Morris tribune., 1921-07-01
ENGLISH LUTHERAN
HAVE BIG CONVENTION
One Hundred and twenty-five From
Willmar District Discuss Church
Problems Here.

''If you take away Sunday, you
take away the Christian church."
said Prof. J. A. Aasgard, president of
COncOrdia college speaking of the
many influences trying to take away
the sanctity of the church at a rally
of young peoples societies and con-
vention delegates of the Willmar Dis
trict of the English Lutheran church
Sunday morning at the Orpheum
theatre in Morris.
Prof. Aasgard urged greater loyal
ty to the church. He decried the ten
dency at the present time for people
to make preparations to fish instead
of to worship at church time on Sun
day.
you cannot worship God at the
end of fish pole" he said.
Using as his text the words Of
Christ, Il must work the works of
him that sent me while it is yet day"
he told the young people not to think
that they had unlimited time in
which to succeed in life, but to sieze
urged them to make use of the all too
limited time to show their apprecia-
ton for what their parents had done
for them. To the parents he made a
plea that they make use of the short
time allotted to them to have the
over their children. He said the most
deplorable failure in the world was
the failure of parent with the
bringing up Of child.
Calling attention to the fact that
the age for confirmation in the Luth-
eran church was from fourteen to six
teen, he characterized these ages as
the most critical in the life of the
child.
The Orpheum theatre was crowded
at the morning service. twenty-five
delegates and singers had arrived by
Saturday night, and 125 more came
early Sunday morning. The Benson
Choir sang at the morning service.
About two hundred people, dele
gates and people from neighboring
towns were served at dinner by the
women of the Ladies' Aid in the hall
above the Vinje Clothing Company.
At the business meeting in the af-
ternoon the young people of the
Luther League passed resolution tC
| petition the Lutheran church state
board to have more district conven,
tions and fewer state conventions. Il
was their belief that more people are
reached through the district cOnven'
tion because the expense for the in
| dividual delegate is less. They de-
cided to meet next summer at New
| London, MINI.
Rev. Alfred Bredeson of Morris wa:
elected president of the Luthel
League of this district. Miss Della
Thorsan of Kerkhoven was elected
secretary and Peter Hong of Willmal
treasurer Miss Sena Sorenson Of
board of directors.
Ruth" cantata by Edward Oxen
ford and Alfred R. Gaul was sung BY
over a hundred voices in the evening
1t is very seldom that the people o.
Morris have an opportunity to hea
anything on so large a scale in thi'
city. Rev. M. Andrews of Wheatol
was director. Five choirs took par
in the cantata, Willmar, Wheaton
Benson, Morris, and Alberta. Their
we're many singers from other town
in addition. The soloists were Mis-
Sivertson of Willmar, Mrs. A. Brede
son of Morris and Edward Hanson o
Benson.
A series of devotional meetings be
gan on Monday for the church dele
gates. The Rev. Weeks of Grove Cit!
delivered an address on "The Eighty
fourth Psalm" He said that ther
we're three aspects of the Christian
attitude toward the house of God, hi
love for it, his need of it and Hi
gratitude for it.
The delegates decided to meet mex
fall at Benson at the business meet
ing on Tuesday. Rev. A. A. Reece o
Alberta was elected president of tn
Willmar district, the Rev. Strand o
Benson secretary and Rev. A. Brede
son of Morris financial secretary o
the circuit. The Morris Choir san;
during the meetings.
Mrs, Effenbeck Dies,