The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-04-25
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hand of faithful m<n and won<n came
10 our shore 10 found q religious conn.,
Try. of The Losh<raa persuasion. n
America and became instrumental IN
founding in<'EvsnselIcai Luiheras Syn.
cd Il Nlspouri. Ohio and ether staiek
This body Is celebrating The seventy
nith anniversary of iss Organization
during the present year. The crgsnlza-
tioa was e6ecsed AZ Chicago On Mon
day. Arril "a lsfs.
The causes hack Of this emigration
must be understood from ccndisions
prevailing In the homeland or these
em!grantx II was not. a. usual. the
pressure of unfavorahIe economic con
ditions In eserropulated Germany that
Induced them 10 leave the fatheriand
and seek new home and better living
conditions In America. The emigran's
who ten years after their landing In
81. Lorix took the lead In orxanixing
the Missouri synod. did not come 10
Asnerica ~ beexnrs Many quilted
their homeland at considerable saeri-
fee Of material advantages. Their
party consisted not only Of Saxon
wea,crs and stcrkins makers but
fhcre were among them merchants.
men Of the medical profession, jurists.
officers Of the civll government. paint
ers. etc. These people could hope for
very little material advantages IN the
new country In which they came to
settle. Their reason for coming TO
America was an entirely Ideal. or
spiritual. one They were looking for
. home for their religious convictions
where they could. without hindrance
from the government. worship God ac-
ccrdlng 20 the dictates OF their con-
science ana propagate their faith.
German Religious insolssanes
They were not allowed to do this n
their home country. Already long be
fore the emigration scheme was ma
tured among their leaders they had
suffered considerable because Of their
religious convictions They hailed from
parts of Germany IN which. owing 10
the ravages of pietism and rational.
ism. Lutheran confessional fidelity had
become rare thing. In 1877 the then
Prussian king. Frederick III. issued
union.edIct by which the amalrama.
tion Of the two parts OF the Protestant
Church. the Lutheran and the Reform
ell. was to be eifecfesff Prior 10 that
time these two parties had existed as
separate bodies maintaining their
separate confession. churches and re-
iiriors actlvities The edict OF Fred
crick Ill was unquestionabiy part of
the prussian governments scheme for
the GENERALIZATION Of power. II wrought
a good deal Of havoc throughout Ger
many, where church and state were
not separate as In the United States.
MoA Of the other Gcrnsn countries
Initiated the policy Of the Prussian
king and issued similar union -edicis
But even In Countries Ike Saxony,
where this. was not done. the union
tendency was the dominant tendency
In state and church. As result. both
Luthcrans and Reformed who still ad-
hered TO their confessional principles.
hut mostly the former. had 10 suifer a
great deal from the intolcrant govern
mentx Permission for organizing n
Free Church. independent q state con-
troll, could not be obtained. although
many attempts to get such permis-
sion were made.
Decide on Emigration
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