The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-13
29 THE0LOCIANS ARE
ORDAINED SUNDAY AT.
CONVENTION IN FARGO
New Ministers Are Told Great
est Influence is Welded =.
/ From Pulpit


of the Illinois conference, told %
theological graduates who were or
dained here Sunday afternoon to the
Lutheran ministry. The ordination
service, which was held in the pres
ence of $500 persons, was conducted
by Or. G. A. Brandelle Of Rock Island,
i'll, president of the Lutheran Angus
tana synod, meeting for its 73rd an
nual convention.
A minister, according to DR.. Peter
SON, must be more than a good talker
he must say something.
IF people go to church at ALL" said
the Illinois conference head, "they 60
where they receive something. There
are men to whom the good Lord has
given wonderful gift of tongue.
They can talk and talk, at any time,
and on or off any subject. I sim
cerely hope that you do not have that
gift, for it leads men into the temp
tation to depend on that talent, in
stead of laboriously preparing food
for the hearts and souls of men.
1T takes much time and effort to
prepare this food. The old Gospel
remains the same; the story of the
Cross remains the same; but the story
must be told in terms of today, to men
and women and children Of today.
Have Had Disappointment
people of today have passed
through a series of disappointments.
They have grown cynical, sarcastic,
pessimistic, indifferent. They come
to give the church and its services a
trial. Will that service and that SER
mon captivate their Imagination, seize
their heart, grip their conscience and
lift them to a higher plane from
whence they can view new land OF
promise, unaffected by the depression
in the world? Or will there be just
another disappointment from which
they disappear in the rushing life OF
today, determined to forget, to steel
themselves and to endure the tragedy
of an existence in world of unful-
filled promises, dismal failures and
wrecked hopes?
Christ is looking out over the null
titudes today, the multitudes of un-
employed, of homeless folks, of little
children underfed, of families ordered
out because they cannot pay rent.
These may come to our churches
and they may not come. Have we
something for them when they do
come? Do they find sympathy and
understanding? The weary and
heavy-laden in the time of the Son
of Man recognized in Him friend.
Do they find His spirit in us?
"You are going out into a world
disappointed in material values, a
world that has sustained tremendous
material losses. Many have become
impoverished. We trust these men
and women are learning to appreciate
spiritual values and to know that
there is a kingdom that is not of this
world. We trust that they are being
constrained to seek that kingdom first
and it's righteousness, with the as
surance that all other things will be
added unto them"
20 Pastors Assist
Twenty mine pastors assisted DR.
Brandelle in the rite of ordination
All of the men consecrated for the
ministry are divinity students of Au-
gustana Theological seminary, Rock
Island, Ill. They have been called to
the following places: Reuben G. An
derson of st. James, Mimi, to ST.
Ignace, Mich: Carl A. Richardson of
Strandquist, Mimi, to Gear, Alberta
Clifford j. Boren of Mcintosh, S. D..
to Crosby. Mimi; Frank j. Carlson OF
Irwin, Pa, to Prophetstown, ILL.,;
Evald j. Conrad of Cokato, Mimi, to
Minneapolis, Mimi: Herbert r. Exc
berg of Fargo, N. D., to Altcna, ILL.,;
David F. Engstrom of Chicago. Ill.
to Montevideo, Mimi; Sigfrid E.
Engstrom of Chicago, ILL.,, to ST.
Louis, Mo-, N. Everett Hedeen of To-
peka. Kans., to Palo Alto. Cal; Carl
w. Jepson of Brainerd, Mimi, to
Prosper N. D.: G. O. Leonardson OF
Swedesburg, Neb.; R. A. LundQuist Of
Crystal Lake, ILL.,, to Covert, Mich.
j. T. Lundquist of Rock Island, Ill.
to Attleboro, Mass: Edward H. Pc
terson of Pelican Rapids, Mimi. to
Avoca, Mimi; S. E. Peterson of Rock
Island, ILL.,, to Evansville, Mimi: Carl
H. Sandgren of Minneapolis, MINI.
to Rock Island, ILL.,; G. w. Sagerham-
mar of Omaha, Neb., to Council
Bluffs. Ia; T. E. tombstone of st. Pc
ter, Mimi, to Minneapolis, Mimi;
Floyd E. Lauerson of Newman Grove
Neb., to Webster, S. D.; E. M. Lori
mer of Philadelphia, Pa, to Great
Falls, Mont; Harry w. Lundblad OF
st. Paul, Mimi, to Bellingham
WASH; Nels H. Norbeck OF Broad
view, Sask., to Flint. Mich: T. E.
Palmer of Forest Lake, Mimi, ia
Fitchburg, Mass; Marvin L. Ray
mond of Kerkhoven, Mimi, to VOL
verton, Mimi; Melville A. Sjostrand
of st. Peter, Mimi, to Algona, Ia;
Glenn Stenholm of New Sweden, Tex
as, to Shickley, Neb.: Oscar E. Turn
quist of Fargo, to Vermilion, S. D.:
George w. Wahlin of Melby, Mimi;