Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-22
|LUTHERANS THRIVE
IN SEVEN STATES
Denomination Better Repre-.
sented Than in All the
Rest of America.


II seven states of the central west
I'm territory of the United Lutheran
church of America are more Luther
! United States put together. This
statement was made by Rev. DR.. II. l.
| larger. secretary of'that territory, al
ne session this morning of the United
| Luther Church at Luther Place Me-
4 mortal Church:
bo rhe 81 states ,; comprising this large
/ oouy OF Lutherans. he said, are Michi
an, wisconsin. Iowa. Minnesota
i ;>orth Dakota. South Dakota and Ne
I oiaeha. he announced also that mis-
!! SONS are being established in Chi
i ecasc, milwaukee,. Seattle and Detroit
= made.
! Report Made Today.
! me report Of the board of home
i missions and church extension was
!! ne principal bus ness at Tho session
! ms mornins. Rev. DR. T. Champion
s!oiindn secretary of the ga ern ter
TORY reported extensive work is h.
! 'ns carr ed on in this territor- whfc',
! "ihPIis"s- the section from Ohio e
i l% Atlantic ocean and TO the nortF
KEY. DR. A. D. r Hapcher. secretary
/ u. 'i'e southern territory. announced
/ that fwf MY Lutheran ministers nre
ne. ded in tn" state of Texas. He sid
there are thirty-three cities. of moe
| man 1000 populat on that nave no
/ Lutheran church Missions are being
estaoiishfd in Houston. Fort Wort.l
We" orieans and Birmingham. he
! Elections Held Today.
t Boards and committees were eIe.,o,-
at the session this morning as follows
/ Execuiv" boa, d - Rev I,r. isrn,
Jacob A Ciutz. Rev. DR. H. A. We er
Rev. Or. w. u. c. keiter. Rev DR.. +. +
t Fry, Mr.. Harvey c. Miller. John /, Jim
Norman. Robin E. Wolf
Board of foreign missions-Rey. DR.
N. NJ kinarG, Rev. DR.. John Edward
Hyers. Rev. Dr. George A. Greiss Rev
W, Wiiiiam r. Frey. Augustus j. Herr
! iich. Martin ii. Buehler. William II
Menges and Or. J. II Miller
Committee of adju,lication-Rev. n
rroi- A e. Noigt, Rev. DR.. Pro-
Holmes Dysinger and Judge E. Is
Strong.
Committee on church papers-Prof
Ut n: OHerman. Rev. DR.. c. T.. Gard
ner, Rev. DR.. II. Anstadt and | $
Runyon.
thaplalns Awarded Medals.
+ when the convention met this after
/ noon seventy-nine chdpia of the
church who served in III .rmy I'll
/ Navy during the war were awarded
: gold medals
; Only seven of these chaplains wer.
!, - attendance and received the media :
IN IN person: They We're: Rev. S. G.
; Tiexier who served as chaplain OF
! Base Hospitai No. S. and afterward
as headquarters chaplain of the Sd
! Army in the a f. f; Rev f. F.
lIaever. who served as chaplain OF
the 10th Infantry; Rev. a. B. Macln-
| tosll. who served at the headquarters
/ Of The 9Th CORPS. 4. +. F.; Rev. C. .
Trexler. 320th Field ARTILLERY, A E. F..
Rev. !. G. Fleck, 2l9th Engineers
I, Rev. c. S. Rahm. who served with
| the Army in Siberia. and is now chap
| lain of the I'd United States Infantry
and Rev. Paul H. Krauss L. S. s
Pocahontas.
Missionary Policy Is ~"pic.
| Discussion was eXrected to center
| mainly around the foreign mission
AIRY policy of the church. and it's pro.
| posed financial bu-lgst. at the ses.
i sion late this Afternoon. Considera,
! ton of the financial budget plan
/ which was given to a committee a
i Yesterdays session. IS expected to bt
!; taken ur this afternoon also. swhc,
thu, committee reports.
/. Addresses are TO pe made at the SIS
i sion tonight as follows: Rev. DR.. J
!; Maurer of Kitchener. Ontario. .'Ou
i Churchs Outlook in Canada: Rev
| G. Keller Ruhrecht. Minneapolis. "Oul
! Church's Outlook in the Northwest
!, Rev. DR.. w. S. Dysingor. Los Angeles
i Our Church's Outlook on the Pacific
i Coast" and Rev. DIR. John w. HORNE
i Columbia. S. c., Our Church's Out
4 look in the South"
! Called Individual Expression.
i At the session yesterday afternoon
the convention refused to sanction the
J. declaration made Wedne sday night BY
;; REV DIR. f. F. Bachman OF Philadel-
!: phia that the treaty of Versailles
should be modified. The convention
!, adopted committee recommendatio!
rat DR.. Bachman's statement WA.
''.he individual expression of the
speaker and not of the convention
and that the convention did not deem
necessary to take further action"
The language of the resolution.
:: framed by the foreign mission bonrt
and urging removal by unnamed gov,
ernments of war time restrictions" il
missionary activities provoked heated
!. ,debate. They were finally sent bach
to the board for redrafting.
\ Throughout the discussion no spe'
!; cine reference was made TO the ma
tionality of mission workers said to
) be hampered by the restrictions, mol
which the resolutions were aimed.
i Text of Resolutions.
Il The two resolutions of the group of
! fered which provoked the discussion
were as follows:
when government restrictions con
travene the obligation to preach TIL,
gospel, Christians should content
! against them and urgently appeal fol
their removal or mitigation. using al
legitimate influences to this end II
4 obedience to the will of Jesus Christ.
Il "As the world-war has temperate,
interfered with the proclamation OF
!. the gospel and war time restriction:
fhn Init "a,
!: Lutheran Church in America. joining
with the Christians Of all lands, max,
!; the earnest appeal that these restric-
!, tions be now removed and that the
! liberty to preach the gospel every
4 where be restored to us and to al
other Christians of whatever name
and nationality"
The convention itself amended the
second of these before sending the
whole matter back to the missior
board. On motion from the floor tn,
words "and that the liberty to preacl
the gospel everywhere be restored te
us and to all other Christians OF
whatever name and nationality" were
stricken out.
Urges New Seminarfes.
The convention adopted resolutions
recommending that theological semi.
naries be re-established in India anG
Japan.
The whole Japanese agitation,
/ Rev. DR.. Charles l.. Brown declared
in a sermon last night. is to bt
| found in the competition for the de
velopment and carrying on of com
p. merce in China" The leading Jap
| anese thinkers. he said, "deplor'
| above all things any misunderstan2
ing with the United States" Japar
needs China as a great market toi
, goods, and the Japanese have feel
| ing of keen sensitiveness about any
movements that may tend TO hmi'
! Japanese commerce"