Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-08-25
BIG CONVENTION
OF LUTHER LEAGUE
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Merold Tollefson and Rev. Edward
Struxness rendered vocal solos during
the services. Rev. M. Lyle Halvorson
Of Minneapolis offered the closing re-
marks basing them on a selected subject
entitled Follow Jesus in Serving Man."
The Board of Directors convened after
the services.
The program arranged for Friday eve
ming included two instructive and we'll
handled sermons the first by Rev. AL
Follow Jesus in Building the King
dom" and the closing one by Rev. H. o.
Bjorlie Of Faribau1t who sermonized on
the subject Follow Jesus in Deeds of
| Mercy" Miss Laura Forde rendered a
vocal solo after the first sermon and
Miss Sophia Tallackson also contributed
| solo towards the close of the services.
| A Choral Union Rehearsal was held az
The program for Saturday morning
! included another Choral Union Rehear-
| sal followed by an interesting address
executive secretary of the National
Young Peoples Luther League Of the
Norwegian Church. In his address he
| advocated that Luther League organiza-
! tons confront the young people with a
definite religious program and with def
mite religious work to be done" All of
! the church schools including Luther
College at DEBORAH, Ia, St. Olaf College
at Northfeld, Mimi, Concordia College
at Moorhead, Mimi, report greatly in
creased attendances. he said, and the in
creased interest shown in the church
schools. Rev. Xlvisaker ascrihed it in
large measure to the enthusiasm that
League conventions He advocated that
social meetings of the local leagues be
I distinctly social and the religious meet
ings distinctly religious. He recon-
mended the Luther teague Topic sys-
tenn as a definite religious pragram and
urged that the social program be eff
League Sings Recommended
GENTLY planned and that league "sings'
be held like the company and regimental
Sings during the war. applying the
principle to hymn singing. Keep the
Young Peoples leagues close to mission
work, he said, by adopting and cores
ponding with some child OF adult on the
foreign mission field or adopt some stu
dent at the theological seminary. HI
also advocated a Young Peoples league
library and the regular practice of do
ing something helpful financially or 9th
erwise, and said that Young People:
Luther League conventions help to wild
en- the vision Of the young delegates tt
the world activities of the church,
Sent Greetings Abroad
II The convention also unanimously de
cided to send, greetings to the Youns
Peoples Luther League members VIII,
may be actively engaged in foreign mis-
sion work in China, Africa, Madagascar
among the Eskimos, or In other foreign
mission fields of the church.
] omcers Reelected
In the afternoon at one thirty o'cloc]
| a business md Fl,
elections Of officers for the ensuing yea
took place The delegates decided unan
imously by acclamation to retain thei
> present officers who are: President, Rev
J. c. K. Preus. Byron, Nina; vice presi
2 dent John G. Mohn, Mortified, MINI.
l Grevstad, Albert Lea, Mimi; correspon
2 ding secretary, Miss Hannah Swensrud
! Minneapolis; treasurer, Samuel Jack
D ! son, St. James. The directors are: Rev
g. H. Froiland, Dawson; Prof. H. E
> Jorgenson Red Wing; Miss Rose Croft
s Paul.
Have Sightseeing Tour
j. After the business session was ad
' Journed the delegates and guests wer
| invited out for a motor ride to Gree
8 Lake returning in time for supper an
I the evenings program. The delegate
were delighted with the sightseeing tri1
l
Thorpe of Minneapolis addressed tn
. / convention on the topic, Follow Jesu
] in Exalting the Scriptures" and DR.. F
NJ Glasoe of st. Olaf College at North
7 ! field, Mimi, urged better hymn singin
! in the churches
The Choral Union elected officers 2
: follows: President, Rev. A. O. John
l son, Spring Grove; vice president, Rev
) p. NJ Weeks, Grove City; secretary
Rev. R. NJ. Fjelstad, Emmons; treas
: urer' Miss Dagny Aasen, Minneapolis.
DR.. P. M. Glassoe of Mortified deliy
j. ered capable address on the text "Fol
p low Jesus in Praising the Father" We
cal solos were rendered by the Misse
= Stella Syvertson and Hannah swensru(
The convention concluded it's meet
Inss sunday evening and was declare
k one OF the most successful held in lat
}, years. IN many respects the past yea
r mas been one of the most notable wear
n in the history Of the Lutheran Churc
- IN America. American Lutherans, in
- Guiding children, increased in number
last year nearly 10 per cent, and no,
a total 3,652,010.
l. Church Statistics
j, OF the Norwegian Lutheran Church Q
Amer1ca there are in Northern Mime
S SOFA a9'9lS adult members; in Souther
y minnesota including Minneapolis an
J. st: Paul $3.50 adult members; in low
l. od'ao4 adult members; in North Dakot
n $3.50 adult members; in South Dakot
= z4'43S adult members; in Wisconsin an
the eastern district 1889 adult mem
bers. These figures do not include adm
e members in the Rocky Mountain, Pacii
I ana Canadian districts of the church.
i The English language exclusiyel,
was used at the convention here, an
there are many exclusively English con
gregations in the Norwegian Luthera
Church Of America and a great man
r half-English. English is becoming NOR
! and more the language used, and pas
S TORS especially from large city centers
e urged at the annual convention of tn
t church body held in Minneapolis in Jun
that the word Norwegian be droppe
from the name of the church,
Divine services were conducted in tn