Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-08-04

- WARREN, MA
prevalent everywhere where the people
used the word of God properly and
would hear the word of God properly.
He brought forth many examples and
spoke OF his experiences to prove these
statements. He spoke of the Lutheran
church, OF it's accomplishments since
early times until the present day; and
proved cOnclusively that the Lutheran
church was the only church that had
gained members during the past year.
He directed many excellent thoughts
especially to the young people that
they should not consider their legacy
great If it were only of the material
things in life, but that they should con-
slider that the greatest legacy or will
that father and mother would leave
them was their "Christianity." He ad-
monished them to listen properly to
their parents and to remember the
songs and prayers used in the home.
DR.. Petri spiced his mastery address
| with little bits of humor here and
there Much could be said about this
| wonderful address, but time and space
will not permit. Suffice to say it was
| an inspiration and shall long linger
| with the folks who came out to this
festival.
Mr.. liver Lodoen, of Alvarado, proved
that even though he was Norwegian
he could nevertheless sing in the Swed-
ish language. He sang beautifully,
| ''The Holy City" in Swedish. Then fol-
low very we'll rendered vocal duet
| given by Mrs. J. r. Naeseth and Miss
Estelle Grindeland Of Warren.
| At this part of the program a collec-
ton was lifted to help defray the ex-
penses with the festival. The chorus
now rendered Cali Hail the Power of
Jesus Name"-Finley Lyon, which
greatly enthused the audience.
Rev. A. T. Tollevs introduced the
President of Concordia College, Moor
head, Mimi, Rev. j. A. Aasgaard by
saying that the program would not be
complete without hearing an address in
the American language. He empha-
zised AMERICAN. He also said that
the President of the above named
Christian school was one of the fore
most educators of the state and that
he represented the best there is, "a
| Christian School," Those who had the
extreme pleasure of hearing President
Aasgaard at the High School com
mencement last spring can we'll imagine
| the real treat those had who heard
him at this festival. Pres. Aasgaard
presented "The home, the church and
the school as the fundamentals and the
fOrerunners to a successful Christian
life" He alluded especially to the
hymns and songs and music that have
made men, women and children happy
for this life and for eternity. How the
songs taught by our old mother in years
gone by have been 5sthe instrument
itAgQasgh.sWh ieh Isna n 81 has S.. saress, ilN
found his God and Saviour. Pres. Aas-
gard related many incidents in the
past history of our country where the
old songs and hymns had performed
wonderful missionary work. He did
not confne himself only to this country
but went way back in time and brought
forth an abundance of examples. He
pleaded with his audience to follow in
the footsteps of Father and Mother and
how utterly impossible it would be to
keep up church work. and church
schools and our missionary work in the
cities and in foreign lands unless we
rally round the cross and catch the
spirit of Christ. The address was a
masterpiece through and through.
The chairman of the day. Rev. Toll
levs, made some brief closing remarks
and expressed the wish that our next
years festival would be still larger
than this one had been. He also thank
ed those who had helped make the
meeting a success, especially speakers
and singers.
| A pleasing innovation was the sing
ing of the hymn " A mighty fortress
is our God" which was sung stimuli
taneously in three languages, Nor
wegian, Swedish and English.
The writer can still hear the echo
of that beautiful hymn. That hymn,
as we know, is called the battle hymn
of the Reformation. Rev. Tollevs pro-
is now history, but it shall ever remain
sacred in the hearts of those who at
! tended.
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS GRANTED
Twelve new citizens were admitted
to the United States Thursday at a
hearing held in this city by R. K. Doe,
naturalization examiner of Duluth
Their names are as follows:
| AlgOt Anderson, Warren.
! Peter Peterson Wick, Warren.
! Per Erick Gustafson, Middle River.
| John Bukowski, Stephen.
| Timothy Alexander Mcfarland
Argyle. ......--.
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