Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-03
LUTHERANS To
MEET IN 1922
IN MILWAUKEE
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and properly cared for until they can
be placed in suitable homes.
Aim Of Colony Explained.

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Aim Of Colony Explained.
DR.. Bosserman explained that it is
the aim of the colony to establish a
receiving home for the children and
a home for the dependent old folks.
The Synod voted to put the colony
on its budget and to aid in every
manner possible in f%urthering the
work that is being done by that in
stitution and to aid In the raising of
the funds necessary to its operation.
Rev. w. w. Kennerly Of Miiwau-
kee. reported that a fine Lutheran
and that the Church Of the Redeem
err Of Milwaukee has purchased two
fine homes for the purpose Of fur
thering mercy work.
The Brotherhood movement in the
Lutheran church was discussed by A.
A. Moths of Milwaukee, chairman of
the committee in charge of that
work. He pointed out that every
church should have a mems club and
showed what advantages THE church
work would receive from such an or
ganization. DR.. +. Gotwald also dis.
cussed the brotherhood work and ex-
planned that this work is being car
ried on extensively in the universi-
ties of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and
will be taken up within a short time
at the University of North Dakota.
At a business session held yesterday
afternoon the Synod decided to in
troduce in all the Sunday schools the
Duplex collection envelopes and to
have benevolences from the schools
as we'll as the congregations remit
ted monthly to the s%ynodical treas
urer.. i.
Adopt $4,000 Budget.
The budget adopted for the Synod
yesterday was $4s. 5000, The execu-s
according to their best Judgment re-
garding the offer made by the Kill
deer Commercial club of 16O acres of
land. valued at 5000. for the estab-
fishing of an Orphans home in that
vicinity.
At the close of the afternoon ses-
sions the delegates were taken on an
automobile tour of Grand Forks by
the Commercial club and shown the
various points of interest, including
the packing plant, the state mill
and elevator and the University of
North Dakota.
Candidates Arc Ordained.
At the evening nee Thursday six
candidates were ordained to the min.
istry by the officers Of the Synod.
They were Jeron.e c. Jackson. called
to Cedarburg, Wis. William Niebling,
called to Wanawatosa, Wis, Henry e.
Reinhart. who will take charge in
Billings, Mont, Aldon C. Baughman,
called to HartfordrWis., Russell Doer-
ing, called to P%latteville, Wis. and
D. U. Drudsenmiller. called to Super
Tor. Wis. George c. Kohler Of this
Synod will be ordained at Madison.
Wis, next Sunday in the university
church.
The ordination sermon last evening
was preached by the Rev. Paul H.
Roth. He said in part
What is needed today is men with
the spirit Of the old prophets. Men
that are not afraid of the Herods of
the 18th century n more : than
John was of the Herod of the first
century. Men that say with Paul.
If l were still pleasing men. I should
not be an servant Of Christ Men of
that stripe were listened to by their
generation. And only men Of that
kind will get a hearing from men Of
this generation and have any perma-
nent influence upon it.
1.-THE greatest and most necessary
reform in the church today is the re-
suscitation of the Lutheran teaching
of the Divine Call. The sense of the
divine vocation has lost its stress.
When once we produce a generation
of preachers that cannot say. THUS
saith the Lord" and begin to look
upon themselves as the propagators
Of, their individual reactions to ethic-
al. and moral suggestions. it will be a
sign that the glory of tho Lord has
gone out Of the church.
w desire to insist, too, that the
modern ministry be brought back
within the limits Of the commission
Of their call. The Word of Christ
was: Go and make disciples Ger
tainly the n1nister's central work
then II preaching. Men still speak
of the .%foiishness Of preaching and
their remark too often rises out Of
the preaching of foolishnesA. Tho
old time minister was, said to be in-
visible during the week and incoSn-
~prehensible on Sunday. The modern
minister ID likely to be all too WISH
BILE during the week and contempti-
BILE or Sunday.
SIT is absolutely Imperative that
the call to preach he brought
hack to prominence. that the lost
art OF preaching be re-cultivAted,
that men renew their faith. which
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