Willmar tribune., 1921-07-27
LUIHEll llll ! YOUTH
con ! J V|El ED AT SVEA
Svea consregatisn Is Host I,
Ninth Anaual Convention Of
ss Dist. Leaxue u. ..

{ The Willmar District Luther Lea.
que held the. sessions OF its Ninth An
nual Convention at Svea on Satur-
day and Sunday, July, 16: and IL. clos
ing its meetings on Sunday evening.
The district was well represented by
delegates and visitors. Various hin
drances prevented a number of the
pastors of the District from being pre-
sent. The delegates were Hospitality
received into the homes OF members
of the Svea congregation. ~. - -.
The opening session of the conven-
ton was held Saturday afternoon
when business matters were discus
sed and acted upon Rev. C. o. Berg
quist presided over the meeting as the
District President. Reports were
read and acceptAd from. the various
officers The election OF officers re.
suited. IN the reelection OF Rev. Berg
Quist of. Pennock as president. = As
secretary, Miss Hazel Benson was
elected aud for treasurer Anton Har-
/ oldson of SNea was the conventions
choice: The treasufer's report show
ed financial haaanceS OF $l65, the
greater part of,Which was apportiOn-
ed among the many foreign and DOM
estic; missions in thea Augustapa Sy-
nod. An offering was planned for
Sunday afternoon the proceeds of
which should go to the Seamen,s and
Lumbermen's Mission field along the
Pacific coast. .yss.,>>
An excellent program was rendered
Saturday evening among the numbers
Of of:.which was splendid sermon by
Rev C. o. Bergquist of Pennock-. Mu-
n,,r,l,ord onf rooifofinno wQrQ
well received. = 81. T. -
On Sunday morning regular services
were held when DR.. Emil Lund of
Minneapolis who is now temporary
pastor at Atwater during the absence
Of Rev. LeVander, who is visiting in
Sweden, delivered the sermon. =
The afternoon meeting was held in
the open in the park adjacent to the
church yard The program consisted
of three recitations, choir song, an
instrumental duet. and an address by
DR.. Conrad Peterson Of sGugtavus Ad-
olphus College at St. Peter. DR.. Pc
terson discussed "Race Heritage" in
an interesting and educative manner
giving his audience something of
ed a. knowledge. DIR. Peterson has an
on a subject of that kind and in, the
| limited time given him crowded in a
multitude of historic incidents which
were of a startling nature to many,
After the prepared program had
been rendered DR.. Ernest Svenson OF
Gustavus AdQlphus. College delivered
a short vigorous talk on the education
Of the youth of our land and the need
of a Christian training in education
He pleaded with the parents to send
their Students to Gustavus Adolphus
College where in addition to a sound
college educat ton they would receive
an equally sound Christian culture for
the upbuilding of character A group
OF Gustavus Students and graduates
who were In attendance sang several
college songs and a student yell. They
were roundly applauded. -,
The closing services were held In
the evening in the church. Revs. DR.
Peterson and DR.. Lund delivered
brief sermons Several. vocal mum
bers, two readings and one instru
mental number were we'll given. Be
fore the meeting closed the Svea con
| gregation was thanked by the dele
gates for. their hospitality and kind
ness accorded them during the two
days OF the convention. s5.7 ~ sss.-y55 =. !.