
| anism. Rev. G. o. Bergquist of Pen
| mock delivered the address Of the ev-
ening in which he defined the posi-
ton Of the church In the world today,
it's holy mission among the peoples of
the earth and the duties which fall
upon the willing shoulders of every
faithful and loyal member of the Lu-
theran church. Service should be an
ideal of the Christian church and this
spirit of brotherhood should find ut.
fterance in more earnest and intense
mission work. The church must be
defended at all times and we should
rally to her cause and fight for her
preservation. The nations of the
world should not rely too greatly upon
diplomatic means in solving their
many problems but should turn to
the Christian church and guided by
it's light arrive at the only just solu
ton.
The program was rendered as fol
lows:
hymn Auulence
Scripture Reading and Prayer ....
| Pow Goroponn. Suoc
Hymn Audience
Reading 80. Burnette Nelson, Spice1
Trombone Solo .........
.Hulda Skoglund, Svea
Address 1.-THE Church of Our Fathers
49,. Rev. C. o. Bergquist, Pennocb
Vocal Solo
...... Rhoda Monson, New London
Reading :. Annie Anderson, Bethesda
hymn Audience
Benediction $500 Rev. Sorenson, Svea
On the Sabbath morning high mass
was held at 80 a. m. The impress
sive sermon was delivered by Rev
| G. A. Lindahl, using as his theme
| "The Practice of Mercy" The
church was crowded to the very doors
and large numbers stood standing in
the hall and. doorway during the ser
| vices.
The following program was given:
Psalm Audience
Psalm Audience
Epistle Text: Romans S:1S-23
Psalm Audience
Gospel Of St. Luke 6:36-42
song ........: .''.--......:. Chol1
Psalm Audience
Sermon ......... Rev. Lindah
Vocal Solo ....... Arnold Waylande1
Dinner was served from 1880 I'm
til pm. in the basement. In the
afternoon at 2:30 another program