The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
LUTHERAN men
IN CONVENTIONS
RENAME HEADS
Conference Delegates San ctiou
Joint Moline -Augustana
Hospital Drive.


Rev. F. A. Johnson, Maywood.
was reelected vice president and
treasurer OF the Illinois Lutheran
conference in the business session
OF the 10th annual convention this,
morning in Galesburg. Rev. John
G. Dahlberg, Berwin, was reelected
secretary.
The election of a president was
not finished before noon, but il
was expected that Rev. Peter Pc
terson would be reinstated as head
Of the synod body.
The sessions are taking place in
the Trinity Lutheran church, Gales
burg. Rev. Peterson, at the OPEN
ing service of the conference last
night gave the annual conference
sermon, taking as his text, "The
Kingdom Appointed Unto U.s..
bringing out the fact that entry
into the divine kingdom, by right
eous living. gives salvation and
life. A fine musical program was
a feature of this service.
Sanction of the 200 delegates who
attended the conference was Sc
cured to the project OF making a
campaign to raise $1.000,0 900 to
benefit jointly the Moline Lutheran
hospital and the Augustana hospital
in Chicago, both of which are own
ed and controlled by the confer
ence. The previous plan was to
conduct two separate campaigns.
but the new idea is expected to
be more productive and more eco
nomical
Three Seek Ordination,
The conference was formally
opened in the Trinity Lutheran
church by DIR. Peter Peterson, Chi
cago, president, who delivered the
convention sermon. The address
OF welcome was delivered by Rev.
P. Arthur Johnson, pastor of Trim
lily church, which is entertaining
the convention
Petitions to the conference to
recommend them for ordination by
the Augustana synod at its meeting
June 1913, in st. Paul, were read
irom'FTed Nordquist, Chicago, gem
eral secretary of the Augustana
synod laymen's pension fund; Ern-
est Lack, Princeton, graduate of
the joint synod of Ohio theological
seminary, st. Paul, Mimi; Emil
Johnson, a graduate of the Luth-
an theological seminary, May
wood. All of these were formerly
students of Augustana college, and
Mr.. Johnson was graduated in
1918
Pastors Self Discipline" was
topic of Rev. H. E. Sandstedt, Chi
cago, and When Should a Pastor
Move to a New Field?' was dis
eussed by Rev. Carl Solomonson,
Rockford.
At the session this morning. DR..
Peterson read his annual report,
covering the years work in the
ls5 churches located in Illinois.
Wisconsin. Michigan, Indiana and
Iowa. The report showed that a.
600 communicant members of the
lberality for church and charita-
bic institutions than in any year
in the entire history OF the confer
ence. One of the extra contribu,
lions taken up within the confer
ence last year was $4,000 raised
by the woman's home and foreign
missionary society for the woman's
building at Augustana college.
Over $4,000 has been contributed
for home mission work within the
conference
Hospital Campaign.
The president reported that Au-
gustana hospital, Chicago, is erect
ing home for nurses at a cost of
sSo0,000 and that this building
will be ready for occupancy about
August 1. This home for nurses
is a part of the building program
OF the Augustana hospital outlined
ior the next few years, involving
an expenditure of nearly 81 900 900.
The president recommended that
The conference authorize the Au-
gustana hospital to join with the
Lutheran hospital, Moline, for
Joint campaign for funds in Oc-
tooer, this campaign to cover the
entire conference.
At the pastoral conference Rev.
Carl Solomonson presented the
following principles which should
De used as guide by the pastor
IN the choice of new field OF la
Dor:
1t is the duty OF pastor to re-
main In his particular field as long
as he can work in that church to
the blessing and spiritual welfare
OF the congregation.
A pastor should be ready to make
all sacrifices necessary when he is
convinced that it is for the good OF
the congregation that he remain in
mat particular church. The excep--
aons that the speaker made to this
principle was that if the pastor had
family and II the local commun-
ny did not provide school facilities.
anu again, If the salary was INSULT
cent to furnish him a living
Under ordinary conditions a pas
tor should not remain over eight or
zen years, because of the danger OF
neconing attached to the commun-
ny IN which he is located and be
unwilling to- remove to another
aeld even though his usefulness IN
uat church might be at an end.
He concluded by affirming that
aggregation has a right to express
Us opinion as to whether a pastor
should remain or leave.