Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-05-19


||DIlAMl|OllD JUBn
MIS- ! { ! OUR ] ] / ! SYNOD ] | ] |
TO BE OBSERVED BY LUTHERANa
OF SYNOD AT HARwHA THE,
lITRE, MAY q
(Bys Press Committee) 4.
On Sunday, May 2sth, at $3.50 o'clock
in the afternoon Zion Evangelical
Lutheran church Of this city, together
with its four sister-congregations IN
Morrison county, including Swanville,
Randall Buckman township and
Freedmen, will conduct joint English
jubilee services at the Harwha theatre.
These services are held in commemora.
tion Of the 10Th anniversary Of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Mis-
souri,, Ohio, and other states, common
" known as the Missouri synod. :
Much time and effort has been spent
to make this day equal to the import.
ance of this great and rare event. The
Rev. F. II. Oberschulte, pastor Of d
large Lutheran congregation in St.
Paul and president Of the Minnesota
District Of the Walther league, large
national organization Of young Luther
ans, has been secured as speaker for
this occasion. Rev. Oberschulte will
have a message to deliver to the people
of Morrison county that is worth
while hearing. The topic of his ad-
dress will be: GA Ringing Call to Ac-
tion.'>
Several notable choir selections Of
good church music will greatly add to
the beauty of this jubilee service.
Among them will be, "Unfold Ye
Portals Everlasting" by Gounod. The
Swanville jubilee chorus under the
direction Of the Rev. P. Walther IS
having very successful rehearsals regu-
larly.
All the people of Morrison county
are cordially welcome at this diamond
jubilee celebration. No admission
charges; no special offering. Those who
wish to help defray part of the expenses
of this meeting, will have an opportu-
nifty to do so at the door.
The year 1922 is Of special signif-
canoe to this body of Lutherans, it
being IS years ago this year since they
organized as separate synod. The
year 1922 is therefore being observed
by the Missouri synod as jubilee year,
the exact date Of the anniversary being
April Goth. It was on that day in the
year 1S47 that % pastors and a dozen
lay delegates met in one of the pioneer
Lutheran churches in Chicago and or
ganized that synod, consisting at that
time of - congregations. The growth
of the Missouri synod has been phe-
nomenal. The original II congregations
grew into church body comprising
ever $500 congregations, not counting
some 1000 smaller preaching stations.
The baptized membership is over l,00O,-
600 who are served by nearly 700
pastors.
The cause that moved this synod
to appoint 1922 as a jubilee year lies
still deeper than this. When this hand
full of Lutherans organized the Missouri
synod at Chicago Is years ago, they or
ganized upon the basis that the Bible
is the only infalible source and guide
Of doctrine and rule of conduct. AL
though they recognized as the central
doctrine Of the Bible the doctrine of
salvation by grace through faith in
Christ, they; held with equal frmness
that every single doctrine of the Bible
is important and cannot be surrendered
for reasons of expediency. Nor has
the Missouri synod since that time be-
come luke warm in it's opposition to
doctrinal Indifference, WI: ch it re-
CARDS as one Of the greatest evils
threatening Christianity. The found
ers of the Missouri Synod regarded
this the church s only duty, to reclaim
the Word Of God and administ = the
Sacraments, in short, to bring t. SIN
ners the message Of salvatio-. Trough
Christ Jesus.
Therein, then, lies the reason why
the Missouri Synod is this year send
ing up her grateful anthems to the
Throne of Grace; that by the grace Of
God it has been permitted to have His
pure Word and Sacraments proclaimed
and administered in it's churches dur
ing this three quarter Of a century;
that although at times threatened by
destruction from without and by cor
ryRtion from within, it. has been permit
t6lf to grow. and to- carry to others the
saving Truth of Christ Crucifed. All
honor and glory to God on High.