Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-02-01
BROTHERHOOD OF
LUTHERANS MEET
Hon. John l.. Sunbeam, of Minneapolis
Delivers q Stirring
Address

luCOSu, OIL wednesday, l1SC week, lion.
John L. Sunbeam, of Minneapolis, state
president Of the Lutheran Brother
hood of America, poured forth such a
volume Of accurately stated historic
facts, and launched powerfully into
such heroic deductions and applica-
tons, as it is doubtful if a Warren
audience has had the privilege to list
en- to before, in his stirring address at
the Norwegian Lutheran church last
Thursday evening.
During the afternoon Mr.. Sunbeam
visited North Star College where he
addressed the students and inspected
the institution with which he was
much impressed. Mr.. Sunbeam ex-
pressed the belief that there is develop
ing a stronger tendency to patronlze
UNCONVENTIONAL schools because OF the
Impairment of fundamental standards
which is so alarming in the present
age, and parents are thinking more
seriously of directing their children
to Christian Colleges, as the only safe
guard available to them.
On Tuesday and Wednesday Mr..
Sunbeam took part i'll discussions Of
the Bemidji District conference at Nc
LII.
ture on Luther in Rev. Dale's church
Wednesday night, and explained the
definite program he proposes for Min
nesota as it is taking form. On mo-
ton of Rev. Jerdee, of Bemidji, the
conference, and Augustana pastors at
tending as guests, unanimously evil
denced their approval and bespoke
Gods richest blessings to the laymen
who had brought to them messages OF
hope and a manual that it is believed
will do much to help solve lay prob
lens of the church.
Rev. S. w. Swenson, president OF
the Red River Valley Conference OF
the Augustana Synod, presided. After
a piano duet by the Misses Bjork-
quist and Hendrickson and a vocal
solo by Mr.. Prytz, Mr.. Sunbeam was
introduced to speak on the subject:
Martin Luther, Founder of Modern
Civilization" Throughout his address
he mobilized such an array of intense
" vital facts, and embarked into so
many phases of history, and exposed
events in such clearly conceived rela-
ton to each other and was so Dold IN
morals extracted, that the whole dis
course was like a vivid morning pic
ture. Mr.. Sunbeam does not deal IN
any commonplaces, nor relap to tell
any enlivening stories, and ne does
not need to. From the first minute
when he has given graphic ana
thrilling story of the menacing TURK
to the last moment when he finds at
the Rochester clinic Of the Mayo
Brothers a soul touching picture OF
the practical benefits of the education
and enlightenment that came to the
world as a result of the Reformation,
the speaker retains the most intense
attention of his audience and he never
recedes from the high plane on when
he pitches his first sentence: Ihe
Christian Empire was demoralzeo
when Martin Luther intended upon
the stage of the world to interrupt
civilizations gravest tragedy" In
moment he has made the menaclng
Turk as real as a current topic. lie
then plunges into thorough Dut wen
abridged summary of the condltlons
of the world in the reformation per
iod; then reviews in noble tones the
reforms before Luther, then the great
events in Luther's career, and at last
summarizes conditions of the world
after the reformation and then he IN
PRODUCES Modern History.
Mr.. Sundean's searching question TO
matured Lutherans whether or not
they are doing their duty in preserv-
ing and contributing to the institutions
which Luther vouchsafed to civlllza-
ton, and his injunction to young peo-
. Die who think they want to belong to
a better church, can only be appre'
ciated in the atmosphere of his lecture
and the setting he has given to TINS
climax
1t is apparent to every one who
hears Mr.. Sunbeam that he means
everything he says, that he knows
what he is talking about, and that ne
is utterly fearless, even it not rude
or abusive. Old and young were alike
inspired and the Brotherhood cause
received a tremendous impetus as
result of the rally.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sundean's
lecture Rev. Swenson, in earnest tones
expressed the appreciation OF the aud.
fence and confessed that he had not
before seen the Reformation period sc
ClcdTly dS IL dppO0ANu ~
this vigorous address. He then pro
posed a rising vote of the people te
pledge Mr.. Sunbeam that they wouic
support him in his Brotherhood work
President Sjostrand, Of North Sta1
College, expressed the belief that MI
Sundean's Brotherhood plans and hi
Manual Of Procedure, and the events
he proposes to stage to arouse Luther
an men, will prove blessing to tn
church and it's institutions. If thu
Pastors get behind the Brotherhood
cause, I am convinced the results vii
be remarkable in less than a year." he
declared, "and the lecture on Luther
should be heard in every Lutheran
church in America"
Mr. Sundean's Manual is new ides
n fitualistic composition. The genera