Askov American., 1943-06-17

Dedication Service Held.

Dedication Service Held.
The dedication service for the
Christian flag, U. S. flag and the
service flag in the Faith Lutheran
church was held Monday evening,
June IA. The following program was
rendered: Hymn, Onward Chris
tian Soldiers; reading of Psalm 121
by Rev. Oscar L. Olson after which
he led in prayer; song, "Conquering
King" choir; song by all, God Bless
Our Native Land
Rev. Carlson of Hinckley was the
guest speaker and he based his mes
sage on two Bible verses, as follows:
Psalm 20:5, eve will triumph in thy
salvation and in the name of our
God we will set up our banners;
Jehovah fulfill all thy petitions" and
Psalm 1912, BLESSED is the nation
whose God is Jehovah, the people
whom He hath chosen for His own
inheritance"
He gave short history of how our
flag was made and even as many
nationalities were represented in its
making so many nationalities have
made up the citizenship of our ma
ton and together we support our
flag and our Constitution. After all,
religion, christianity is the foun-
dation of all sound education and
of good government and we should
thank God that our government opens
its sessions with Bible reading and
prayer.
Too many parents are destroying
the foundation of the nation when
they neglect God and His word in
the home and the children grow up
in the midst of churches without
getting to know God and so we are
having terrible crime wave sweep
ing over our nation in which perpe-
traitors are between the ages of ID
and 25. God and religion should
come first and everything else Sec
ond but instead the common condi-
tions today are a reversal of these
things. Many atheists are going
about bewildering young folks with
statements they do not believe them
selves. We need Christian citizens
who will support our government
with prayers and our soldiers with
prayers. The soldier who goes to
battle with Christ as his Saviour and
Guide and supported by the prayers
of Christians, can fight with pur-
pose and if he must give his life,
death will be a gain. If our allie
glance to the Christian flag is right,
it will naturally follow that the al
legiance to our national flag will be
right.
Song, "God Bless Our Men on Land,
on Sea, in Air" choir: dedication of
flags, Rev. Olson; reading, what
the Christian Flag Stands For" pledge
of allegiance to Christian flag, pledge
of allegiance to American flag. Stars
have been placed on the service flag
for the following: Hilmer and James
Anderson, sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eskel Anderson; Thomas and John
Zipoy, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Zipoy; Milan Lehet, son of Mrs. Mary
Lehet; Ernest Francen, son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Francen; Willard
Kron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kron;
John Paulson, son of Mrs. Minnie
Paulson; Oliver Nelson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Arvid Nelson; Leo and Ed
ward Forster, sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Forster; Elmer Dahlstrom, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dahlstrom;
Eddie and Clifford Johnson, BROTH
ers of Mrs. Arthur Johnson; Arnold
and Archie Benson, brothers of Mrs.
Frank Barton, Jr.; John Norbeck,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Norbeck;
Leonard Nelson, brother of Ernest
Nelson.
Parents or near relatives were
awarded a plaque and prayer book
as token of the occasion. The pro-
gram closed with the song America"
by all.