Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-06-09
CONVENTION WELL ATTENDED
Deliberations OF Much Interest to
People of Audubon and
Vicinity.

| through the kluuneSS VI rev. ".
B. Christensen, we are able to give
the Republican readers short ac-
count of the convention held at
Blair, Neb, last week. The follow
ing account is taken from the Blair
Pilot:
"The annual convention OF the
Danish Ev. Lutheran Church of
America opened in the large wooden
tabernacle on the campus of Dana
college yesterday morning with a
sermon by Rev. c. c. Kloth, of West
brook, Maine. About five hundred
delegates and pastors were present
on the opening day and more are ar
irving daily. The largest attendance
will be Saturday and Sunday. If
the roads are good many will drive
here from as far as Minnesota for
these two days. This afternoon a
part of the officers were elected and
the balance will be chosen tomor-
row. After serving the church as
president for the entire twenty-five
years since the federation of the
two bodies into the united church
Rev. G, B. christensen, of Audu-
bon, Iowa, was given a well-earned
rest, and Rev. NJ. N. Andreasen, of
Cedar Falls, secretary of the church,
was chosen president. otto Hansen,
of this city, was reelected treasur-
err, in which capacity he has served
the church so WELL From $3.50 to
600 o'clock this afternoon was Civ
en- over to the official welcoming
program arranged by the local COM
mittee. Dr. C. r. Mead welcomed
the convention to Blair for Mayor
John Aye, and his address was in
every way credit to himself and
the city. DR.. Morris Nielsen re-
sponded for the Chamber of Com
merce in his usual happy way. Pres
ident Christensen, who is the pre-
siding officer of the convention, ac-
cepted the kindly tenders of the two
speakers in a really mastery way.
His story of the four-leaf clover of
happiness was a veritable gem of
oratory. We hesitate to give it even
in part, for it was so we'll told by
him. He called 1t his mothers story,
for when he was small boy she
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told him that IL he wanted to be
happy he should run along and find
a four-leaf clover He had heard of
this wonderful country across the
seas and when he was yet a young
man he decided to come over here
and possibly he would find at least
one of the four leaves that were ia
bring him happiness. He found il
in these United States of North
America, the grandest country in all
the world. When he learned the
language and became acquainted
with our constitution and laws he
applied for citizenship and he was
asked If he had read the constitution
and he said he had, and had found
in it his second leaf of happiness, a
document guaranteeing to all equal
ity, liberty and freedom. When this
became his country, his love for II
and "Old Glory" grew until he re-
allied that "The Stars and Stripes
that protected him in his rights and
freedom was his third leaf, At a
convention like this held in Mime
apolis speaker held up a silver
dollar and read the inscription
thereon, 'In God We Trust" He
said, there is the fourth leaf of the
clover of happiness-The United
States, her constitution, her flag,
and all founded in trust in God.
God over all, the salvation of ma
tions, as well as of men. Thus he
found his four-leaf clover of happi-
ness his mother had told him about
long years ago. And that is true
Americanism. We saw this same
loyalty later when the lips of many
of these who were evidently born in
Denmark, were seen to move repeat
ing the words of the national an
them as the band played it at the
conclusion of the program. The
band played several selections, and
the Community Chorus sang three
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Prof. ]. E. Carnal. Miss Gladys
Moore sang solo and the audience
evidently liked her singing, for they
called her back for another. At the
conclusion of the program the mem
bers of the chorus, the band, the
city officials and the ministers OF
the city were the guests of the local
committee in charge of the conven-
ton, at splendid supper. The
closed from $3.50 on, in order that
all might go up and show the well
come speeches were no mere
Formally. Saturday, the 4th, is to be
given over to the celebration of the
silver anniversary of the union OF
the two church bodies, That will be
a big day and will close with the
rendition of the cantata, "The
Eternal City" which was given at
the church recently by Dana College
Choral Union, under the direction of
Miss Carrie Sinamark. Sunday will
be the closing day of the convention
and the crowds in attendance will be
the greatest of the week, IL the
weather Is favorable"