Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-06-14
Big ATTEND ANCE Al
Bible con FERE
People from all Parts of Valley Attend
Sessions-Able Speakers and
Great Enthusiasm

Churches of the Red River Valley Dis
trict is now history. Never has War
rem seen such religious gathering.
|. From the very first session on Wed
nesday afternoon when DR.. johnson
OF Minneapolis opened the Conferences
with talk and prayer, to the last
session on Sunday evening when Rev.
Alb. Ost Of Minneapolis closed the
conference with an evangelistic adj
dress the deepest interest was shown.
Large crowds attended every session.
mornings, afternoons and evenings and
the large tent was always well filed.
The Sunday afternoon attendance was
conservatiyely estimated at 1900. Hun
dreds of people from Spooner, Roseau.
Thief River Falls, ST. Hilaire. Crook
ston, Stephen, Kennedy, Drayton. Hal
lock- Lancaster, Karlstad and many
other places made Warren their mecca
during the Conference and everywhere
only the highest expressions of the
deep interest which the Conferences
made, was heard on all sides.
Or. JOhnson's afternoon lectures on
Math. "a were heartsearching mes
sages to the church of today as were
his evening lectures He gripped his
audiences with the truth of Prophecy
and his grasp Of the subjects and his
inimitable way of imparting the truths
to his audiences. was marvellous.
Prof. 7. w. Anderson s.entrenched
himself still deeper in the hearts OF
his friends by his clear cut logical
presentations of the secrets of deeper
spiritual life. His lovable personality.
his ability, and his sincere Christian
OF "a +, So =
diences. Prof. Anderson completed the
studies. in Acts which he commenced
at Crookston last year. He opened up
this book in such a way to his hearers
that. it became a new book to them
and will be read with greater interest
than before by all who heard him.
| Reyerends O. J. aLundell. Of Thief
River Falls, J. Fjellstedt of Manitou,
and W.EDrotts of Viking, each handled
their subjects in a mastery way and
the presence Of all the local ministers
on the field added much to the sue
cess of the Conference. Other minis
tiers who attended the Conference were
G. j. Bjornberg of Jupiter, P. A Ny
gren of Lancaster, C.. w. Olson Of
| Teien. A. Anderson OF Roseau, o. b.
Olson of Crookston and c. A. Beck
SS Oh TIE zuelu.;
| The finest kind of weather prevailed
the cool, light showers on Wednes-
day and Thursday kept no one away,
only helped to make everybody COM
Portable and very little trouble with
MOSQUITOES was experienced.
| Music was furnished by an .orches-
ira and extra singing by Miss Tekla
| Tornell, Miss Florence BOSNIAN. the
|:Crookston Male Quartette, the Thief
River Falls Ladies Quintette and Rev.
and Mrs. A. B. Ost was greatly APP
Ipreciated by the large audiences.
At the business session on Saturday
morning the following officers were
Lelected for the ensuing year: G. #.
lPihlstrom, Warren. president Rev. p.
/ "a. .Nygren, Lancaster, yice-president;
IzGnst "A. Peterson, Warren, secretary
1 Elmer Dahlstrom. ST. Hilaire, vice
secretary; Miss Hannah Gustafson,
i Thief River Falls. treasurer; Emil
i Styrlund, Viking assistant treasurer.
The covenant has for years supported
IA native Missionary in China and this
year VIII also help support Miss Agnes
i Spong, Missionary in Maracaibs, South
America. An evangelist for the shome.
field will also be called at once md
supported by the covenant. C0nee
tions, missionary offerings, subscrip-
lions for various purposes were taken
at the Conference amounting to over
4 $4,000.
The place of next years conferences
! was not decided upon but one will be
!. HELD and promises were secured from
1.-THE speakers present that IL possible
Ithey would be with us next year.
It is said that people today do not
! care for the old time religion, that it
!. lis out Of date This conference proves
that the people are anxious to hear
s the old truths Of the gospel, that the
fundamentals OF the Bible, the Deity
8 of Jesus Christ, atonement thru His
shed blood, the inerrancy Of the. Scrip
lures and the imminent Return Of the
lord are the truths that still grip the
hearts OF people. This Conference
!, stood firmly on these great truths and
the attendance proves that the vagar;
3 Hes of the modernists are not accept;
1 able to the people In the Red. River
Il Valley.
! CONTRACT LET FOR
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