The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-19
.REv. DR.. 0SLUNO
REMEMBERS MOSCOW
FORMER POPULAR PASTOR OF
SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
SENDS GREETINGS

The Star-Mirror is privileged tC
| publish the following very interesting
letter from the Rev. DR.. John E. Os-
lund, for a number of years pastor OF
| the Swedish Lutheran church of Mos
| cow, now at Cannon Falls, Minnesota
His letter oll0ws:
Cannon Falls, Mimi, Feb. IA, 1921
4 Just a few lines to redeem given
promise, and to crafty a natural an
ticipation on the part of our many
friends to hear from us in our new
environment. There would, In fact,
be much to narrate. but / shall not
this time encroach on the space of the
Star-Mirror.
The trip eastward was interesting,
pleasant and profitable. In short, it
ended altogether too soon we thought.
In company with Rev. Schmidt and
family, and scores of interesting fell
the time sped away
amidst discussion of current topics
and events. At times these discus
sions became quite serious. One day,
in particular, a whole group of men
gathered in the smoker and started to
discuss social and national ills and
their remedy The clerical party be-
gan to hold the debaters down to
sbrass -tacks," and this soon emptied
the room. A college professor stuck
1t out the longest, but when he was
pinned down on the definition of
training" he also disappeared. What
f1imsy, foolish set of arguments most
men today advance. One cannot help
but remember the old saying among
~ 41,o Ic ryicl, fo
destroy a people, they first make it
foolish" No wonder circumstances,
conditions and future outlook cha
meleonize as they do with such ex-
perts on the job!
The Milwaukee made Minneapolis in
less than 48 hours from Spokane. This
road happened to change its schedule
the second day from Spokane and
thus arrived in Minneapolis consider
ably in advance of its old timetable.
Rev Schmidt and family left the
train at Webster, NJ D., their present
field of labor. We arrived in Cannon
Falls Jan. 9th and the initial sermon
was preached the 9th before an audi
ence that filled the spacious church
edifice to the last bench. The 21st Of
January the church gave us a rousing
reception accompanied by SAL, splen-
lid refreshments, hours Of handshak-
ing and basketfulIs of hearty good
will. We appreciated it all in all sin
,erity. We had left some splendid
people in Moscow, and were indeed
,heered in finding responsive hearts
md minds in our new charge.
The work required here is i1st ex-
acting enough to keep a minister in
rim. The first is days called for IA
sermons and speeches. Every Sunday
We have two morning services-one
English and one Swedish, and an
,vening service in English. Thursday
service is always in Swedish.
You Westerners generally boast of
our climate and point your finger IN
to the central states.
Whether this originates in a sincere
trempt to reconcile yourselves to the
uss sustained IN leaving these more
astern parts, or simply illustrates
words, each cock crows
est on his own dung-hill," shall not !
tempt to show. Nevertheless ,
rould warn you to go easy on this t
oint especially this winter, as your
Innate in and about Moscow is not in I
by any means when it comes to
Gather and climate.
This is, no doubt, an exception, but
! any rate a glorious one, and people f
ho have spent several winters in 8
alifornia generally frame it this n
ay, "How do you like our California n
eather?" Only once, or twice, since L
lr arrival in Cannon Falls, has the f
ermometer hovered around the zero /,
ark We have had to dress lighter s.
ire than we did in Moscow before
1rstmas. Weather will hardly per- L
it fire in the furnace SO 1 have I.
gun to use raw oak wood for fuel
Roads have been splendid all the P
ne for auto travel, and l have put
the chains only once to make sure N
otine in a very steep hill. Covered
er 20 miles some days. The roads U
We been like boulevards all the
lille, but now the weather is 80 u
Id that the frost is beginning to go