Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-03
LUIHERAllS TO
MEET IN 1922
IN MILWAUKEE
Synod Convention Closes ii
This City This
Morning. 81:
Seminary Discussed Before
Close of Meeting; Big
Sum Raised.

At the closing session this morn
ing of the English Lutheran synod
OF the northwest, Milwaukee was se-
lected as the 1922 convention city.
Comprehensive reports Of the work
done by the various Lutheran
churches and synods were presented.
There was some further discussion of
the theological seminary which is to
be established on the territory, and in
twenty minutes last night ministers
and laymen in attendance had sub
scribed $4,000 of the ;15o,ooo neces-
sary to launch the institution
the following statistics were given:
The total number of Lutherans in
the world is 21,5oo, 900: pastors a.
6ss: deaconesses 29,313. There are
1O,375 ministers connected with the
Lutheran church in America, 1886
congregations; 3,756,722 baptized or
enrolled MEMBERS; 2,4s3.s25 COM
municant members. North Dakota
has s43.1s1 Lutherans During 1921.
the total accession was 27s,4ss.
There are s,243 Sunday schools, 81
$40 teachers and 1.015,s35 scholars.
144 Higher Schools.
There are 144 higher schools con-
nected with the Lutheran church in
America, Of which ss are theological
seminaries, IS colleges los acad-
emies, 10 deaconess motherhouses and
10 normal schools. The income for
theological seminaries was $1.3S7,595,
for colleges S3,S12,070. There was 4
grand total income for all institutions
of SIC, 5000.
There are more than dozen publi-
cation houses officially connected with
the church. They turn out 312 peril
odicals. Of which 1T are published in
English, 101 in foreign languages and
"a bi-lingual. The Lutherans circulat-
ed more than 100000 bibles last
year.
S93 Foreign Miaa6onarieA
The Lutheran church in America
has asa foreign missionaries. It has
mission fields in China, Russia, japan,
India. Persia; Africa, South America
and Oceania. More than $50, 900, 900
was raised by Women's Missionary So
cieties for Home and Foreign missions
during the last year.
+ The total valuation Of congregation
al property is 1S0.1s3,0.3 +.
Ths tetal ssReza'epaas ''l srse.le,' ,'sa'-
III the reports the following bits Of
history were given: The first foreign
missionaries sent out by any Pro-
testant church were Lutherans, Pas
tors Ziegenbolg and Plentschau, sent
to India by the Danish king in 1705.
Among the first Lutherans in America
were Pastor Rasmus Jensen and the
crews of two Danish vessels who land
ed near Hudson bay in 1919. The first
Protestant missionary to the American
Indians was a Lutheran pastor John
Companius. General Mullenberg, a
| Lutheran preacher. stormed the last
redoubt at Yorktown in 1881 Betsy
Ross, Lutheran. and her Swedish
| Lutheran Women's society made the
| first American flag.
DR.. Hummon. general secretary OF
Carthage college, attended the con-
| vention and at this mornings session n
presented the work of the institution.
Carthage college is located in Hancock
county. Illinois, twenty miles from
Burlington, Ia. In this institution
! there are e6 professors. holding de-
grecs from 80 different institutions
faculty not e1celled in any Lutheran
college in the United States. The in
stitution has forty students at present,
istry. There are about $50 other stu
dents. There are six buildings on the
campus.
| Raising Fund.
The Rockefeller Foundation Board
of Education has made an offer of
| $115,0OO and asks the church to meet
it with fund of $225.o0o. DR.. Hum
mon is here in the interests of this
fund.
Carthage college is one among the
ten highest rated institutions in IL
linois. and is recognized by the uni
versities of Illinois and Chicago and
| Mort erp ,,niva,.si<v
Report Given on Boys Work.
| The report of the committee on
Boys Work was presented by Rev.
Jno. F., Feeders, pastor of the Eng
lish Lutheran church at Lake Park.
! Milwaukee, Wis. In the report it was
recommended that weekday relig-
ious instruction be given in every
parish and that conferences be held
with the boys at least twice every
year. He pointed out that it would
be advisable to have Christian doc
tors, lawyers. teachers. mechanics
and ministers give talks regarding
their professions at these confer
ences so as to encourage boys to con-
sider the ministry as their life work.
j DR.. A. J. D. Hauft Of St. Paul
and Rev. Homer l.. Bosserman of
Minneapolis. executive secretary of
the Lutheran Colony Of Mercy, gave
short talks on the work that is being
done by that institution, Rev. Mr..
Bosserman said that there are al
ready six synods cooperating with
that institution and are represented
on the board of directors. It was
pointed out by the speaker that the
object of this institution is to help
the dependent and neglected, old and
young alike. This colony has a 90-
acre tact Of land near Lake Johanna.
st. Paul, ali dependents are taken
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