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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR 
 
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 PREFACE 
 
 The year of Jubilee has been ushered in for our Evangelical Lutheran 
 Church in Monmouth. Fifty years of ceaseless labor, watchings, prayers, 
 victories, joys and endless thanksgiving are entwined with the history of 
 the past. 
 
 In order that the experiences of the fathers may not entirely be lost to 
 their children, it is fitting to stop for a review of the past at certain mile¬ 
 stones along the pathway of life. Such a milestone was reached, by our 
 congregation ten years ago, when the fortieth anniversary celebration 
 was held and a “ Minnesalbum” was issued. But the golden Year of 
 Jubilee—fifty years—beckons to us again for a proper observance of past 
 events. The congregation, therefore, decided at the annual meeting, 
 January I, IQ18, that, whereas our congregation will be fifty years old 
 on the 2nd of February this year, we hold a Jubilee celebration com¬ 
 memorating the organization of our congregation, and that a Jubilee 
 Souvenir be issued. An editorial and managing staff was elected, con¬ 
 sisting of the folloiving persons: 
 
 The Pastor, Editor in Chief, A. V. Peterson, Mouretz Tinman, John 
 Swanson and A. A. Olson, as Assistant Editors; A. A. Johnson, Business 
 Manager, and as Assistants: Fred Nelson, August Hagman, G. T. Mel- 
 burg, Chas. Dahlgren, Wm. Ncivilian, F. A. Stark and W. H. Olson. 
 
 It was also decided to hold this celebration September ij — IS, 1918, 
 owing to the more favorable season for such an undertaking. 
 
 This staff has worked conscientiously in trying to carry out the wishes 
 of the congregation. Much material which could have been used in 
 attempting to take a retrospect of the activities of our church has had 
 to remain as silent reminders of the unwritten past. We have been 
 fortunate in having access to the old records, as well as the history 
 written by the former pastor ten years ago. But the historical sketch 
 has nevertheless been written in an abbreviated form. As respects the 
 language used in compiling this Souvenir, it was deemed most satisfactory 
 
for the present needs of our church to use the language of the land, but 
 we have tried to give place, as far as possible, for our beautiful mother- 
 tongue. 
 
 With the hope of serving our Master and our congregation through 
 this little messenger, and commending the same to your gracious con¬ 
 sideration, we dedicate this volume in the Triune name of God to the 
 memory of every faithful servant of God in our church during the past 
 fifty years. 
 
 “Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each 
 man according as his work is.” 
 
 Monmouth, Illinois, September 15, igi8. 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 OSCAR PURN. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CONGREGATION 
 
 “Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: 
 ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 
 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he 
 separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according 
 to the number of children of Israel. For the Lord’s portion is his people; 
 Jacob is the lot of his inheritance /’ Deut. 32: 7—9. 
 
 “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then 
 neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God 
 that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are 
 one; and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own 
 labor. For we are laborers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, 
 ye are God’s building.’’ 1 Cor. 3 : 6—9. 
 
 F ^IFTY years of earthly existence is but a brief period of time in 
 the ever increasing years of historical events. Yet in the life of 
 the individual fifty years may have their history to relate, and this 
 can in a greater degree be said of a congregation of individuals. But to 
 chronicle the events that would be considered most vital in the life of 
 a congregation for a period of fifty years, where the greatest of God’s 
 work belongs to the realm of the unseen spiritual realities, would he a 
 most difficult task and could only be accomplished by an inspired pen. 
 We cannot therefore even attempt such a gigantic undertaking, but we 
 shall simply have to confine ourselves to the outward structure of the 
 Christian edifice which has been reared through the instrumentality of 
 God’s faithful servants in this community during the past half century. 
 
 We are dealing with the Church of Christ, and hence whatever may 
 have been the experiences in the past, the outlook for the future is always 
 most promising. Christ has said concerning His Church: “The gates 
 of hell shall not prevail against her.” From this we know that the 
 
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 DR. T. X. IIASSELgriST. 
 Founder of the congregation 
 
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 militant Church must some day become the Church triumphant, but 
 while we are waiting for this consummation, we are ever weaving into 
 the Christian fabric chords of telling events in the different quarters of 
 Christ’s extensive kingdom here on earth. It must therefore be a cause 
 for great rejoicing in our midst that we here in Monmouth have the 
 sacred privilege of celebrating an event which took place fifty years ago, 
 
 PASTOR HAIvAN OLSON. 
 
 Chairman when the congregation was organized. 
 
 which has had such wonderful blessed results for time and eternity for 
 those who have been the objects of God’s administration of grace in this 
 community, as well as elsewhere. 
 
 It is therefore fitting at this fiftieth anniversary celebration that we 
 give heed unto the words of God’s faithful servant Moses, “Remember 
 the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, 
 and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee,’’ so that we 
 
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 MllS. NELS ANDERSON. 
 
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 of the present generation may become the better fitted for the future 
 work of our Church. Looking back over these years, we see so many 
 things looming up before our vision, and truly we feel that the best 
 history of the congregation would be to relate the experiences of every 
 man, woman and child — “the quick and the dead”—, but even if such 
 a story would be interesting indeed, it is out of the question, and hence 
 it must become a fragmentary summary of the principal events. 
 
 The guiding hand of God has ever directed the events of His Church, 
 and what experiences of grace and blessings as well as reverses our 
 church has made during these fifty years must be ascribed to His loving 
 providence. We can only lift our hearts in gratitude unto God for His 
 unspeakable mercies and blessings showered upon His unworthy children, 
 and we say with the Psalmist: “The Lord is good; his mercy is ever¬ 
 lasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” 
 
 The activities which led up to the organization of our congregation 
 may be said to have started as early as 1852 and 1853 among the early 
 settlers from the Scandinavian countries. True to their religious practice 
 in their homeland, they gathered for worship in the various settlements 
 in rudely constructed sanctuaries. Galesburg was such a center of 
 influence in the early fifties, and it was here that the nucleus of our 
 congregation found their spiritual nurture at first under the kind leader¬ 
 ship of Dr. T. N. Hasselquist, who also at the request of the Lutherans 
 living in Monmouth and vicinity at that time continued to minister 
 unto the scattered flock for a few years, which resulted in the organiza¬ 
 tion of a congregation in the year of 1859, numbering at that time about 
 thirteen communicants. Of these we still have with us Mrs. Anna Beck, 
 the sole survivor of the first organization. The services were held prin¬ 
 cipally at the Court House. Services continued to be held quite regu¬ 
 larly until the year 1863, when Dr. Hasseuquist left Galesburg for his 
 duties as pastor of the Lutheran church at Paxton. This left the little 
 flock without a shepherd, and the consequence was, as is always the case 
 with a shepherdless flock, that the few members were scattered in various 
 directions, due also to some extent to sectarian influence. The sad but 
 inevitable dissolution of the first organization became a gradual reality, 
 but a few staunch and faithful Lutherans were nevertheless intent upon 
 hearing the Gospel preached to them in the Lutheran way, and through 
 the kind services of Pastors Winquist of Galesburg, A. Andreen of 
 Swedona and Hakan Olson of New Sweden, Iowa, occasional services 
 were held in Monmouth, encouraging the few Lutherans to remain 
 
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 ]>l{. J. 1-:. FLOREN. PASTOR AUGUST JOHNSON. 
 
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 faithful to their mother-church. Those who then felt the need of their 
 church home gathered on the 2nd of February, 1868, in the Court House 
 and decided in the name of the Triune God to reorganize the scattered 
 forces, and it is from this date that we reckon the beginning of our con¬ 
 gregation, which makes this year of 1918 the year of Jubilee in the 
 history of our church. 
 
 AVe consider it proper to quote the minutes of the organization meet¬ 
 ing, w r hereas this has particular historical value. The following are the 
 minutes of the proceedings of this meeting: 
 
 “Minutes of the public meeting held by the several Scandinavians in 
 Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill., the 2nd of February, 1868, for the pur¬ 
 pose of organizing a congregation. At a public service January 6th of 
 this year, conducted by Pastor A. AV. Dahlsten from Galesburg, Ill., 
 announcement had been made of the purpose of this meeting on this day. 
 
 “The meeting was called to order, and Pastor Hakan Olson from 
 New Sweden, Iowa, was elected president and Olaf Nelson, secretary. 
 It was decided: 1. That we here assembled in the triune name of God 
 organize ourselves into a congregation with the name Swedish Evan¬ 
 gelical Lutheran Church of Alonmouth, Warren County, Illinois. 
 
 “2. That we adopt the unaltered articles of faith of the Lutheran 
 Church as the confession of the congregation, and as soon as circum¬ 
 stances permit, we shall adopt a constitution to govern the same. 
 
 “3. That the congregation shall apply for admission into the Swedish 
 Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America. 
 
 “Then followed the election of officers, as follows: As deacons, John 
 Beck and Olof Nelson were elected for tw T o years, and Ake Nelson and 
 N. Holm for one year. As trustees, Peter Ringdahl and Gustaf AVede- 
 lin were elected for two years, and Johannes Jacobson was elected for 
 one year. May the grace and blessings of God rest over the decisions 
 of this meeting. 
 
 Ut supra in fidem 
 
 H. Olson, Chairman. 
 
 Olaf Nelson, Secretary.” 
 
 The congregation numbered at the time of the organization twenty- 
 eight communicants and thirteen children, making a total of forty-one 
 members. The old records show the following names as chartered mem¬ 
 bers: Mr. and Mrs. John Beck, Air. and Mrs. Gustaf AVedelin and 
 family, Air. and Airs. Peter Ringdahl, Mr. and Airs. Ake Nelson and 
 family, Air. and Mrs. Jakob Romer, Air. and Airs. Carl Anderson and 
 
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 ’ASTOH A l '(JITST JOHNSON AND FAMILY. 
 
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 family, Mr. and Mrs Johannes Jakobson and family, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Swen Jacobson, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kali, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lander 
 and family, Nels Holm, H. P. Bjorklund, H. M. Ljungquist, Mr. and 
 Mrs. A. W. Swenson, Carl Olson, Olof Nelson, and Miss Christine 
 Olson (now Mrs. Nels Anderson). 
 
 The following year, on the 15th of August, the congregation held a 
 special meeting, presided over by Pastor A. Andreen from Swedona, Ill., 
 at which time the constitution of the Augustana Synod was adopted 
 and a decision to build a church was passed, the dimensions to be 34x50 
 and 18 ft. high. The building committee consisted of Trued Nordgren, 
 James Larson, Peter Ringdahl, Gustaf Wedelin, Peter Kali and John 
 Beck. This committee should also select a suitable building site. These 
 decisions were executed the following year, or 1870. The lots selected 
 by the committee were at that time on the outskirts of the city, but 
 being a donation by Air. Wood, the congregation considered it advan¬ 
 tageous to accept with thanks the kind offer, and the first house of wor¬ 
 ship was thus constructed, making it, however, ten feet shorter than 
 originally decided. 
 
 At the congregational meeting on the 7th of June, 1870, the following 
 were added to the building committee: Mans Cassel, A. Nelson and 
 Mr. Naslund. The trustees were elected as a subscription committee, 
 and their efforts brought forth a sum of $878.61, varying from $100.00 
 to $1.00, which in those days must be considered excellently done, in 
 view of the fact that our people were only poor immigrants, having 
 recently come from the fatherland. 
 
 Having now a church home, it became necessary to secure a preacher 
 to minister to the flock. It was decided at the congregational meeting 
 held January 16, 1871, that “service be held every Sunday at 10:30 
 a. m., and, in the absence of a pastor, then the deacons shall read out of 
 some well known postil.” It was also decided at this meeting that the 
 deacons should secure some one to lead the congregational singing and, 
 if possible, to see to it that a choir be organized. It is quite significant 
 that at this early period they found it necessary to decide that at least 
 two classes in Sunday-school, which was to be held every Sunday, should 
 use the English language. At a special meeting November 26, 1871, 
 the congregation extended a call to the catechist Mr. N. Nordling from 
 Galesburg to preach and have charge of the congregational work in 
 Monmouth. This call was accepted, and Mr. Nordling worked with 
 seeming success until 1873. 
 
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 In respect to church discipline in these pioneer days we find that they 
 were more strict than is the customary practice of to-day in our church. 
 They even passed the rigid rule, that if any member was in arrears in 
 
 PASTOR T. A. CONRAD. 
 
 his membership dues for one year, he should be stricken from the Church 
 Records. Such a procedure might work havoc in many congregations 
 to-day. 
 
 At a congregational meeting held February 6, 1873, it was decided 
 to extend a permanent call to Air. N. Nordling, with the understanding 
 that he apply for ordination to the ministry as soon as possible. This. 
 
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 however, never materialized, and hence the following year, on the 26th 
 of December, the congregation extended a call to the pastor of Knox¬ 
 ville, Ill., Pastor C. Waleen, to preach in Monmouth every third Sun¬ 
 day, for which services he was to receive $200.00 annually. Pastor 
 Waleen had charge of the congregation for a period of one year, and 
 again, on the 3rd of December, 1875, a call was issued to Pastor A. W. 
 Holmgren from Biggsville, but unfortunately this pastor was removed 
 from the ministry at the following synodical meeting, which left our 
 church again without a shepherd. 
 
 At a special congregational meeting held October 29, 1876, it was 
 decided to extend a call, together with the congregation at Biggsville, 
 to Pastor Elias Petterson of Rock Island, and to the great joy of the 
 congregation, Pastor Petterson accepted the call and labored success¬ 
 fully for a period of over two years. It was during his pastorate that 
 the first parsonage was built, in the year 1877, costing in the neighbor¬ 
 hood of $1,000.00. This parsonage was not to be compared with 
 modern houses, yet it was a comfortable home in the early stages of our 
 church’s activities. 
 
 Pastor Petterson, however, did not remain very long with the con¬ 
 gregation. Having a call to the Nebraska Conference, he decided to 
 leave Monmouth in the fall of 1878. Again the congregation was 
 without a shepherd, and at the annual meeting January 19, 1879, a call 
 was extended to Air. L. Swenson of Galesburg to become temporary 
 leader of the flock. The call was accepted, and Mr. Swenson con¬ 
 tinued his services until 1881. In the meantime calls had been issued 
 to the theological student Air. M. P. Oden of Rock Island and Pastor 
 Nils Forsander of Kingston, Iowa, and, later on, to the theological 
 student Air. Martin Almquist, but none found it possible to accept. 
 
 Students from Rock Island cared for the congregation during the 
 years 1882—1884, among whom we find Gustaf Petterson, Martin 
 Almquist, C. E. Elving, Osterholm, G. A. Brandelle, the latter being 
 now the honored president of the Augustana Synod. 
 
 At a special meeting held January 29, 1885, the congregation issued 
 a call to the theological student Mr. Wm. Swanson, who, however, did 
 not accept, whereupon another meeting was held February 26, 1885, 
 and a call extended to the theological student Mr. J. E. Floren. This 
 call was accepted, and after his ordination Pastor Floren entered upon 
 his pastoral duties the second Sunday of July, 1885. 
 
 With the beginning of pastor Floren’s pastorate the congregation 
 
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 entered upon a new era. The pioneer days through which the congre¬ 
 gation had passed had been days of trials and hardships in many respects, 
 but God’s guiding hand of providence had been with the little flock, 
 so that the w r ork which He had begun should not perish from the earth. 
 With the sowing that had been done during these seventeen years or 
 more, some fruit had to be in evidence. With youthful enthusiasm 
 Pastor Floren grappled with the problems confronting the church at 
 that time. Rigorous discipline was exercised, and many had to appear 
 before the church council to answer for their conduct. Strange as it 
 may seem, wfiile such rigid rules were enforced, the congregation pros¬ 
 pered, which can only be explained on the basis of an inner purging 
 which was wholesome indeed. The congregation learned to love and 
 respect their enthusiastic and forceful leader, and it was therefore with 
 much regret that, after a pastorate of only two years, the congregation 
 was compelled to accept his resignation and yield to the wishes of the 
 church at Salina, Kansas. 
 
 The congregation had in the meantime extended a call to Pastor 
 August Johnson of Andover at a meeting held March 13, 1887. Great 
 joy filled the hearts of the members when he accepted and entered upon 
 his duties as pastor of this church September 1, 1887. Having lost an 
 enthusiastic leader in the departure of Pastor Floren to another field 
 of labor, they gained a firm and pietistic leader in the arrival of Pastor 
 Johnson. His pastorate, which extended over a period of nearly twenty 
 years, can be characterized as a period of “spiritual upbuilding’’ of the 
 congregation. The outward activities received also an orderly attention, 
 so that the congregation grew from a membership of about two hundred 
 to about four hundred and sixty members, and during this time the 
 Dorcas Society, as well as the Young People’s Society, or Luther League, 
 lived a healthy life. 
 
 The first church building and parsonage were renovated and added 
 to in the year 1893, so that it could be said at that time that the con¬ 
 gregation had a “beautiful and commodious church with only an in¬ 
 debtedness of about $500.00.’’ 
 
 The following years of “hard times’’ in our country, the years of 1893 
 —1896, affected the church activities to quite an extent. But wFile 
 our people bore the burdens of poverty and hardships, they also learnt 
 to trust in the unfailing arm of God the more implicitly, and the result 
 was a more spiritually alive congregation, indicated by the reports that 
 “services have been better attended than previously.’’ 
 
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 PASTOR OSCAR PURX. 
 
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 At the annual meeting of 1897 the language question was again 
 brought to the foreground, and a committee was elected to take under 
 advisement the introduction of English into the Sunday-school. Pastor 
 Johnson writes thus regarding this question: “It is evident that we 
 cannot stem this tide which confronts us, and we must see to it and be 
 alert so that we may be able to exist when the new conditions will arise.” 
 
 The succeeding years were years of external growth for the congrega¬ 
 tion, and at the annual meeting January 1, 1903, Pastor Johnson 
 reports that, owing to the bequest of Peter Erling, amounting to about 
 $3,000.00, and the constant increase in membership, there were many 
 voices raised for the erection of a new church edifice. Though it took 
 ten years before these voices had realized their “song,” the congregation 
 may consider itself fortunate in abiding the opportune time for the 
 building of our beautiful house of worship. At a special meeting Feb¬ 
 ruary 7, 1903, it was decided to replace the old pews of 1871 by new 
 ones, a platform was to be built to extend over the whole front of the 
 church, and the church was to be carpeted. At another special meeting 
 held September 22, 1903, it was decided to build an addition to the 
 church. This addition was completed in the spring of 1904 and was 
 known as the “Luther Hall,” which served a good purpose for social 
 meetings and other gatherings for a number of years. 
 
 After a long and successful pastorate, Pastor Johnson, upon receiving 
 a call from the church at La Porte, Indiana, resigned from this church 
 October 12, 1906, and at the beginning of the next year moved to his 
 last field of labor, where he continued until his death, July 14, 1916. 
 It may be said of Pastor Johnson’s service to this congregation: “Well 
 done, thou good and faithful servant.” 
 
 The congregation was again without a shepherd, and calls were issued 
 to several pastors. Pastor O. N. Olson of Chicago was called twice, 
 Pastor J. T. Kraft of Elgin, Ill., once, Prof. A. W. Kjellstrand was 
 called to fill the vacancy, and finally, at an extra meeting held April 3, 
 1907, a call was issued to Pastor Titus A. Conrad of Swedona. This 
 call was accepted, to the great joy of the congregation. In the mean¬ 
 time the congregation decided to build a new and modern parsonage 
 for their new pastor’s family, and a committe consisting of the following 
 men had this in charge: Win. H. Olson, Gus T. Melburg, John Nelson, 
 John L. Martin, A. A. Johnson, J. S. Olson, Swan Johnson, J. E. 
 Gagnelius, Nels N. Levine, Swan N. Linman, A. L. Martin and Louis 
 
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 Levine. This parsonage was well nigh completed when Pastor Conrad 
 entered upon his duties, September I, 1907. 
 
 With youthful enthusiasm Pastor Conrad began his new duties in 
 the city of Monmouth. At the first annual meeting at which he pre¬ 
 sided he recommended in his pastoral report that a “new church be built 
 if we are to exist in this place.” This question was a yearly “problem.” 
 until it was finally solved at the annual meeting January 1, 1912. 
 
 PASTOR AXD MRS. OSCAR PURX. 
 
 In the early part of his pastorate Pastor Conrad organized several 
 of our societies, which have been a great financial aid to the congregation 
 during the preparatory period for the new church property. The 
 Martha Society was organized November 21, 1907, the Eleanor Aid 
 Society April 9, 1908, the Lutheran Workers October 15, 1909, the 
 Mission Society having been organized during the vacancy, May 16. 
 1907. 
 
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 The ever active Luther League took upon itself to install a pipe organ 
 during the year of 1908, and at the annual meeting of 1909 it was 
 reported that this had been accomplished, that the instrument, purchased 
 from the Bennett Organ Co. of Rock Island, costing $2,850.00, had 
 been paid for, and that there still was a balance in the Luther League 
 treasury. It is the same organ, rebuilt, that yet to-day serves to trans¬ 
 port our minds heavenward by its beautiful and mellow tones. 
 
 At the annual meeting January 1, 1910, a decision was made that a 
 “subscription of $20,000.00 be taken and no building operation be un¬ 
 dertaken until said amount is gathered, unless the congregation other¬ 
 wise decides at some subsequent meeting.” The original plan was to 
 gather this sum during a period of five years, and that each communicant 
 should contribute $10.00 yearly for five years to this building fund. 
 But another year’s experience had infused more enthusiasm and aspira¬ 
 tion, and it was thought best to raise at least $30,000.00 before begin¬ 
 ning building operations. But as time went on and Pastor Conrad 
 with his energetic spirit saw great opportunities for our church in the 
 future, the building fund grew in dimensions until it reached the sum 
 of $42,710.01 at the annual meeting January 1, 1915. 
 
 But it was not enough to gather a building fund only. The question 
 of where to locate the new church had also to be solved. The congrega¬ 
 tion realized that the location where the old church stood was not so 
 desirable, hence, at the initiative of the Men’s Society, it was finally, 
 after a great deal of discussion, decided to dispose of the old property 
 and a more centrally located property be procured. At a special meeting 
 October 11, 1910, it was decided to purchase a lot on Broadway and B 
 Street for a sum of $4,700. This lot, however, was not fully satis¬ 
 factory, and hence it was decided at the annual meeting January 1, 1912, 
 to exchange this lot for a larger and more suitable lot on the corner of 
 First Avenue and B Street, which belonged to two of our members, 
 having been purchased originally with the view of locating our church 
 on this beautiful corner. It was also decided at this meeting to proceed 
 with the building of a new church, and the following committee was 
 elected to execute the plans: Pastor Titus A. Conrad, chairman, J. w. 
 Pearson, Gus T. Melburg, A. A. Johnson, A. L. Martin, August Hag- 
 man, Swan Johnson and Wm. H. Olson. After the committee had 
 worked out a plan for the new church edifice by visiting other churches 
 in the conference, they selected Mr. A. T. Simmons from Bloomington 
 as architect, who drew the plans of the present church, which were 
 
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 A. A. CARLSON, MOURITZ UNMAN, 
 
 Deacon and Treasurer of Poor Fund. Deacon and Secretary of Congregation. 
 
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 accepted by the committee with very few changes. The contract was 
 let July 8, 1912, to Mr. Wm. Kuhne of Rantoul, Ill., for a sum of 
 $31,034.00. About $700.00 was added to this sum for changes made 
 from the original plan. Adding the cost of the interior finish and fur¬ 
 nishings of the church, as well as the cost of the site, the total cost of 
 the church amounted at that time to $52,504.26. The foundation was 
 laid in the fall of 1912, but on account of unavoidable delays, the corner 
 stone was not laid until June 22, 1913, at which time Dr. M. C. 
 Ranseen officiated, assisted by the pastors of the district. The building 
 was completed at the beginning of 1914, so that dedicatory services could 
 be held on Sunday, February 8, 1914. This service, conducted by the 
 conference president, Dr. M. C. Ranseen, assisted by Dr. Gustav An- 
 dreen and the pastors of the district, marks the culmination of energetic 
 and persistent efforts on the part of the pastor and his liberal and sacri¬ 
 ficing congregation. 
 
 Though the congregation had built a new parsonage for Pastor 
 Conrad’s upon their arrival in Monmouth in 1907, yet, because of the 
 new location selected for the church, it was deemed best to dispose of 
 the parsonage as well as the old church. This deal was made with the 
 West Side Presbyterian Church in 1913, on the condition that they 
 would get possession of the same as soon as our congregation could move 
 into its new church. The congregation therefore at the annual meeting 
 of 1914 decided to build a new parsonage alongside its beautiful new 
 church building, and a building committee was elected, consisting of the 
 following men: Pastor T. A. Conrad, chairman, J. S. Olson, John 
 Nelson, Chas. Dahlgren, John Martin and Chas. Strand. The contract 
 was let at once to Mr. Wm. Kuhne. The new and convenient par¬ 
 sonage was completed in June, at a cost of $6,098.23, and upon their 
 return from their vacation Pastor Conrad’s moved into one of the most 
 beautiful parsonages that have been built in recent years within our 
 Synod. 
 
 The congregation was now equipped for intensive and aggressive 
 work. Pastor Conrad had at the beginning of his pastorate started a 
 parish paper, called “Our Church,’’ and through this he had been able 
 to reach the ears of many in respect to what he desired to he done both 
 as to the external as well as the internal conditions of the church. He 
 was ably assisted by Mr. Arvid Peterson, as assistant editor, Mr. Gus 
 T. Melb urg, as business manager, as well as others who lent their time 
 and efforts to the success of our parish paper. This medium was par- 
 
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 ticularly helpful in the work of gathering funds for the new church 
 property, which required persistent efforts and much prayer and sacri¬ 
 ficing both on the part of the pastor as well as the members. But God 
 blessed these efforts and crowned the undertaking with success. 
 
 During Pastor Conrad’s time the internal condition of the church 
 had also received its due consideration in spite of the many outward 
 duties. When he entered upon his duties, the congregation numbered 
 460 members, and it grew during his pastorate to 534 communicants 
 and 160 children, or a total of 694 members. The societies have been 
 conducted along the lines of order and efficiency, and have been excellent 
 handmaidens in the work of our church. We can truthfully say that 
 Pastor Conrad together with a faithful staff of co-laborers have accom¬ 
 plished a monumental work, which will ever bear testimony to the 
 devotedness to duty and the love for our church. 
 
 But changes are brought about as well in the Kingdom of God as in 
 nature, and so, after having enjoyed the fruit of his labors for a period 
 of about two years, he decided that a move might prove advantageous 
 to him and his family. Having received a call to the pastorate of East 
 Sveadahl—St. James, Minn., he resigned the 13th of December, 1916, 
 and the congregation acted upon the resignation at the annual meeting 
 in January, 1917. Naturally the congregation felt reluctant in accept¬ 
 ing the resignation, in view of the many years of faithful service that 
 Pastor Conrad had devoted to this church, but feeling that God called 
 him to another held of activity, he was obedient unto this voice, and 
 hence preached his farewell sermon on the 13th of May, 1917, and after 
 nine years and nine months of successful labors departed on the following 
 day for his present held of activity. 
 
 At the adjourned meeting of the congregation held on January 31, 
 1917, the congregation extended a unanimous call to the undersigned 
 to become Pastor Conrad’s successor. After due and prayerful con¬ 
 sideration, your present pastor found it in accordance with God’s will 
 to accept the call, and on Memorial Day, or the 30th of May, 1917, 
 came to Monmouth and preached the initial sermon on Sunday, June 3. 
 
 Sad as it seemed to leave our held in the great metropolis, Chicago, 
 we were at once made glad by the hearty welcome we received by all 
 our people in Monmouth, and our earnest prayer to God is that the 
 mutual good will and conhdence will always exist between the congre¬ 
 gation and the pastor’s family, so that our years of labor may be both 
 many and fruitful among you. We desire not greater distinction than 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 JOHN E. STARK. J. A. SWANSON, Deacon. 
 
 Deacon, Sexton and Treasurer of Sunday-school. 
 
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 that we may be counted worthy to he the servants of Jesus Christ to 
 the salvation of dearly bought souls entrusted to our care. 
 
 It would seem almost preposterous for your pastor to claim that any 
 noteworthy history had been made during his year and one-third of 
 activity. But what we record we desire to be to the glory of God. 
 The congregation has rallied around the pastor with unusual devoted¬ 
 ness. Considerable activity has been manifested in all parts of our ex¬ 
 tensive church work. We have added eighty-eight communicants and 
 twenty-four children to our membership, confirmed the largest confirma¬ 
 tion class in the history of the church, numbering forty-two, including 
 the adult class of nine members. 
 
 In the early part of our pastorate the question of how to rid our 
 church of the $14,000.00 debt, which rested on the church property 
 upon our arrival, was earnestly considered by the Church Board, and 
 at the very opportune moment, when we celebrated the 400th anni¬ 
 versary of the Reformation, we launched the campaign for cancelling 
 the church debt. By former subscriptions it had been reduced by that 
 time to $12,000.00, so that our aim was to raise this amount. We raised 
 about half at the initial attempt, and then we divided the Church Board 
 into seven groups, who, in a systematic way, visited every member, and 
 the result was that on the 30th of December we had reached our goal. 
 The total amount of indebtedness had been covered by promissory notes, 
 cash or reliable promises. Imagine the joy that possessed the hearts of 
 our people when this burden was lifted! Though all has not yet been 
 cashed in, it is but a small part, and we consider our church at the 
 50th anniversary celebration free of all financial debt. 
 
 A Jubilee Chorus was organized on July 23, 1917, with about sixty 
 voices, with the purpose in view of rendering some suitable cantata at 
 the Reformation festival, as well as to be ready for service at the Jubilee 
 festivities of our own church. This chorus, as well as our choir, have 
 done excellent service in the musical part of our church work. 
 
 Heeding the urgent call from the headquarters of Lutheran activity 
 in this country, a Brotherhood was organized on the 17th of February, 
 1918, or rather, the former Men’s Society was revived, having now a 
 membership of about one hundred members. 
 
 This organization headed the campaign for the welfare of our Lu¬ 
 theran soldiers and sailors, and the result was $1,416.00 from our con¬ 
 gregation. When we consider how our people have responded to the 
 country’s call for money and have given thirty-three of its sons to the 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 ELMICR CARLSON, Trustee. 
 
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 country’s service and liberally contributed toward the church debt, as 
 well as church work in general, we feel that our church has been par¬ 
 ticularly active during the past year. 
 
 But the brightest side of all is the encouraging fact that we have had 
 large and attentive audiences at our services and inspiring moments at 
 our large communion services. For all these blessings we give God 
 thanks and honor. 
 
 To do justice to individuals, deserving of mention in this kind of a 
 historical sketch, is impossible. Men and women have woven theii 
 lives’ history into the history of our church. We cannot, therefore, begin 
 to mention individuals, except as they have appeared on important com¬ 
 mittees. But we cannot help referring to the only two living chartered 
 members, namely, Mrs. Anna Beck and Mrs. Christine Anderson. All 
 others have already passed to their reward. 
 
 The following pastoral acts have been performed during the past 
 fifty years: Baptisms 875, confirmed 405, married 244, deaths 146. 
 
 The congregation has contributed $30,700.55 to missions and other 
 benevolent causes, $129,884.87 to local purposes. Total $160,585.42. 
 The church property is now valued at $65,000.00. 
 
 The total membership is to-day 610 communicants and 162 children, 
 or 772 members. 
 
 To prophesy the future events of our church for the next fifty years 
 is beyond human power. We know not what God may have in store 
 for us. But we are certain and we do believe that He shall guide us 
 in the future “to pastures green and beside the still waters.’’ That His 
 unfailing hand of providence will mark our pathway and that, if we 
 “be faithful unto death, He shall give us the crown of life.”. 
 
 My church! my church! my dear old church! 
 
 My fathers’ and my own! 
 
 On Prophets and Apostles built, 
 
 And Christ the corner stone! 
 
 All else beside, by storm or tide, 
 
 May vet be overthrown; 
 
 But not my church, my dear old church, 
 
 My fathers’ and my own! 
 
 My church! my church! my dear old church! 
 
 1 love her ancient name; 
 
 And God forbid, a child of hers 
 Should ever do her shame! 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 OHAS. ISAACSON, Trustee. \ A j 0 IINSON, Trustee, 
 
 Treasurer of Congregation and Lutheran Brotherhood. 
 
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 H er mother-care, I’ll ever share; 
 
 H er child I am alone, 
 
 Till He who gave me to her arms 
 Shall call me to His own. 
 
 My church! my church! I love my church, 
 
 For she doth lead me on 
 To Zion’s Palace Beautiful, 
 
 Where Christ my Lord hath gone, 
 
 From all below, she bids me go, 
 
 To Him, the Life, the Way, 
 
 The Truth to guide my erring feet 
 From darkness into day. 
 
 Monmouth, Illinois, September 15, 1918. 
 
 Oscar Purn, Pastor. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 NEWMAN, Trustee. Fit El) I,. NELSON, Trustee. 
 
BYGGANDET PA DEN LAGDA 
 
 GRUNDEN 
 
 “Efter den Guds ndd, so/n blifvit mig gifven, liar jag, sasom en vis 
 byggmdstare, lagt grunden, och en annan bygger ddrpa; men hvar och 
 en md se till, huru han bygger ddrpa. Ty en annan grund kan ingen 
 lagga an den som dr lagd, hvilken dr Jesus Kristus. Aden om nagon pa 
 denna grund bygger med guld, silfver, dyrbara stenar, tra, ho, eller strd, 
 sa skall hvars och ens verk blifva uppenbart, ty dagen skall gdra det 
 klart, emedan han skall uppenbaras med eld, och elden skall profva, 
 hurudant hvars och ens verk dr. Om det verk, som nagon har byggi 
 ddrpa, varder bestdende, skall han fa Ion. Aden varder ndgons verk for- 
 brandt, sa skall han gd miste om den ; men sjdlf skall han varda fralst , 
 dock sasom genom eld." i Kor. 3: 10—15. 
 
 Alskade forsamling! 
 
 E MEDAN jag blifvit ombedd af eder pastor att skrifva nagra ord 
 for eder minnesskrift ofver ofvan angifna amne, vill jag soka 
 efterkomma denna hans vanliga begaran. Min tioariga vistelse 
 bland eder i Monmouth kannetecknades af rastlos verksamhet. Det 
 var dock lyckliga ar jag tillbringade dar. Gud valsignade vara handers 
 verk. Och med fa undantag stod forsamlingen alltid som ett helt pa 
 min sida. Nastan i hvarje fall fick jag min vilja fram, fastiin det emel- 
 lanat hiinde, att en och annan satte sig pa tvaren. Sedan jag under bon 
 till Gud blifvit ofvertygad om det rattmatiga uti en sak, sa hangaf jag 
 mig med all min energi och hela min sjal uti genomdrifvandet och ut- 
 forandet af densamma, i trots af hvad eller hvem som an stod i vagen. 
 Och da jag nu ser tillbaka uppa det hela, sa fattar jag mer an nagonsin 
 att om jag icke sa gjort, sa kunde jag val ha varit van med en och annan, 
 som visade mig inte sa lite afvoghet, men mycket litet hade da blifvit 
 utfordt af det, som verkligen blef gjordt. Eusende minnen uppdyka 
 for mitt sinne vid tanken uppa min verksamhetstid i Monmouth — 
 minnen utaf bade med- och motgang, af bade gladje och sorg. Och jag 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 J. \V. I’KAItSON, v - A - S TA 11K, 
 
 Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Trustee and Secretary of Church Board. 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
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 tackar bade Gud och forsamlingen for bade det ena och det andra. Fick 
 jag under de aren vara till nagon nytta uti forsamlingsverksamheten, 
 sa tackar jag odmjukt min trofaste Friilsare darfor. For all karlek, 
 valvilja, tillmotesgaende, talamod och ofverseende, som jag var foremal 
 for, tackar jag eder, iilskade forsamlingsmedlemmar, af hela mitt hjarta. 
 
 Den forsta sondagen i September 1907 holl jag min intradespredikan, 
 och den andra sondagen i maj 1918 predikade jag afsked. Sent kom- 
 mer jag att glomma den senare dagen. Da blef det klart for mig och 
 de mina, kanske mer an nagonsin, att vi hade manga uppriktiga, till - 
 gifna och trofasta vanner i Monmouth. Af principskiil har jag icke 
 statt i nagon forbindelse med forsamlingen, sedan jag afflyttade; ty jag 
 har den ofvertygelsen, att sedan en pastor afflyttat fran en forsamling, 
 bor han icke hlanda sig i forsamlingsverksamheten darstiides. 
 
 Det tillkommer nu icke mig att har skrifva en historik ofver forsam- 
 lingens 1 if och verksamhet under de ar jag vistades i Monmouth. Den 
 kommer att skrifvas af en annan penna, och jag skall darfor icke saga 
 nagot darom. Jag skall i stallet soka halla mig till det amne som ar 
 mig anvisadt: “Byggandet pa den lagda grunden.” 
 
 Uti de ofvan anforda bibelorden sager oss aposteln Paulus, att den 
 kyrkliga verksamheten ar, i bade inre och yttre bemarkelse, ett byg- 
 gande. Grunden ar lagd af Gud sjiilf. “En annan grund kan ingen 
 liigga an den som ar lagd, hvilken ar Jesus Kristus. Allt byggnads- 
 arbete, som icke utfores pa den grunden, ar fruktlost, huru vackert det 
 an ma se ut. Det som ar byggdt pa sanden, det faller, niir vindarna 
 borja blasa och slagregnet stortar fram. Ingenting ar viktigare an att 
 vi tillse, att vi hygga pa en fast och saker grundval. Men hafva vi en 
 solid grundval, sa kunna vi tryggt borja vart hyggnadsarbete. 
 
 Det ar dock, enligt apostelns ord, icke nog med att man bygger, utan 
 man maste se till, huru man bygger. Manga synas tro, att bara de iiro 
 verksamma i det kyrkliga arbetet, sa gor det detsamma, hvad de gora 
 eller huru de gora det. Om mycken s. k. kyrklig verksamhet kan man 
 darfor sannerligen saga sasom gumman sade, som klippte grisen: “Myc- 
 ket viisen och lite nil.” Man springer hit och dit och pratar och fjaskar 
 med folk, men da man borjar undersoka hvad som blifvit utrattadt, sa 
 finner man — ingenting. 
 
 Byggnaden maste i allt ofverensstamma med grundvalen. Den far 
 icke vara hvarken storre eller mindre. Ritningarna for hela byggnaden 
 iiro gjorda af den store arkitekten, Gud sjalf, som lagt grundvalen. 
 Dessa ritningar eller planer har han ofverlamnat at oss med uppmaning 
 
38 
 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 AUIj SWANSON, trustee. Assistant Manager of “Ystr Korsamlin 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
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 att folja dem noggrant. Och skola vi lyckas uti vart byggnadsarbete, 
 sa maste vi folja dessa ritningar och det i minsta detaljer. Vi komma 
 visserligen uti arbetet att sammantraffa med sadana, som skola finna 
 manga fel med dessa ritningar och som hafva nya sadana, hvilka de 
 komma att insistera pa att vi skola folja. De komma iifvensa att pa- 
 peka, att det icke atminstone ar nodvandigt att i sma detaljer folja de 
 drir, enligt deras mening, utslitna och gammalmodiga planerna. “Vi 
 aro ju fria varelser, och vi bora val folja med var tid”, ropas det if ran 
 alia hall. Men den som lyssnar till dessa 
 ord och foljer deras “moderna” planer, han 
 skall forr eller senare se sig grufligt bedra- 
 gen. Guds ord dr den enda regeln och 
 rattesnoret for manniskans tro och lefverne. 
 
 Det ar afvensa af storsta vikt att vi tiro 
 pa var vakt, da det galler val af det mate¬ 
 rial, som vi skola begagna oss utaf uti vart 
 byggande. Det finnes ett berg, men blott 
 ett, som Gud sj alf skapat och som han han- 
 visat oss till, ur hvilket han vill, att vi skola 
 taga alia byggnadsmaterialierna for var sa- 
 lighetsbyggnad. Det berget ar outtomligt. 
 
 Dar finnes guld, silfver och dvrbara stenar 
 i mangd. Och de fas dar fritt och for intet 
 af hvar och en, som kommer for att hamta 
 dem. Visserligen hora vi fran hoger och 
 vanster: “for gammalt”, afven nar det gal- 
 ler byggnadsmaterialierna. Man tror sig 
 hafva funnit nya byggnadsamnen, som of- 
 
 vertraffa de dar gamla. Ja, hvad bjudas vi icke pa fran predikstolarna 
 i vara dagar har och dar! Det ar en evig skam, att det skall finnas 
 sa manga, som annu forsoka att uppfora en salighetsbyggnad utaf tra, 
 ho och stra, nar det finnes sa godt om guld, silfver och dvrbara stenar. 
 
 Det ar af evighetsbetydelse att vi se till, huru och af hvad materialier 
 vi bygga, ty, siiger aposteln, “elden skall prdfva, hurudant hvars och ens 
 verk ar. Om det verk, som nagon har bvggt darpa, varder bestaende, 
 skall han fa Ion, men varder nagons verk forbrandt, sa skall han ga 
 miste om den.” Hvilka allvarliga ord! Vart byggnadsarbete skall en 
 dag afsynas af den store, riittfardige och allvetande Byggmastaren. 
 “Dagen skall gdra det klart." Ja, dagen, den stora, afgorande, domens 
 
 PROF. CARL ALEXIS, 
 Organist. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 OSCAR MATSON, WM. II. OLSON, 
 
 Scxton - Treasurer of Building Fund. 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
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 dag. Nu iir det sa mycket, som kan dolja vart arbete. Men pa den 
 dagen aro alia stallningarna nedrifna, och vart verk star dar sadant som 
 det i verkligheten iir. Den, som med trohet och nit och talamod sokt 
 gora sitt basta, kan med frimodighet och hopp se framat mot den dagen ; 
 ty dar skall icke hans arbete underkiinnas, som kanske ofta skedde har. 
 Men den som i s.ialfsvald och egennytta har byggt enligt sina egna pla¬ 
 ner och sin egen vilja, han maste se framat mot den dagen med biifvan 
 
 och forskriickelse, ty dar skall han 
 icke kunna dolja sitt arbete bakom 
 vare sig det ena eller det andra, 
 som han ofta lyckades gora har. 
 
 Vi kunna val icke tiinka oss na- 
 
 got storre och harligare har pa 
 jorden an det, att vi arma, synd- 
 
 fulla varelser fa vara Guds med- 
 hjalpare, fa vara med uti arbetet 
 pa Guds eviga tempelbyggnad. 
 
 Hjalpe oss Herren, att vi alia ma 
 skota var kallelse och var uppgift 
 sa, att niir var arbetsdag iir slut, 
 vi ma fa det betyget: “Val, du 
 gode och trogne tjanare; i ringa 
 ting har du varit trogen; jag skall 
 siitta dig dfver mycket; ga in i din 
 Herres gliidje.” 
 
 “Och honom, som format* gora utofver allt, vida mer an vi begiira 
 eller tiinka, efter den kraft som verkar i oss, honom vare iira i forsam- 
 lingen genom Jesus Kristus ibland alia sliikten i evigheters evighet. 
 Amen.” 
 
 St. James, Minnesota, i juli 1918. 
 
 Vordsamt, 
 
 Titus A. Conrad. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 OSC.'AK STUAN1 >, 
 
SUNDAY-SCHOOL 
 
 W ITHOUT a doubt the father of the Sunday-school in its 
 modern form is Robert Raikes. He gathered together the 
 destitute children of Gloucester into classes on the Lord’s Day 
 for the purpose of teaching them. His object was to keep them off the 
 streets and teach them how to read and write, so that they might make 
 good citizens. He simply intended to do the children good. In the year 
 1780 he engaged the assistance of a Mrs. King and secured her for his 
 first teacher at a salary of one shilling and six pence (36 cents) per 
 Sunday. 
 
 But history proves that Sunday-school work commenced long before 
 Mr. Raikes’ time. Sunday-school work has continued through parents 
 and religious teachers for thousands of years. Abraham gave religious 
 instruction to his household, and whether this instruction was given on 
 the Sabbath Day or not, we do not know, but it is evident that the 
 content was the same as the instruction in the modern Sunday-school. 
 When Christ was on earth it was the custom of the Jews to worship 
 in their synagogues on the Sabbath and to instruct in the afternoon in 
 the “law and prophets.” Both old and young attended, while the Rabbi 
 was their instructor. It served to keep alive their consciousness of 
 Jehovah and His law. We know that Christ was interested in Sunday- 
 school work from such instances as His blessing little children and 
 putting a child in the midst of His disciples. 
 
 Later, when Christianity entered Europe, one of the main factors in 
 establishing it was the religious training. Of course, during the Middle 
 Ages all church life was demoralized, and the instruction of the youth 
 suffered with the other Christian activities. Then came the wonderful 
 Reformation period, and the very first thing Luther did was to recognize 
 the deplorable ignorance of the common people in spiritual things, and 
 to overcome this he prepared his two catechisms to aid in their instruc¬ 
 tion. His small catechism is considered one of the best books ever writ- 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS. 
 
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 ten for the religious instruction of children. After centuries, it is more 
 popular to-day than at any time in its history. Before Luther’s time 
 church membership was a mere formality, but with the rise of cate¬ 
 chetical instruction the people learned to know the doctrines and were 
 able to give reason for the faith they professed. The system thus intro¬ 
 duced has spread over the world, and the modern Sunday-school owes 
 its breadth and development to this work of Luther. 
 
 Luther had very definite and practical views about catechization and 
 laid down the following principles: Catechetical instruction must he 
 attended to in the family, school and church. The same text and form 
 of words should be retained. There ought to be a proper and regular 
 graduation in the course of instruction ; first the text of the principal 
 parts; then the explanation; then the progress from the Small to the 
 Large catechism. The aim of such instruction must be not simply a 
 knowledge of doctrine, but a personal conviction of faith. The cate¬ 
 chism was to be a life book, a prayer book. 
 
 The first Lutheran Sunday-school in America was organized in St. 
 John’s Church, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1821. To-day every Lutheran 
 church has a Sunday-school, for the Sunday-school has come to stay, and 
 it is time that we consider it seriously. We must study the question 
 thoroughly and intelligently and then go to our problems and make the 
 school what it should be, a religious school in every sense of the word. 
 
 Perhaps you have heard people say that the Sunday-school is a chil¬ 
 dren’s church. Those who have this idea are mistaken in their views. 
 The Sunday-school is a service, but not a church. "The Sunday-school 
 teaches the Gospel, but it does not have the Sacraments, and hence it is 
 not a church. It is only a part of the church. The erroneous idea of 
 the Sunday-school being a children’s church has done much to bring 
 about the present deplorable condition of the work. Children have been 
 led to believe that when they have attended the Sunday-school, they 
 have fulfilled their whole religious duty, and consequently they have not 
 been trained to attend the church service. 
 
 Neither does the Lutheran look upon his Sunday-school as preemi¬ 
 nently an evangelizing agency. His conception of the preaching of the 
 Word of God and his doctrines of the ministry forbid such a view. God 
 has appointed and ordained the office of the ministry for this special 
 purpose, and this is His evangelizing agency. The Lutheran Sunday- 
 school is a teaching service—a place where the whole congregation meets 
 for instruction. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 ARVID V. PETERSON. LESLIE C. JOHNSON, 
 
 Sunday-school Superintendent and Assistant Editor of “V&r FSrsamling.” Secretary of Sunday-school. 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
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 The aims of the Lutheran Sunday-school are, first of all, the teaching 
 of God’s Word. Also to bring the child to a conscious knowledge of 
 his relation to his Saviour and the development of a Christian character. 
 The baptized child is a Christian, but he has not yet developed a Chris¬ 
 tian character. He is liable to be led into sin, and hence the Sunday- 
 school strives to build up his Christian character and fortify him against 
 sin. But to send a child to Sunday-school does not relieve the parents 
 of the obligation of teaching the child at home. The earliest method of 
 religious instruction was that of the home, and nothing has been dis¬ 
 covered that will surpass it. This being so, the Sunday-school cannot 
 be depended upon entirely for the building of Christian character. 
 Instead of freeing the parent from his obligation, the Sunday-school seeks 
 to aid him so that he may accomplish greater results. 
 
 Concerning the work and progress of the Lutheran Sunday-school in 
 Monmouth, Illinois, during the past fifty years, statistics show that the 
 Sunday-school has grown steadily in accordance with the increasing 
 church membership. The congregation is situated in a church going 
 community, where there are churches of almost every denomination in 
 the city, and for this reason there has been but a small percent of those 
 attending our Sunday-school whose parents are not members of the 
 church. 
 
 A graded course of Sunday-school instruction is now used in our 
 church which cannot be excelled. Luther’s catechism is, of course, the 
 foundation upon which the training is based, and is used in all classes 
 of the Intermediate Department. There are six grades in the Inter¬ 
 mediate Department, three in the Primary Department, besides the 
 Cradle Roll. The Bible classes consist of the Confirmation, Young 
 Women, Young Men and Older Folks classes. 
 
 Our Sunday-school was organized as early as in the year 1870 with 
 a membership of about 10. At the time of our 40th anniversary cele¬ 
 bration we had an enrollment of 117. And now when we commemorate 
 the 50th anniversary of the organization of our congregation, the enroll¬ 
 ment has reached the 250 mark. For the bountiful blessings of God 
 in caring for His lambs within the Sunday-school we give Him thanks. 
 
 A. V. Peterson. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
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 SWEDISH BIBLE CLASS 
 
50 
 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 BETI IPIIA(»E BIBLE CLASS. 
 
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 U. ILL. u< o. 
 
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 CRADLE ROLL 
 
 Top Row —Frank Olson, Edith Wise, Evelyn Linman, Francis Nord¬ 
 strom, Helen Anderson, Gertrude Anderson. 
 
 Second Row —Orville Bertelsen, Helen Nelson, Marie Nelson, Earl 
 Peterson, Edith Carlson, Helen Martin. 
 
 Third Roiv —Herbert Themanson, Marjory Burk, Mrs. Oscar Purn, 
 Glen Anderson, Mrs. Chas. Dahlgren, Evelyn Anderson, James 
 Swanson. 
 
 Fourth Row —Louise Holmberg, Leonard Melburg, Lucile Johnson, 
 Linnea Johnson, Mary Lovedahl. 
 
 Fifth Row —Bertha Williamson, Lucile Stark, Elizabeth Benson, Ber¬ 
 nice Harchelrod, Raphael Matson, Donald Strand. 
 
 Sixth Row —Armand Olson, Benjamin Mills, Melvin Bragd, Verner 
 Bergren, Bernice Martin, Luther Linman. 
 
 Seventh Row —Lucile Peterson, Herbert Peterson, Evelyn Martin, 
 Ralph Martin, Laurence Isaacson. 
 
 Members of Cradle Roll not appearing in picture: 
 
 Andrew Bertelson 
 George Bertelson 
 Arthur Dodson 
 Agnes Flod 
 Evert Flod 
 Charlie Hanson 
 Ralph Hanson 
 Evelyn Hoy 
 M arie H anson 
 
 Kenneth Hallberg 
 Earl Isaacson 
 Anita Krog. 
 
 Matilda Jane Lovedahl 
 Gladys Murk 
 Edith Ryner 
 Christine Scott 
 Louise Tinder 
 Marie Westfield 
 
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL 
 
 O UR LORD commands His Church not only to feed His sheep, 
 but also to feed His lambs. There can be no proper and ef¬ 
 ficient child training unless it is in the nurture and admonition 
 of the Lord. Not only do the mental and moral faculties of the child 
 need development, but also the religious and spiritual. As a man think- 
 eth in his heart, so is he. In order best to accomplish this end it is 
 necessary to have the child under the care of the Church at all times. 
 In the nature of the case and because of the complex religious status of 
 the teaching force of the Public School it is impossible to furnish the 
 religious and moral training such as the Church deems necessary through 
 the present system of education in this country. Our Lutheran Church 
 has fully realized this, and when the otherwise splendid religious in¬ 
 struction given in the Sunday-school has not been sufficient, she has not 
 failed to introduce the Parochial School. The main object of this schoo 1 
 must always be considered as being religious instruction. But because 
 of the fact that our Lutheran churches in this country have in the past 
 used the mother-tongue in the worship of God and all church life, it has 
 become a secondary necessity to instruct the children in the language 
 used by their parents as soul-language in divine worship. This has also 
 been the experience in our church until this summer. Swedish has been 
 the medium of instruction in Parochial School almost entirely until the 
 last few years. We are proud, and justly so, in being able to teach our 
 children the beautiful tongue of the Northland, but we are still more 
 thankful to God that when this is, as it seems, a thing of the past, we 
 yet have the privilege of indoctrinating our youth in the faith of the 
 fathers in a language which to them will always be their heart-language, 
 and thus perpetuate true Lutheranism in this land of our adoption or 
 nativity. This we believe to be the mission of the Parochial School in 
 the future, and we hope to be able to maintain such a school in years to 
 come, even though the medium of instruction be English. 
 
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 The Swedish has served a noble purpose, and many there are who are 
 thankful for their past privileges. Others will in the future thank God 
 for opportunities afforded them under different conditions. The Parochial 
 School together with the Sunday-school have been the nursery of the 
 Church. The boys and girls of to-day are the men and women of to¬ 
 morrow. H ence the equipment will help them to fill their places both 
 in the Church and State. Those who labored faithfully to maintain 
 these schools shall also in due season get their reward by grateful ac¬ 
 knowledgment of the benefits received by the living and by happy recep¬ 
 tion in “eternal habitations” by the departed, who in the time of grace 
 were the recipients of this religious training. 
 
 We submit from our records the names of those who have been en¬ 
 gaged as teachers in our Parochial School from the year 1872 until the 
 
 present time. 
 
 They are as follows: 
 
 1872-73 
 
 Catechist N. Nordling. 
 
 1874 
 
 Pastor A. W. Holmgren. 
 
 1877 
 
 Pastor Elias Petterson. 
 
 1879-81 
 
 Student L. Swenson. 
 
 1882 
 
 Student Gustaf Petterson. 
 
 1883 
 
 Student C. E. Elving. 
 
 1884 
 
 Student G. A. Brandelle. 
 
 1885-87 
 
 Pastor J. E. Floren. 
 
 1888 
 
 Student James Moody. 
 
 1889 
 
 Pastor August Johnson. 
 
 1890 
 
 Student P. S. Miller. 
 
 1891 
 
 Student G. Forsberg. 
 
 1894 
 
 Student C. A. Larson. 
 
 1895 
 
 Pastor August Johnson. 
 
 1898 
 
 Student G. A. Fahlund. 
 
 1901 
 
 Anna Elison. 
 
 1903 
 
 Student G. S. Swensson. 
 
 1904 
 
 Student Paul Johnson. 
 
 1905-06 
 
 Anna Johnson. 
 
 1907 
 
 Mary Hagman. 
 
 1908 
 
 Pastor T. A. Conrad. 
 
 1909 
 
 Student C. O. Bengtson. 
 
 1910 
 
 Pastor T. A. Conrad. 
 
 1911 
 
 Pastor Conrad and Student A. W. Johnson. 
 
 1913 
 
 Pastor T. A. Conrad. 
 
 1914 
 
 Prof. J. E. Swanson. 
 
 1915 
 
 Student F. W. Hanson. 
 
 1916 
 
 Student Luther Benson. 
 
 1917 
 
 Gerda Hiller. 
 
 1918 
 
 Student T. L. Rydbeck. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 18!)!). 
 
CONFIRMATION 
 
 Heavenly Father, 
 
 Praised be Thy mercy! 
 
 Thou wilt not reject us, 
 
 For Thou hast chosen us Thine heirs forever. 
 
 Thou wilt e’er protect us 
 
 That from Thy covenant we part, no, never. 
 
 Teach us, O Father, seek for Thy kingdom! 
 
 Jesus, our Saviour! 
 
 Grant us Thy Spirit. 
 
 Carnal pleasures tempt us; 
 
 Our faith, as gold, is tested in the furnace. 
 
 Lord, do Thou exempt us 
 
 That naught from Thy communion e’er may turn us. 
 
 Help us to strive and live for Thy kingdom! 
 
 Comforting Spirit! 
 
 Clothe us with power! 
 
 Thou alone canst arm us 
 
 That in defeat our souls may never perish. 
 
 Ill can never harm us, 
 
 If Thee till life’s last hour we fondly cherish, 
 
 Winning, at last, Thy heavenly kingdom! 
 
 W HEN our resurrected Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, insti¬ 
 tuted the sacrament of the Holy Baptism, He not only gave 
 to the Christian Church the all-embracing command to baptize 
 all nations, but to teach them all things whatsoever He had commanded 
 them. From this we learn that those who have been baptized and 
 through baptism have become the disciples and followers of Jesus Christ 
 shall be taught by the Church to “observe,” that is to keep before their 
 minds and cherish in their hearts all the promises of God contained in 
 the blessed sacrament administered to them in early infancy. This 
 sacred obligation the Lutheran Church has sought to fulfill in ages past. 
 
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 i ONL’IRMATION CLASS 1901. 
 
 Fir,si Hoir Oscar Moline, Florence Marlin, Esther Hanson, Ernest Miller. 
 
 Second I’ow Win. Ahlstrand, Malinda Carlson, Herman Uunhurn’, Pearl Martin, Arthur I’almhcr: 
 Third How- Emily Carlson, Emily Ahlstrand, Edith Stark, Oscar Strand. 
 
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 She has always had a great confidence in religious knowledge as being 
 the best means keeping the lambs of Christ’s fold upon the right path¬ 
 way. She has sought to give this religious training in the home, in the 
 parochial and Sunday-schools, and her experience has been that this has 
 been a safe method of leading the young to Christ and of establishing 
 them in the Word of God. She fully realizes that as the baptized 
 children grow in years and understanding, they should be brought to a 
 living knowledge of the saving grace bestowed upon them through the 
 water and the Word. They are to be carefully nurtured and trained, 
 so that they may be made partakers of this grace, and value it as a price¬ 
 less heritage, and live their lives in grateful obedience to the will of God, 
 as is befitting His baptized sons and daughters and the members of His 
 Church in general. 
 
 Let me call your attention to the nature of this sacred rite. Confirma¬ 
 tion is not a sacrament, neither is it supplementary to Baptism, nor is it 
 a renewal of Baptism, but it is a ratification of the solemn covenant 
 obligations to God through infant Baptism. It is an act of confession 
 and a pledge on the part of the person confirmed. It is a confirming, 
 strengthening and establishing of the catechumen in Grace primarily 
 through the means of Grace, the Word and the Sacraments. Hence 
 the rite of confirmation is one of deep significance to our children who 
 have received the sacrament of the Holy Baptism. It is a golden oppor¬ 
 tunity to make public confession of their Christian faith in the presence 
 of God and His Church. 
 
 What, then, do they confess? In the first place they confess that, by 
 virtue of the Baptism, it is their earnest purpose to remain steadfast in 
 this faith unto the end, and, as Christ’s followers, walk by faith in a new 
 life, and to love the Lord their God above all things and their neighbor 
 as themselves. 
 
 Secondly, they promise and confess that by the help of God, in watch¬ 
 fulness and prayer, they will diligently use the Word of God and faith¬ 
 fully seek their Saviour in His Holy Supper. 
 
 Thirdly, they promise and confess that they will shun all false doc¬ 
 trines, and he faithful to the Word of God according to our Evangelical 
 Lutheran Confession. 
 
 After this confession by the confirmands, the pastor and the whole 
 congregation unite in fervent intercessory prayers for these young sons 
 and daughters, to whom they now extend a loving invitation henceforth 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1902. 
 
 First Row —Henry Holcomb, Helen llagman, Anna Johnson, Henry Peterson, Clara Miller, Ililma Matson, Elmer Johnson. 
 Second How —Anna Sanderholm, Arthur Murk, Carl Lindegren, Mable Ekstrom. 
 
 Third Row —Arthur Melburg, Hannah Hambcrg, Edith Matson, Alice Palmberg, Nelly Themanson, Rudolph Runberg. 
 
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 to share with them the sacrament of the true body and blood of Jesus 
 Christ, our Lord,—the holy of holies in the Christian Church. 
 
 Picture to yourself this beautiful act of confirmation. We will let 
 the words of Dr. Gerberding convey to you this scene. “The catechumen 
 has been examined by the pastor as to his fitness for this important step. 
 The pastor has found that he possesses an intelligent understanding of 
 the doctrines taught in the Catechism, and that the experience of his 
 heart bears witness to their truth and power. On this account he is 
 adjudged as fit and well prepared to be admitted to the holy communion. 
 H e now comes of his own accord—not because he is old enough, or 
 because father, mother, or pastor wants him to—before the altar of 
 Christ. There, in the presence of the assembled congregation and the 
 all-seeing God, his lips confess the faith of his heart, the faith into which 
 he was baptized as a child. He now voluntarily takes upon himself the 
 vows and promises that the parents or sponsors took for him at baptism. 
 He receives an earnest admonition from his pastor to hold fast that 
 which he has and be faithful unto death. The whole congregation, to¬ 
 gether with the pastor, lift their hearts in earnest intercessory prayer to 
 God for His continuous blessing and protection on the young confessor; 
 and, the catechumen kneeling at the altar, the pastor directs the inter¬ 
 cessions of the church to each kneeling one in turn, by laying his hands 
 on him and offering up for him a fervent petition in inspired words. 
 This is the simple and appropriate ceremony we call confirmation." 
 
 This sacred act has been almost a yearly occurence in our church 
 during the past fifty years. Many have also remained true to their 
 confession, which has been evidenced at the few confiramtion reunions 
 held in recent years. What an inspiration it has been to us all to remind 
 ourselves of the solemn obligations we took upon ourselves when we 
 were confirmed! Surely some straying sheep have been regained through 
 this practice, and others have become more established in the faith and 
 rooted and grounded in love. Our records show that during fifty years, 
 including this year’s class, we have confirmed in our church 443 persons, 
 and deducting this year’s class it would be 401 persons within the limits 
 of fifty years, according to the date of organization. The oldest con- 
 firmand, who to-day is a member of our church, is Mr. C. J. Swanson 
 of the class of ’75. 
 
 Our earnest and heartfelt prayers to God is that those who have been 
 confirmed, and who in the future shall be confirmed, in our church may 
 be faithful unto death, that they may be given the crown of life. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1903. 
 
 First Row —Lilliiin Cafvnelins, Nels A. Swanson, Selma Martin, Selmar Linman, Mable Pearson. 
 Second ltow —Arthur L. Martin, Martin Anderson. 
 
 Third Rote Jeanette Peterson, Minnie llainberg, Pearl Levine, Anna \ndcrson. 
 
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 Prayer: 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, Who dost always multiply Thy 
 Church, and with Thy light and grace dost strengthen the hearts of 
 those whom Thou hast regenerated, confirming unto them Thy covenant 
 and faithfulness: Grant that our confirmands may still increase in faith 
 and knowledge, that they may rejoice in their Baptism and remain faith¬ 
 ful to the promises which they have given at the time of their confirma¬ 
 tion, and thus daily renew their covenant with Thee, through Jesus 
 Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1907. 
 
 First Row —Chaliner Lovdahl, Louise Levine, Lonnie Martin, Clara Peterson, Hi Id mg Matson, Minnie Hanson. 
 
 Second Row —Harry Johnson. Mildred Engdahl, Chas. 0. Peterson, Mabel Olson, Oliver Lovdahl, Victor Olson, Hilda Hamilton, Lester Peterson. 
 Third Row —Minnie Palmburg, Ruth Pearson, Andrew Dickens, Edith Murk, Hazel Bolin. 
 
 Rot to m —Edna Melburg. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1908. 
 
 First Ron -—Edgar Runburg, Harry Themanson, Mabel M. Olson, Lillian Wetander. 
 Second Row —Allen Bowman, Arthur Swanson. 
 
 Third Row —Maud Peterson, Carl Swanson, Edwin Johnson, Margarett Lundburg. 
 Bottom Row —Albert Johnson, Olga Levine, Victor Bolin, Esther Johnson. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1910. 
 
 linns, left to right —Rudolf Holmberg, Elmer Olson, Guy Pearson, Harold Bolin, Arthur Thcmanson, Lambert Engdahl, Guy Swanson, 
 George Johnson, Harold Melburg, Arthur Swanson. 
 
 (Hr Is —Vendla Carlson, Bessie Lovdahl, Pearl Gagnelius, Lillie Swans m, Esther Johnson, Esthc'r Palmberg, Helen Anderson, Arlena Levine, 
 Agnes Johnson, Esther Palmer. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1911. 
 
 Fifst How —Frank Anderson, W illard Hanson, llarry Johnson, Win. Root, John Hyland, John Sandstrom, Ralph Johnson. 
 
 Second How- Clarence Mattson, Esther Wetander, Katherine Martin, Julia Rainier, Marie llilscnhoff, Edna Johnson, Edna Hamilton. 
 Third How Mabel Johnson, Anna Martin, Marion Swanson, Hazel Merirren, Lillian Levine, Lydia Ekstrom. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1912. 
 
 Hoys, left to riyht —Leanord Moberg, John Swanson, Fred Dahlgreen, Leslie Johnson, Nels 0. Swanson, Elmer Johnson, Arthur II. Hanson, 
 Leland Anderson, Chester Swanson, Hjalmer Holmberg. 
 
 Girls - Edith Swanson, Hazel I'almberg, Lillian Erlandson, Lillian Isaacson, Mabel Levine, Elfreida Gibson, Signe Johnson. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1914. 
 
 Hoys —Ruben Anderson, Walter Sandstrom, Arthur R. Hanson, Roy Johnson, Clarence Johnson. 
 (1 iris Myrtle Johnson, Dorothy Johnson, Ruby Swanson, Esther Anderson, Ida Johnson. 
 
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 CONFIRMATION CLASS 1917. 
 
 First llow —Victor Engdahl, Everett Newman, Evald Anderson, Hjalmar Matson, Everett Johnson, Carl Larson. 
 
 Second Rqw —Esther Isaacson, Lillie Carlson, Ethel Fredrickson, Lillian Fahlund. 
 
 Third Row —Ellen Swanson, Hazel Anderson, Anna Johnson, Marie Carlson, Mabel Wetander, Ethel Clint, Elsie Larson. 
 
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 ANNIVERSARY 
 
OUR SOLDIER BOYS 
 
 N EVER before in the annals of human events has there been such 
 a world-wide catastrophe as the present world-war. The past 
 must become mute in the presence of to-day’s momentous events. 
 The cause of liberty is fiercely contended for, and nation is pitted against 
 nation. 
 
 Our own beloved country has also been drawn into the turmoil, and 
 the sound has gone forth from the seat of authority to rally to the 
 defense of our highly priced principles of liberty and equality. Our 
 church has rightfully answered the call by giving thirty-two of her 
 sturdy sons to the defense of our country. These men have been among 
 our faithful workers of the church, and their place is vacant, waiting 
 for their return. But in the meantime we commend them into the 
 gracious care and protection of the Saviour of the world. 
 
 Interceding in behalf of our dear boys and our own country, we feel 
 assured that God shall hear our prayers, and in His own good time shall 
 change “the night of weeping into a morn of song.” 
 
 The following pages will bring you a greeting from “Our Boys,” and 
 will help you to keep in fresh memory your own obligations at home 
 toward them, your church and your country. 
 
76 
 
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 Captain Charles A. Benson, 
 enlisted April, 1917. 
 
 Private B. LeRov Johnson, 
 entered June 24, 1918. 
 
 Arthur C. Anderson, 
 entered June 24, 1918. 
 
 Private Lester G. Peterson, 
 enlisted June 14, 1918. 
 
 Private Fred W. Bergren, 
 enlisted May 31. 
 
 Private Raymond C. Carlson, 
 enlisted Sept. 21, 1917. 
 
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 Private Gustaf Erickson, 
 enlisted June 24, 1918. 
 
 Private Guy Pearson, 
 enlisted April 30, 1918. 
 
 Private Ernest C. Melburg, 
 enlisted July, 1917. 
 
 Cook Lennie M. Martin, 
 enlisted Dec. 25, 1917. 
 
 Private Ralph J. Johnson 
 enlisted March 14. 1918. 
 
 Private Win. C. Hoot, 
 enlisted May 31, 1918. 
 
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 Corp. Harold A. Melburg, 
 entered May 24, 1918. 
 
 Serg't. Arthur 11. Hansen, 
 enlisted December, 1917. 
 
 Private Elmer Anderson, 
 entered Sept. 21, 1917. 
 
 Private Victor A. Bolin, 
 enlisted July, 1917. 
 
 Pvt. Clarence A. E. Anderson, 
 enlisted December, 1917. 
 
 Private Lambert Engdahl. 
 enlisted March 14, 191S. 
 
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 Private John S. Holmberg, 
 enlisted April 3, 1918. 
 
 Private Harry A. Sward, 
 enlisted March 8, 1918. 
 
 Private Harold \V. Bolin, 
 enlisted December, 1917. 
 
 Arthur S. Hamilton, 
 enlisted July 30. 1918. 
 
 Private Clarence Matson, 
 enlisted March 14, 1918. 
 
 Private C'halmer Lovedahl, 
 enlisted June 14, 1918. 
 
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 Corporal Win. II. Swenson, 
 enlisted Sept. 21, 1917, 
 
 Private Emil Anderson, 
 Private Edwin C. Johnson,' 
 enlisted March 14, 1918. 
 
 Private Manne Rask, 
 enlisted May 25, 1918. 
 enlisted June 2 4, 1918. 
 
 John Anton Johnson, 
 Jurie 24, 1918. 
 
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 CHURCH BOARD. 
 
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 THE OLD CHURCH. 
 
INTERIOR OF THE OLD CHURCH BEFORE PIPE ORGAN WAS INSTALLED. 
 
 INTERIOR OF THE OLD CHURCH W ITH PIPE ORGAN. 
 
 
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 THE OLDEST PARSONAGE. 
 
 
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SOCIETIES 
 
 DORKAS-FORENINGEN 
 
 D ORKAS-FOR.ENINGEN, hvilken bestar af vara aldre kvinn- 
 liga medlemmar, stiftades den 2 augusti 1894, under pastor 
 Johnsons tid. Pa sitt gemytliga satt ledde och hjalpte pastor 
 Johnson foreningen under dess forsta utvecklingsstadier, sa att den nu 
 ar en af vara storsta och starkaste foreningar. Den har alltid statt 
 fardig att hjalpa forsamlingen, och pa grund af att den ar den aldsta 
 foreningen inom forsamlingen har den fatt bara namnet “moderfore- 
 ningen”. Genom Dorkas-foreningens regelbundna verksamhet har det 
 forunnats kvinnorna att samlas hvarje manad till stilla andaktsstunder, 
 da de fatt lvssna till Ordet, som utsatts af vara snalla pastorer. Vi fa 
 sakerligen mycken nvtta och vederkvickelse fran dessa andaktsstunder, 
 da Ordet synes komma en narmare an vid nagra andra tillfalien. Det 
 ar ocksa en stor gladje att pa detta satt mota vara vanner och komma 
 i narmare beroring med forsamlingsmedlemmarna. Det ar med en viss 
 tillfredsstallelse som medlemmarna se tillbaka pa det arbete, som de fatt 
 tillfalle att vara med om i denna forening. 
 
 Redan under dess rndra verksamhetsar atog sig foreningen att reno- 
 vera det davarande prasthuset samt insatte en kort tid diirefter gaslyse 
 i kyrkan. Ar 1899 insatte foreningen med tillhjalp af Luther-forbundet 
 varmeapparaten i kyrkan till en kostnad af $244, 
 
 Ar 1904, da nytt altare, ny altarrund och nya bankar insattes i kyrkan, 
 deltog Dorkas-fdreningen i detta iidla foretag. Hvarje ar tillvaxte for¬ 
 eningen bade i inre och yttre hanseende, och stora summor samlades for 
 den lokala verksamheten saviil som for missionen och andra valgorande 
 andamal. 
 
 Ar 1907 tilltradde pastor T. A. Conrad herdesysslan inom var forsam- 
 ling, och vi minnas val, hurusom han var narvarande vid vara moten 
 
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 och att det var en inspiration att lyssna till den undervisning i ord och 
 sang, som han meddelade oss. For manga ar arbetade pastor Conrad 
 for foreningens basta. Aret 1907 var ett ganska betydelsefullt ar, eme- 
 dan Dorkas da tapetserade och malade kyrkan till en kostnad af $337. 
 Da piporgeln insattes, gaf foreningen $100 till denna fond, och samma 
 ar tapetserade den Luther Hall och foljande ar prasthuset, hvilket be- 
 lopte sig till $80. 
 
 Nar forsamlingen beslot att bygga kyrka, var Dorkas villig att hjalpa 
 till, och har sedan dess bidragit med stora summor hvarje ar. Ar 1910 
 gafs $500 och tva ar senare $500, sa att $1,000 hade inbetalts, innan 
 forsamlingen flvttade in i sin nya kyrka. 
 
 Det har varit brukligt att hvarje ar servera supe vid nagot lagligt 
 tillfalle, hvilket inbringat ganska betydliga summor. Men ar 1912 be- 
 slots det att hvarje medlem skulle i stallet for den sedvanliga supeen 
 inlamna $1, och pa sa satt blef det mycket lattare att gora en extra in- 
 samling hvarje ar. Det forsta forsoket inbragte $116 och foljande ar 
 $125. Ar 1915 upptog foreningen en rantebarande revers va $500, och 
 innan arets slut hade man lyckats att betala hela reversen, och nastkom- 
 mande ar var man fardig att ataga sig att betala $500 till. 
 
 Foreningen har visat sig vara flitig och trogen under insamlandet af 
 alia dessa utfastade summor och har ocksa lyckats. i alia sina foretag. 
 Vid tvenne olika tillfalien serverades middag for besokande i staden, 
 inbringande omkring $100 hvarje gang. Den har saledes istandsatts 
 att pa ett liberalt satt bidraga bade till hem- och hednamission. 
 
 Ar 1916 organiserades bland Dorkas-kvinnorna en Kvinnornas hem- 
 och hednamissionsforening med ett medlemsantal af 65, och under det 
 gangna aret okades medlemsantalet till 106. Denna forening med de 
 ofriga i distriktet organiserades till en sa kallad Galesburg-distriktets 
 Kvinnornas hem- och hednamissionsforening. Medlemmarna af denna 
 organisation borde kunna inse hvilken valsignelse det ar att med Guds 
 nad fa vara med om att hjalpa vara missionarer att ga ut i hela viirlden 
 for att resa korsets baner. Under detta ar hafva program utforts, hvilka 
 sarskildt berort hem- och hednamissionen. 
 
 Vid arsmotet 1916 fattades ett beslut att de, som mottaga foreningen, 
 skola valjas i alfabetisk ordning och att fyra kvinnor skola servera hvarje 
 gang. Detta system har befunnits vara mycket battre, emedan tillfalle 
 darigenom gifvits alia medlemmarna att mottaga foreningen. 
 
 Dorkas-foreningen har nil for ofver ett ar ledts framat och uppat af 
 var alskade liirare pastor Purn, som med ifver samverkat med foreningen 
 
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 DORCAS SOCIETY. 
 
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 i dess strafvan att hjalpa till vid kyrkoskuldens utplanande. Da for- 
 samlingen den 31 oktober 1917 med alia krafter paborjade subskriptions- 
 arbetet, lofvade Dorkas strax $150, och i december samma ar utfaste 
 sig foreningen att betala $500 till. Af dessa $650 har redan $424 in- 
 samlats, sa att endast en summa af $226 aterstar, nar detta skrifves. 
 
 Sasom “moderforening” inom forsamlingen har den afven gatt fore 
 med ett godt exempel, nar det galler landets och vara egna soners viil- 
 fard. En s. k. “Liberty Bond” pa $50 har kopts, och hafva iifven kvin- 
 norna medelst nagra smarre gafvor velat uppmuntra vara soldatgossar 
 vid de olika ofnings- och faltlagren och pa detta satt visat “moderskar- 
 leken”. Var onskan och bon till Gud ar, att han ma hevara dem bade 
 till kropp och sjal och att de ma snart komma hem igen efter slutad 
 kamp och strid. Ma vara dottrar upptaga det goda arbetet, som har 
 paborjats, och ma Gud valsigna var pastor och oss, att vi ma tillvaxa 
 i tro och karlek. Detta skola vi forvissas om, sa framt vi satta tro till 
 Herrens ord i Ordspraksbokens tredje kapitel, verserna 5 och 6: “For- 
 trosta pa Pierren af allt ditt hjarta och forlita dig icke pa ditt forstand. 
 Pa alia dina viigar ma du akta pa honom, sa skall han gora alia dina 
 stigar jamna.” 
 
 Fru Charles Dahlgren. 
 
 LUTHER LEAGUE 
 
 T HE LUTHER LEAGUE was organized December 15, 1895, 
 or, rather, the “ungdomsforening” was reorganized into the 
 Luther League, the “ungdomsforening” having been organized 
 October 15, 1886. At the organization of the Luther League the fol¬ 
 lowing officers were chosen: A. A. Johnson, president; J. E. Stark, vice 
 president; Hattie Peterson, secretary. 
 
 The object of the League was, and is to-day, “to uplift and stimulate 
 each other intellectually, spiritually and socially.” To begin with, the 
 League held two meetings each month, the first and third Tuesday, the 
 one meeting being of a literary art and the other a social. This practice 
 was continued until 1907, when it was found more practical to consoli¬ 
 date the literary and social meetings. In the latter part of 1905 the 
 League began to assemble every Sunday evening for prayer service. 
 These Sunday evening prayer meetings have since that time been con- 
 
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 ducted regularly, with the exception of a few short intervals, when it 
 was found necessary to temporarily discontinue them. The blessings 
 which have resulted from these prayer meetings we cannot estimate, bur 
 we believe they have been bounteous, and are still hearing fruit. The 
 spiritual blessings are those we most seek for; and blessed are the young 
 people who in good faith feel it their duty as well as privilege to assemble 
 in God’s house for prayer. They are worthy of the name “Luther 
 Leaguers,” they are stimulating each other spiritually, they are a support 
 or a prop to their church. “If we expect to he a pillar in God’s temple 
 by and by, we must be some kind of a prop in God’s Church to-day.” 
 
 At the time the Luther League was organized it was only a local 
 organization, the feeling being that it was necessary and important to 
 have the young people organized within the church. It gives them 
 excellent training and serves as a medium through which they are kept 
 interested in the church work in general and become useful and faithful 
 members. 
 
 The Lutheran Church firmly believes in having its forces well organ¬ 
 ized, and the wisdom of this contention is forcibly demonstrated by the 
 development of the Luther League movement, as we now not only have 
 a local Luther League, but are organized into District, Conference, and 
 Synodical Luther Leagues, and to-day is the largest and strongest or¬ 
 ganization within the Lutheran Church. 
 
 The League has also substantially supported our congregation in a 
 financial way. In 1896 it purchased a reed organ for our church. This 
 organ is still being used in the prayer room of our present church. In 
 1898, $50 were paid on the congregation’s debt. In 1899, together with 
 the Dorcas Society, the Luther League installed the furnace in the old 
 church. In 1906, $50 were paid on the congregation’s debt. In 1907 
 it defrayed the cost of painting the old church. In 1908 it purchased 
 our present pipe organ at a cost of $2,850. In 1909 it purchased the 
 piano which is now being used in the Luther Room. A sum of $2,600 
 has been subscribed, and practically all paid, to the building fund of our 
 new church. In 1917, $100 was donated to the local Y. M. C. A. 
 
 In 1905 the tenth anniversary of the organization of the League was 
 fittingly celebrated. 
 
 The work that the Luther League has done among our young people 
 has been great; it has been a grand success. At present we have a mem¬ 
 bership of 234, and our meetings are particularly well attended. 
 
 The Leagues present officers are: President, Ernest Moberg; vice 
 
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 MISSION SOCIETY. 
 
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 president, Algot Bowman; secretaries, Mrs. A. V. Peterson and Olga 
 Levine; treasurer, Anna Sanderholm. 
 
 For what our League has been able to accomplish, we thank God. 
 May God richly bless the future of our Luther League and our humble 
 efforts to serve Him. 
 
 A. A. Olson. 
 
 MISSIONSFORENINGEN 
 
 I EN ALDRE och mera stadgad forsamling borde Annas icke sa 
 litet missionsintresse bade for hem- och hednamissionen. Detta har 
 forsports till icke ringa grad inom var forsamling under dess 
 existens. Men nagon sarskild forening, som haft sasom sin uppgift att 
 sarskildt verka for missionen, fanns icke forran man den 16 maj 1907 
 pa inbjudan af fru J. S. Olson i hennes hem stiftade en Kvinnornas 
 missionsforening, som skulle i all synnerhet verka for yttre missionen. 
 Nagot ofver ett tjugotal kvinnor voro narvarande vid det forsta motet. 
 Afsikten var nog icke blott fa deltaga med sina medel i missionsverksam- 
 heten, utan man ville ocksa bereda ett tillfalle for de kvinnor, som bo 
 soder och vaster om staden, att kunna komma tillsammans for ett sociellt 
 samkvam litet oftare an hvad Dorkas-foreningen erbjdd. Denna fore¬ 
 ning oppnade saledes tillfalle till ett lifaktigt ingripande bade i den 
 lokala forsamlingens vidtomfattande arbete saviil som i den yttre mis¬ 
 sionen samt andra valgorenhetsandamal inom synoden. 
 
 Foreningen har ocksa visat sig vara villig genom de inkomster, som 
 erhallas genom den vanliga afgiften af 25 cents per medlem vid dess 
 moten samt genom sociala tillstallningar, att racka en hjalpande hand 
 dit, dar behofven varit mest skriande. Sa hade den vid en storre mis- 
 sionsfest, som holls den 24 juni 1908, da dr Betty Nilsson holl missions- 
 foredrag, skankt $50 att hegagnas for hennes blifvande missionsarbete. 
 Foljande ar bidrogs med $100 till Kinamissionen, och vid arsmotet 1910 
 utfaste sig foreningen att underhalla en infodd missionar i Indien med 
 $50 arligen. Foreningen har ocksa varit forsamlingen behjalplig, i det 
 att den ar 1912 betake forsamlingens andel af $200 till lllinois-konfe- 
 rensens missionsskuld. Afvensa har den understodt Bethphage-missionen 
 under det flydda aret med en summa af $66.30 och till var egen kyrko- 
 skulds afbetalande bidragit med $25. 
 
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 WOMEN’S HOME AND KOUKK1N MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
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 Vi hafva all anledning att tro att denna forening varit till valsignelse 
 for var forsamling, sasorn de andra foreningarna, och var bon ar, att den 
 fortfarande ma fa vara en Herrens tjanarinna, som i all odmjukhet vill 
 ga Mastarens arenden i den pa verklig barmhartighet sa fattiga varlden. 
 
 Fru W. H. Olson. 
 
 THE ELEANOR AID SOCIETY 
 
 O NE OF the liveliest societies of the church is The Eleanor Aid 
 Society, which derived its name from the little village where 
 it was organized on the 9th of April, 1908. 
 
 There were a number of families in the church who lived so far from 
 town that it was hard for them to get in to all the meetings of the Dorcas 
 Society and other societies, so the ladies planned a society which should 
 meet at the different homes of the members and enjoy a social afternoon, 
 as well as a beneficial one, in so far as the church was concerned. They 
 met at the home of Swan Johnson at Eleanor, and there the society had 
 its beginning. There were a number of American ladies who were 
 desirous of joining with them, and in fact had a hand in the planning, 
 and they were very welcome, but since the meetings were, as a rule, held 
 in the Swedish language, and they were unable to understand any of it, 
 they gradually dropped out, and it became entirely Swedish. At that 
 time it included only the ladies of that particular neighborhood, but since 
 then has grown until it now takes in all the ladies of the north country 
 and even extends into the city itself, for the old members who have 
 moved to town are so loyal that they cannot be enticed away from that 
 society to the societies which belong in the city. 
 
 They decided to call the society “The Eleanor Aid Society,” and the 
 first officers were as follows: President, Rev. T. A. Conrad; vice presi¬ 
 dent, Mrs. Swan Johnson; secretary, Mrs. Swan Levine; treasurer, 
 M rs. Nels Levine. The aim of the society was to help in every necessary 
 way the church work, whether it be for missions, for the running expense 
 of the church or for the purchasing of any necessary article for the 
 church. 
 
 From a financial standpoint the society has been a great success in 
 every way. The first undertaking was the raising of funds for the 
 purchase of an altar, which was installed when the church was equipped 
 
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 99 
 
 with the organ and thereby necessitated another altar. Aside from that 
 they have raised a large amount of money for the building fund of the 
 new church. In all since the organization of the society they have raised 
 in the neighborhood of eight hundred and fifty dollars and at the present 
 time have almost paid their pledge up in full, which is remarkably well 
 done for a small society like this one. The money has been raised by the 
 usual collections at the meetings and by giving lawn socials at different 
 homes, and these socials have proven very popular with the young folks. 
 
 The society has been beneficial, as it was planned, and much credit 
 should be given to the members who have labored cheerfully, very cheer¬ 
 fully, at whatever work they were assigned, and we hope their faithful¬ 
 ness has been an inspiration to the other workers of the church and to 
 the pastor who is their leader. May the members also not forget to be 
 thankful for the opportunity given them to help in the good work and 
 for the blessings given them which enabled them to take part in the 
 upbuilding of God’s kingdom. 
 
 Mrs. Blanch Levine. 
 
 THE MARTHA SEWING SOCIETY 
 
 T HE young ladies of our church felt the need of some organiza¬ 
 tion among themselves, and so a meeting was called at the home 
 of Mrs. Hamilton in the evening of November 21, 1907. At 
 that meeting this society was organized and called the “Martha Sewing 
 Society.” The first officers elected were: President, Rev. T. A. Conrad ; 
 vice president, Edith (Matson) Bengtson; secretary, Mary (Hagman) 
 Johnson; treasurer, Pearl (Martin) Strand. The first year the mem¬ 
 bership was about fifty. 
 
 The society adopted the biblical name Martha, as they meant and 
 wished to be busy working for the Lord. Martha was a friend and 
 disciple of Christ, whose heartfelt pleasure it was to serve Him to her 
 best ability, and each “Martha” member desired to be a follower of the 
 biblical Martha. The society also adopted the name “Sewing Society,” 
 as the method of sewing had been laid aside by most societies, but the 
 Marthas decided each member should take up some sewing. Later plans 
 were made for a sale, and each member should make and donate some 
 articles. 
 
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 The devotional exercises at each meeting consist of singing by the 
 society and Scripture reading and prayer by the president, or pastor. 
 After the business meeting, refreshments are served by the hostess. The 
 meetings are arranged in alphabetical order, and two members serve each 
 time, either in the homes or at the Luther Room. 
 
 The first bazaar, held December 9—11, 1908, at Luther Hall, was 
 a decided success. A program was given each evening. A doll booth, 
 fancy article booth, candy booth, fish pond and express office netted 
 $303, which was turned over to the pipe organ fund. In 1909 an ice 
 cream social was held in July and a bazaar December 14—16, the pro¬ 
 ceeds of which were $208. In 1910, in May, it was decided to em¬ 
 broider a quilt; thirty blocks were distributed, each block having room 
 for fifteen names, and about $110 were taken in. A box social was held 
 in October and a bazaar December 15—16, which brought in about 
 $317. In 1911 a necktie social was held in March and an ice cream 
 social in June. Instead of a bazaar, a good many of the Marthas filled 
 the small books called “Gleaners,” each having room for fifty dimes, 
 bringing in about $165. 
 
 During the next four years a bazaar was held in November or Decem¬ 
 ber of each year; also a concert and a box social. In 1917 the society 
 celebrated its tenth anniversary in the Luther Room. A program was 
 given and refreshments served at tables decorated to represent the twelve 
 months. About $165 were the proceeds. 
 
 During the past soon eleven years the society has taken in about 
 $2,750, most of which has been turned over to the building fund. The 
 society has also sent flowers to the sick, occasionally a surprise or shower 
 and other pleasant social gatherings. The society has 76 members at 
 present. The officers are: President, Olga Matson; vice president, 
 Louise Levine; secretary, Ethel Peterson; treasurer, Mabel Olson. 
 
 The meetings reveal throughout a Christian atmosphere and are 
 greatly enjoyed by all the members. We feel that the society has been 
 a power for good within our church, both financially and spiritually, 
 and a means by which our young ladies have learned to know, to love, 
 and to labor for the dear church of which they are members, and in so 
 doing will be brought into closer touch and communion with the invisible 
 Church in heaven. 
 
 Laura Jacobson. 
 
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 LUTHERAN WORKERS. 
 
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 LUTHERAN WORKERS 
 
 P A fredagseftermiddagen den 15 oktober 1909 hade vara kvinnor 
 i staden blifvit inbjudna till pastor Conrads hem. Afsikten med 
 detta mote var att stifta en forening bland dessa kvinnor for att 
 gifva dem tillfalle att mota i vara hem en gang i manaden och pa samma 
 gang verka for nagot valgorande andamal. Att de verkligen onskade 
 att en sadan forening skulle stiftas, visade sig daruti, att sa manga kom- 
 mo med redan fran borjan. 
 
 Foreningen antog namnet “The Lutheran Workers.” Foljande am- 
 betsinnehafvare valdes: ordforande, pastor Conrad; vice ordforande, fru 
 Gust Melburg; sekreterare, fru John Runberg; kassor, fru John Bolin. 
 
 Beslut fattades redan vid detta mote att man skulle arbeta for var 
 nya kyrka, som vi i framtiden skulle bygga, och detta beslut har fore¬ 
 ningen pa ett stilla satt fullfoljt. Den har icke gjort mycket vasen af 
 sig, men dock utofvat en valsignelserik verksamhet. Den har skiinkt 
 omkring $300 till kyrkofonden och anskaffade bordsilfver och disker, 
 nar vi flyttade in i var nya kyrka. For tva ar sedan tapetserade fore¬ 
 ningen pastorshuset, och nar detta var betaldt, sa blef det tal om att vi 
 behofde en ny kokstove for vart kok, och da beslutade den att kopa en 
 sadan. En kommitte tillsattes att se till hvad som kunde goras, och 
 resultatet blef att en “combination gas and coal stove” med varm-vatten 
 ledning insattes, hvilket var just hvad vi behofde. Allt ar nu betaldt, 
 hvilket visar att foreningen lefver ett friskt och sundt lif och att den 
 ar villig att verka for Herrens sak pa jorden. Det ar val sant, att detta 
 icke alltid ar ett sakert kannetecken pa ett verkligt troslif, men det ar 
 ocksa sant, att dar man ingenting vill gora for det yttre, dar ar det nog 
 icke val bestalldt med lif vet i Gud. 
 
 Foreningens narvarande ambetsman aro: ordforande, fru Frank Stark; 
 vice ordforande, fru Peter Eckstrom; sekreterare, fru Oscar Purn; kas¬ 
 sor, fru Christine Levine. 
 
 Herren valsigne allt fortfarande denna forenings verksamhet sasom 
 han gjort i det flydda! 
 
 Fru S. N. Johnson. 
 
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 LUTIIKKAN MI10TII KltllOOl). 
 
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 105 
 
 MEN’S LEAGUE, OR LUTHERAN 
 BROTHERHOOD 
 
 O N THE evening of October 19, 1909, the congregation having 
 felt the need of a Men’s Society in the church, an organization 
 was perfected which was called the Men’s League of the Lu¬ 
 theran Church of Monmouth. 
 
 The purpose of this organization was to be to try to interest all the 
 men of the congregation in the church work. The following officers 
 were elected at the first meeting: President, Rev. T. A. Conrad; vice 
 president, David Olson; secretary, Hilding Matson; treasurer, Salmer 
 Linman. 
 
 This organization of the men of the congregation, with the assistance 
 of the ladies at times, held a meeting once a month, and some very 
 interesting and instructive meetings were held, consisting of talks by 
 many outside speakers, discussions bv the men of the church on topics 
 concerning the church work, musical numbers, etc., and while this or¬ 
 ganization only remained active for about two years, we believe the 
 congregation received much blessing from it, and we only wish that it 
 could have continued its meetings longer, as we believe the men of the 
 church need an organization of this kind. 
 
 It was about this time that the congregation commenced the prelimi¬ 
 nary work of securing a new church building, and it was largely through 
 the efforts of the Men’s League that the congregation decided to build 
 the new church on a more desirable location than the one where the old 
 church stands. Many discussions were held at the meetings of the Men’s 
 League in regard to this change of location, and a committee was ap¬ 
 pointed by the League to investigate different sites which were available 
 where we could erect a new church building. 
 
 During its two years of activity the Men’s League received about $85 
 in collections and membership dues, which together with accumulated 
 interest was later turned in to the building fund. 
 
 On Sunday evening, February 17, 1918, after the close of the service, 
 the men of the congregation again got together and organized a society 
 which was called the Lutheran Brotherhood of the First Lutheran 
 Church of Monmouth, Ill. The object of this organization was to be 
 to bring the men of the church into closer fellowship with each other, 
 to work together for the local church, and also to work in co-operation 
 
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 with the Lutheran Brotherhood of America, to further the religious, 
 moral and social well-being of our Lutheran boys in the service of the 
 United States at the different cantonments, as well as upon the battle¬ 
 field. In order to do this the Lutheran Brotherhood of America launched 
 a campaign for about three weeks to raise a fund of $750,000 to be used 
 to erect buildings, supply camp pastors, etc., at the different camps, and 
 our local Brotherhood, after a thorough canvass of all the members of 
 our church, as well as many outside of our church, succeeded in raising 
 about $1,500 for this purpose. 
 
 The following were elected as officers of the Brotherhood for this 
 year: President, Rev. Purn; vice president, Arvid Peterson; secretary, 
 Alfred Linman; corresponding secretary, Mouretz Linman ; treasurer, 
 A. A. Johnson. The total membership of the Brotherhood at the present 
 time is about 100. 
 
 Very interesting meetings have been held once every month, and while 
 the attendance has not been what it should have been thus far, we hope 
 that it will not be long until every man of the congregation will be an 
 active member of the Brotherhood, and we are sure that it will result 
 in much blessing to the congregation as well as to the men themselves. 
 
 Mouretz Linman. 
 
 THE CHOIR 
 
 D uring the early years of our church we had no choir and no 
 organist, but in 1875 an organ was purchased, for which the 
 sum of $40.50 was paid. Ellen Cassel was the congregation’s 
 first organist, being elected to the position in 1877. Previous to this 
 time the singing was led by different individuals, but there was no choir. 
 In 1878 Mr. Ernest Sandstedt was elected organist and served in this 
 capacity until 1882, when Miss Mary Lindstrom took up the work and 
 continued two years. Mr. Frank Johnson became the next organist, 
 who also served two years, his salary being $20 a year. In 1886 Miss 
 Emma Stark was elected, and the salary was also increased to $25 per 
 year, and the following year, 1887, Miss Mary Lindstrom again played 
 for us. In 1888 Miss Stark was elected again and continued until 1891. 
 In 1892 Mr. Frank Johnson was elected at a salary of $50, continuing 
 this time until 1894. The following year Mrs. Rev. Johnson and Miss 
 
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 Mathilda Olson had charge of the work, and in 1896 Miss Olson took 
 charge at a salary of $75 per year, holding the position until 1899, and 
 during this time a new organ was purchased. In 1900 Miss Mary 
 Hagman began her duties and continued to serve the congregation faith¬ 
 fully for many years. Following Miss Hagman’s resignation, Miss 
 Ruth Pearson served as organist for three years. In 1908 a new pipe 
 organ was installed, which has indeed been a great help to us in all our 
 choir work. After Miss Pearson gave up the work, a call was extended 
 to Prof. E. J. Swanson of Superior, Wis., who accepted and stayed with 
 us until October, 1915, resigning to take a position at De Kalb, Ill. 
 M iss Florence Peterson of Galesburg was the next to serve, remaining 
 with us from the fall of 1915 until January, 1918. Miss Amy Gran- 
 lund of Rock Island was then called, beginning her duties in February, 
 but was unable to remain with us for more than a few weeks, so we 
 had to look around for another organist. Prof. Carl Alexis of Fincoln. 
 Neb., was chosen by the church board, and a call was extended to him. 
 Prof. Alexis accepted the call and began his duties in May, 1918, and 
 we sincerely hope that he will remain with us permanently. 
 
 The first choir was organized in 1883, and although it has been hard 
 at times to keep the choir together, nevertheless they have furnished 
 music nearly every Sunday for many years. Some of the members have 
 been very faithful, coming to practice on Friday evenings, singing in 
 the choir on Sundays year after year. Others have come and gone after 
 being members a few weeks or months. At the present time there are 
 about twenty active members in the choir. 
 
 Under the able leadership of Prof. Alexis we hope that the choir may 
 increase both in membership and faithfulness, and that all members will 
 do their utmost to serve both God and their church in the years to come. 
 
 Olga Matson. 
 
 JUBILEE CHORUS 
 
 HE Jubilee Chorus is a musical organization which was organ¬ 
 
 ized on Monday evening, July 23, 1917, in the Luther Room of 
 
 our church, with about fifty young people present, growing to 
 sixty members in a very short time. The following officers were elected : 
 President, Arthur Anderson ; vice president, Alfred Linman ; secretary, 
 M iss Mildred Levine; reporter, Alfred Linman; treasurer, Frank Stark; 
 
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 custodians, Lillian Swanson (soprano), Anna Sanderholm (alto), Algor 
 Bowman (bass) and Arvid Peterson (tenor). Rev. Oscar Purn was 
 elected director and Miss Florence Peterson organist. 
 
 The chorus gave its first concert on October 31, 1917, in our church, 
 when the cantata, “The City of God,” which was written especially for 
 the quadricentennial of the Protestant Reformation which our church 
 was celebrating at that time, was rendered to a large audience. The 
 chorus also sang on Christmas morning, 1917. The soloists in the chorus 
 were as follows: Miss Esther Johnson and Mrs. Oscar Purn, sopranos: 
 Mr. Arthur Anderson, bass; Mr. Arvid Peterson, tenor. 
 
 The intention of this chorus is to at least once a year give some can¬ 
 tata or sing at different festivities and thereby to awaken interest in the 
 musical part of our church work. 
 
 Alfrfd Linman. 
 
 MALE QUARTETTE. 
 
 Alfred Linman, Arvid Peterson, Arthur Anderson, Pastor Oscar Purn. 
 
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 T HE local congregation is a center from which power goes out 
 to the ends of the earth. He who takes an active part in church 
 work is engaged in an enterprise which is world-wide, and which 
 is productive day and night, year in and year out, to the end of time. 
 
 While the local church may be closed most of the time during six 
 days of the week, its work goes on just the same. The influences set in 
 motion by the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the 
 Sacraments are active in the daily life of the Christian. He strives "to 
 do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with his God.'' 
 
 Besides this, the money which he has contributed for the benevolent 
 and mission work of the Church is busy on its many errands of Christian 
 service. Besides assisting in local works of charity, it is building churches 
 and schools, carrying on the work of Christian education, caring for the 
 immigrant and the sailor, the aged, the orphan, the sick and the de¬ 
 pendent, the epileptic and other afflicted at home and abroad, is preaching 
 
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 113 
 
 the Gospel to the heathen in India, China, Japan and Porto Rico, and 
 on the home mission held to the scattered brethren of the household of 
 faith, to the Slavs and to the Jews; is doing rescue work in the great 
 cities with their slums, jails and reformatories, etc. Is it not a splendid 
 work that is thus going on day and night, at home and abroad? Is it 
 not a great privilege that God permits us to have a part in the work of 
 H is busy Vineyard? What a wonderful, divine Enterprise! 
 
 There is no organization, society, lodge or fellowship on earth which 
 can even begin to compare with the Church in the magnitude, importance, 
 and pure charity of its works. He who belongs to the Church is multi¬ 
 plying his capacity for service to his fellowmen manifold. There is 
 practically no limit to its development. When he has given of himself 
 and of his means to the Lord’s cause, as far as he is able, then those 
 whom he has been instrumental in bringing into the Kingdom will take 
 up the work, and will multiply his influence by their own works genera¬ 
 tion after generation, in ever widening circles. Praise be to God for 
 H is Church, which is not only the Ark of our salvation, but also a 
 Vineyard where we may serve Him !—My Church. 
 
CHURCH OFFICERS 
 
 i. Deacons. 
 
 1868— John Beck 2 years, Olof Nelson 2 years, Ake Nelson 1 year, Nels 
 Holm 1 year. 
 
 1869— Ake Nelson 2 years, T. Nordgren 2 years. 
 
 1870— John Holmberg 2 years, Anders Svenson 2 years. 
 
 1871— Ake Nelson 2 years, J. O. Peterson 2 years, B. Hulin 1 year. 
 
 1872— P. Zetterberg 2 years, C. Wist 2 years. 
 
 1873— Swen Moller 2 years, Gustaf Wist 2 years, M. Cassel 1 year, 
 Louis Johnson 1 year. 
 
 1874— J. S. Olson 2 years, John Ekenbom 2 years. 
 
 1875— T. Themanson 2 years, Nels Holcomb 2 years. 
 
 1876— John Ekenbom 2 years, J. S. Olson 2 years. 
 
 1877— Ake Nelson 3 years, Louis Johnson 3 years, O. S. Olson 2 years, 
 C. G. Peterson 2 years, G. Stark 1 year. 
 
 1878— Gust Stark 3 years, A. L. Martin 3 years, G. Sanden 2 years, 
 A. G. Holmberg 1 year, J. S. Olson 1 year. 
 
 1879— J. S. Olson 3 years, A. G. Holmberg 3 years. 
 
 1880— Nels Johnson 3 years, Gustaf Sanden 3 years, Fred Ahlstrand 
 1 year, Nels Holcomb 2 years. 
 
 1881— T. Themanson 3 years, Gustaf Stark 3 years. 
 
 1882— Andrew Nelson 3 years, J. S. Olson 3 years. 
 
 1883— James Erikson 3 years, Nels Holcomb 3 years. 
 
 1884— Gustaf Stark 3 years, N. Anderson 3 years. 
 
 1885— J. S. Olson 3 years, S. J. Lindstrom 3 years, Nels Johnson 1 year. 
 ! 886—Nels Johnson 3 years, Chas. Hult 3 years, Andrew Nelson 1 year. 
 !887—Gustaf Stark 3 years, Swan Johnson 3 years, Peter Moller 2 
 
 years, Nels Fillman 1 year. 
 
 ! 888—J. S. Olson 3 years, Nels Fillman 3 years, August Hagman 2 
 
 years. 
 
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 1889— Nels Johnson 3 years, James Erikson 3 years, Swan Mattson 2 
 years. 
 
 1890— August Hagman 3 years, C. P. Miller 3 years. 
 
 1891— J. S. Olson 3 years, Sven Johnson 3 years. 
 
 1892— Gust. Stark 3 years, John Monson 3 years, A. L. Martin 1 year. 
 
 1893— John Strand 3 years, Chas. P. Miller 3 years. 
 
 1894— J- S. Olson 3 years, A. W. Lindegren 3 years. 
 
 1895— Gustaf Stark 3 years, John Monson 3 years. 
 
 1896— John Strand 3 years, August Hagman 3 years. 
 
 1897— J* S. Olson 3 j^ears, A. W. Lindegren 3 years. 
 
 1898— Swan Johnson 3 years, Gustaf Stark 3 years. 
 
 1899— John Strand 3 years, August Hagman 3 years. 
 
 1900— A. W. Lindegren 3 years, C. G. Peterson 3 years. 
 
 1901— A. L. Martin 3 years, A. A. Johnson 3 years. 
 
 1902— John Strand 3 years, O. N. Levine 3 years. 
 
 1903— Fred Anderson 3 years, J. E. Gagnelius 3 years. 
 
 1904— A. L. Martin 3 years, J. S. Olson 1 year, Swan Johnson 1 year, 
 S. N. Linman 3 years. 
 
 1905— Swan Johnson 3 years, C. A. Johnson 3 years, C. P. Miller 1 
 year. 
 
 1906— J. E. Gagnelius 3 years, J. S. Olson 3 years. 
 
 1907— A. L. Martin 3 years, Gus T. Melhurg 3 years. 
 
 1908— Swan Johnson 3 years, Swan Linman 3 years. 
 
 1909— W. H. Olson 3 years, August Hagman 3 years. 
 
 1910— J. L. Martin 3 years, Abraham Bergren 3 years. 
 
 1911— S. N. Linman 3 years, John Nelson 3 years. 
 
 1912— W. H. Olson 3 years, August Hagman 3 years. 
 
 1913— A. A. Carlson 3 years, J. O. Nelson 3 years. 
 
 1914— S. N. Linman 3 years, John Nelson 3 years. 
 
 1915— August Hagman 3 years, A. L. Martin 3 years. 
 
 1916— A. A. Carlson 3 years, J. O. Nelson 3 years. 
 
 1917— J. A. Swanson 3 years, A. A. Olson 3 years, Mouritz Linman 
 1 year. 
 
 1918— J. E. Stark 3 years, Mouritz Linman 3 years. 
 
 2. Trustees. 
 
 1868— Peter Ringdahl 2 years, Gustaf Wedelin 2 years, Johannes Jacob¬ 
 son 1 year. 
 
 1869— Peter Call 2 years. 
 
 1870— Louis Johnson 2 years, James Larson 2 years. 
 
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 1871— John Beck 2 years, Mans Cassel 2 years. 
 
 1872— B. Hulin 2 years, A. Nelson 2 years. 
 
 1873— T. Nordgren 2 years, Ola Olson 2 years. 
 
 1874— Nels Johnson 2 years, Gustaf Stark 2 years. 
 
 1875— Gustaf Wedelin 2 years, O. S. Olson 2 years. 
 
 1876— John Fred 2 years, Nels Johnson 2 years. 
 
 1877— Nels Holcomb 2 years, S. J. Lindstrom 2 years. 
 
 1878— Olof Swenson 3 years, John L. Martin 3 years, Louis Martin 
 2 years, T. Themanson 1 year. 
 
 1879— T. Themanson 3 years, Nels Holcomb 3 years. 
 
 1880— Gustaf Stark 3 years, J. S. Olson 3 years. 
 
 1881— Olof Swenson 3 years, John Lundell 3 years. 
 
 1882— Nels Holcomb 3 years, Fred Ahlstrand 3 years, Thomas Thulin 
 2 years. 
 
 1883— Swan Mattson 3 years, Gustaf Stark 3 years. 
 
 1884— Thomas Thulin 3 years, Nels Johnson 3 years. 
 
 1885— Gust A. Ahlstrand 3 years, James Erikson 3 years. 
 
 1886— Gustaf Stark 3 years, A. L. Martin 3 years. 
 
 1887— N. P. Nelson 3 years, Thomas Swanson 3 years. 
 
 1888— August Hagman 3 years, Theodore Ekstrom 3 years. 
 
 1889— A. L. Martin, Thomas Thulin. 
 
 1890— Gust Melburg 3 years, N. P. Nelson 3 years, John Martin 1 year. 
 
 1891— John Monson 3 years, S. N. Linman 3 years. 
 
 1892— A. A. Johnson 3 years, O. N. Levine 3 years. 
 
 1893— Thomas Thulin 3 years, Martin Jacobson. 
 
 1894— Swan Linman 3 years, John Blomgren 3 years. 
 
 1895— O. N. Levine 3 years, A. A. Johnson 3 years. 
 
 1896— John Nelson 3 years, Chas. P. Miller 3 years. 
 
 1897— Swan Linman 3 years, W. H. Olson 3 years. 
 
 1898— A. L. Martin 3 years, Gust Nelson 3 years. 
 
 1899— John Nelson 3 years, Chas. P. Miller 3 years. 
 
 1900— Swan Linman 3 years, W. H. Olson 3 years. 
 
 1901— J. S. Olson 3 years, Louis N. Levine. 
 
 1902— John Nelson 3 years, John A. Swanson 3 years. 
 
 1903— Oscar Fredrickson 3 years, W. H. Olson 3 years. 
 
 1904— Alfred Linman 3 years, Nels Levine 3 years. 
 
 1905— John Swanson 3 years, John E. Stark 3 years. 
 
 1906— Nels Murk 3 years, Frank Johnson 3 years. 
 
 1907— Alfred Linman 3 years, Nels Levine 3 years. 
 
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 117 
 
 1908— John A. Swanson 3 years, J. E. Stark 3 years. 
 
 1909— Chas. Dahlgren 3 years, Roy Newman 3 years, J. W. Pearson 
 
 2 years. 
 
 1910— Alfred Linman 3 years, George Oberg 3 years. 
 
 1911— J. A. Swanson 3 years, J. W. Pearson 3 years, Chas. Isaacson 
 
 3 years. 
 
 1912— Chas. Dahlgreen 3 years, Chas. Strand 3 years, F. A. Johnson 3 
 years, Axel Larson 1 year. 
 
 1913— Alfred Linman 3 years, Edward Hanson 3 years, Nels A. Swan¬ 
 son 3 years. 
 
 1914— J. W. Pearson 3 years, Chas. Isaacson 3 years, F. A. Stark 3 yrs. 
 
 19 1 5— Chas. Dahlgreen 3 years, Alfred Melburg 3 years, A. A. Johnson 
 3 years. 
 
 1916— Emil Lauger 3 years, Fred L. Nelson 3 years, Carl Sw T anson 3 
 years. 
 
 1917— J. W. Pearson 3 years, Chas. Isaacson 3 years, W. J. Newman 
 
 2 years, F. A. Stark 3 years. 
 
 1918— Chas. Dahlgreen 3 years, A. A. Johnson 3 years, Elmer Carlson 
 
 3 years. 
 
 3. Secretaries. 
 
 1868— Olof Nelson. 
 
 1869— Johannes Jacobson. 
 
 1870— Anders Nelson. 
 
 1871— Anders Nelson. 
 
 1872— N. Nordling. 
 
 1873— O. S. Olson. 
 
 1874— O. S. Olson. 
 
 1 875— O. S. Olson. 
 
 1876— O. S. Olson. 
 
 1877— C. G. Peterson. 
 
 1878— J. P. Lundell and 
 J. S. Olson. 
 
 1879— J. S. Olson. 
 
 1880— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1881— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1882— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1883— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1884— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1885— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1886— Fred Ahlstrand. 
 
 1887— August Hagman. 
 
 1888— August Hagman. 
 
 1889— August Hagman. 
 
 1890— August Hagman. 
 
 1891— August Hagman. 
 
 1892— Gus T. Melburg. 
 
 1893— Gus T. Melburg. 
 
 1894— A- A. Johnson. 
 
 1895— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1896— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1897— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1898— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1899— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1900— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1901— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1902— A. A. Johnson. 
 
ANNIVERSAR 
 
 1903— O. N. Levine and 
 A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1904— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1905— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1906— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1907— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1908— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1909— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1910— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 4 - 
 
 1868— John Beck. 
 
 1869— John Beck. 
 
 1870— John Beck. 
 
 1871— Mans Cassel. 
 
 1872— John Beck. 
 
 1873— B. Hulin. 
 
 1874— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1875— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1876— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1877— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1878— Nels Holcomh. 
 
 1879— Nels Holcomb. 
 
 1880— Nels Holcomb. 
 
 1881— Nels Holcomb. 
 
 1882— Nels Holcomb. 
 
 1883— Nels Holcomb. 
 
 1884— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1885— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1886— Nels Johnson. 
 
 1887— N. P. Nelson. 
 
 1888— N. P. Nelson. 
 
 1889— N. P. Nelson. 
 
 1890— Thomas Thulin. 
 
 1891— Thomas Thulin. 
 
 1892— Thom as Thul in. 
 
 1893— O. N. Levine. 
 
 1911— A. A. Olson. 
 
 1912— A. A. Olson. 
 
 1913— A. A. Olson. 
 
 1914— A. A. Olson. 
 
 1915— Mouritz Linman. 
 
 1916— Mouritz Linman. 
 
 1917— A. A. Olson. 
 
 1918— A. A. Olson. 
 
 1894— O. N. Levine. 
 
 1895— O. N. Levine. 
 
 1896— O. N. Levine. 
 
 1897— O. N. Levine. 
 
 1898— John Nelson. 
 
 1899— John Nelson. 
 
 1900— John Nelson. 
 
 1901— John Nelson. 
 
 1902— John Nelson. 
 
 1903— John Nelson. 
 
 1904— W. H. Olson. 
 
 1905— W. H. Olson. 
 
 1906— W. H. Olson. 
 
 1907— J. E. Stark. 
 
 1908— J. E. Stark. 
 
 1909— J. W. Pearson. 
 
 1910— J. W. Pearson. 
 
 1911— J. W. Pearson. 
 
 1912— J. W. Pearson. 
 
 1913— Alfred Linman. 
 
 1914— Chas. Dahlgreen. 
 
 19 1 5— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1916— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1917— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 1918— A. A. Johnson. 
 
 Treasurers. 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
 119 
 
 5. Organists. 
 
 1868— 
 
 1869— 
 
 1870— M. P. Zetterberg. 
 
 1871— M. P. Zetterberg. 
 
 1872— Mrs. N. Nordling. 
 
 1873— Mrs. N. Nordling. 
 
 1874— John Eckenbom. 
 
 1875— John Eckenbom. 
 
 1876— John Eckenbom. 
 
 1877— Ellen Cassel. 
 
 1878— Ernest Sandstedt. 
 
 1879— Ernest Sandstedt. 
 
 1880— Ernest Sandstedt. 
 
 1881— Ernest Sandstedt. 
 
 1882— Mary Lindstrom. 
 
 1883— Mary Lindstrom. 
 
 1884— Erank Johnson. 
 
 1885— Frank Johnson. 
 
 1886— Emma Stark. 
 
 1887— Mary Lindstrom. 
 
 1888— Emma Stark. 
 
 1889— Emma Stark. 
 
 1890— Emma Stark. 
 
 1891— Emma Stark. 
 
 1892— Erank Johnson. 
 
 1893— Frank Johnson. 
 
 1894— Frank Johnson. 
 
 1895— Mrs. Rev. Johnson and 
 Mathilda Olson. 
 
 1896— Mathilda Olson. 
 
 1897— Mathilda Olson. 
 
 1898— Mathilda Olson. 
 
 1899— Mathilda Olson. 
 
 1900— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1901— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1902— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1903— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1904— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1905— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1906— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1907— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1908— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1909— Mary Hagman. 
 
 1910— Ruth Pearson. 
 
 1911— Ruth Pearson. 
 
 1912— Ruth Pearson. 
 
 1913— Emil J. Swanson. 
 
 1914— Emil J. Swanson. 
 
 1915— Emil J. Swanson. 
 
 1916— Florence Peterson. 
 
 1917— Florence Peterson. 
 
 1918— Amy Granlund and 
 Carl Alexis. 
 
 6. Sextons. 
 
 1868— 
 
 1869— 
 
 1870— 
 
 1871— O. J. Peterson. 
 
 1872— O. J. Peterson. 
 
 1873— N. Rotting. 
 
 1874— N. Rotting. 
 
 1875— Members in routine. 
 
 1876— Members in routine. 
 
 1 877— Members in routine. 
 
 1878— Members in routine. 
 
 1879— Members in routine. 
 
 1880— Members in routine. 
 
 1881— Members in routine. 
 
 1882— Members in routine. 
 
 1883— Thomas Thulin. 
 
 1884— James Erikson. 
 
 1885— James Erikson. 
 
120 
 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 1886— James Erikson. 
 
 1887— James Erikson. 
 
 1888— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1889— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1890— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1891— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1892— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1893— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1894— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1895— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1896— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1897— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1898— Sven Gummarson. 
 
 1899— August Hagman. 
 
 1900— John Mattson. 
 
 1901— John Mattson. 
 
 1902— John Mattson. 
 
 1903 —John Mattson. 
 
 1904— John Mattson. 
 
 1905— John E. Stark. 
 
 1906— John Mattson. 
 
 1907 —John Mattson. 
 
 1908—John Mattson. 
 
 1909 —John Mattson. 
 
 1910— John Mattson. 
 
 1911— John Mattson. 
 
 1912— John Mattson. 
 
 1913— John Mattson. 
 
 1914— J. E. Stark. 
 
 1915— J. E. Stark & S. O. Matson 
 
 1916— J. E. Stark & S. O. Matson 
 
 1917— J. E. Stark & S. O. Matson 
 
 1918— J. E. Stark «Sc S. O. Matson 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
 121 
 
 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 
 
122 
 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 STATISTICS 
 
 >i 
 
 § 
 
 bp 
 
 Xfl 
 
 £ 
 
 O 
 
 > 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 w 
 
 X 
 
 £ 
 
 
 <s 
 
 V* 
 
 rv» 
 
 h 
 
 Pr 
 
 T5 
 
 0) 
 
 Xfl 
 
 rt 
 
 <v 
 
 V 
 
 v 
 
 £ 2 
 
 £ £ 
 c - 
 
 Hr- 
 
 Pna: ' d 
 
 £ 
 
 £ 
 
 Synodical 
 
 Treasury 
 
 
 X 
 
 1 
 
 _ 'X 
 
 3 z 
 r 1 x 
 
 ~ X 
 
 — < 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X i. 
 
 X 
 
 .18(58 
 
 
 % 
 
 •K 
 
 15 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 $ $ 
 
 > 
 
 r 
 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 60 100 
 
 5 
 
 
 60 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1870 
 
 frame 
 
 
 5C0 
 
 60 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1871 
 
 frame 
 
 
 1,060 
 
 60 ICO 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1872 
 
 frame 
 
 
 1.000 
 
 87 150 
 
 21 
 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 i 
 
 
 1 
 
 l 
 
 
 .. 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1873 
 
 frame 
 
 
 1 .000 1(H) 169 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 13 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 l 
 
 
 .. 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 8.80 
 
 
 1874 
 
 frame 
 
 lot 
 
 1,200 
 
 92 162 
 
 6 
 
 
 19 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 
 9 
 
 l 
 
 
 . 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 15.00 
 
 
 1875 
 
 frame 
 
 lot 
 
 1,200 
 
 80 124 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 13 .. 
 
 9 
 
 l 
 
 
 . 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1876 
 
 frame 
 
 lot 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1877 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2.000 
 
 93 153 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 14 . 
 
 3 
 
 l 
 
 
 . . 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 6.10 
 
 4.00 
 
 1878 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 ■2.000 103 172 
 
 o 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 l 
 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 3.07 
 
 3.07 
 
 1879 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2,000 
 
 7.1 
 
 149 
 
 4 
 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 95 . 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 3.64 
 
 
 1880 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1881 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2,000 
 
 70 110 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 .... 
 
 15 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 17.00 
 
 
 
 1882 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 9.000 
 
 96 147 
 
 3 
 
 
 34 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 
 15 18 
 
 1 
 
 
 17.50 
 
 
 
 1883 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2,000 101 160 
 
 8 
 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 20 90 
 
 1 
 
 
 24.00 
 
 7.80 
 
 
 1884 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2,000 107 167 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 94 90 
 
 1 
 
 
 24.00 
 
 
 
 1885 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 2,600 135 220 
 
 29 
 
 
 41 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 9 .7 
 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 25 30 
 
 6 
 
 5.00 
 
 31.90 
 
 10.11 
 
 19.47 
 
 1886 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 3,000 154 241 
 
 24 
 
 16 
 
 41 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 8 1 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 28 30 
 
 6 
 
 3.00 
 
 42.50 
 
 21.45 
 
 . 
 
 1887 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 3,000 149 238 
 
 28 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 8 .. 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 29 30 
 
 5 
 
 7.70 
 
 98.10 
 
 23.42 
 
 12.75 
 
 1888 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 3,000 143 250 
 
 28 
 
 5 
 
 41 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 24 .. 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 23 35 
 
 1 
 
 7.45 
 
 37.25 
 
 25.59 
 
 . 
 
 1889 
 
 frame 
 
 h & lot 
 
 3,000 158 °88 
 
 36 
 
 
 37 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 25 35 
 
 0 
 
 
 94.20 
 
 
 
 1890 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 3,COO 164 318 
 
 45 
 
 ... 
 
 32 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 3 1 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 24 40 
 
 • 
 
 7.15 
 
 35.75 
 
 36.10 
 
 
 1891 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1892 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 3,000 IS'* 327 
 
 30 
 
 12 
 
 23 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 25 4 
 
 
 
 73.00 
 
 99.70 
 
 
 1893 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 4,500 193 336 
 
 99 
 
 13 
 
 19 
 
 IS 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 
 .. 40 
 
 9 
 
 
 23.00 
 
 35.50 
 
 
 1894 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 4,500 183 328 
 
 27 
 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 3 
 
 10 .. 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 38 65 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 21.45 
 
 39.85 
 
 7.00 
 
 1895 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 195 331 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 7 .. 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 25 65 
 
 9 
 
 1.80 
 
 
 35.76 
 
 . 
 
 1896 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 
 
 900 348 
 
 30 
 
 
 21 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 5 .. 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 .. 65 
 
 10 
 
 1.25 
 
 83.75 
 
 32.98 
 
 10.00 
 
 1897 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 
 
 223 354 
 
 32 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 5 .. 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 26 65 
 
 10 
 
 1.55 
 
 50.00 
 
 12.69 
 
 ........ 
 
 1898 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 224 364 
 
 23 
 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 25 75 
 
 11 
 
 1.10 
 
 52.51 
 
 
 12.00 
 
 1899 
 
 frame 
 
 h lot 
 
 n COO 992 261 
 
 96 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 i 
 
 19 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 36 70 
 
 11 
 
 1 60 
 
 59.95 
 
 
 
 1900 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 
 
 210 354 
 
 27 
 
 i 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 5 .. 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 22 7n 
 
 11 
 
 2.00 
 
 55.82 
 
 . 
 
 18.40 
 
 1901 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 
 
 234 372 
 
 29 
 
 15 
 
 21 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 94 70 
 
 12 
 
 1.90 
 
 52.50 
 
 1.82 
 
 19.71 
 
 1902 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 5,000 
 
 246 375 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 17 70 
 
 12 
 
 2.20 
 
 65.10 
 
 1.38 
 
 7.94 
 
 1903 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 8,000 
 
 265 400 
 
 31 
 
 12 
 
 33 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 5 .. 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 22 70 
 
 12 
 
 3.71 
 
 61.50 
 
 
 13.17 
 
 1904 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 8,000 
 
 272 425 
 
 14 
 
 ... 
 
 37 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 5 .. 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 52 90 
 
 14 
 
 4.61 
 
 66.25 
 
 
 41.97 
 
 1905 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 8,000 
 
 314 456 
 
 15 
 
 29 
 
 49 
 
 22 
 
 3 
 
 i .. 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 23 90 
 
 14 
 
 8.16 
 
 876.00 
 
 4.80 
 
 89.34 
 
 1906 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 8,000 
 
 321 458 
 
 26 
 
 
 26 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 3 .. 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 25 90 
 
 14 
 
 9.42 
 
 81.62 
 
 3.00 
 
 16.08 
 
 1907 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 12,500 
 
 330 460 
 
 15 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 4 .. 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 1 11 80 
 
 17 
 
 9.63 
 
 80.25 
 
 
 25.00 
 
 1908 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 15,000 
 
 360 
 
 540 
 
 30 
 
 14 
 
 69 
 
 4 
 
 i 
 
 1 .. 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 28 17 
 
 90 
 
 9.90 
 
 82.50 
 
 11.65 
 
 50.00 
 
 1909 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 15,000 
 
 370 
 
 548 
 
 15 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 t 
 
 11 .. 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 25 17 
 
 90 
 
 10.80 
 
 90.00 
 
 
 260.00 
 
 1910 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 20,000 
 
 400 
 
 569 
 
 22 
 
 20 
 
 34 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 1 35 17 
 
 90 
 
 11.10 
 
 92.50 
 
 54.32 
 
 161.06 
 
 1911 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 20,000 
 
 425 
 
 622 
 
 23 
 
 20 
 
 44 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 8 .. 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 42 17 
 
 100 
 
 12.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 24.60 
 
 105.00 
 
 1912 
 
 frame 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 25,000 
 
 450 
 
 636 
 
 11 
 
 17 
 
 36 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 9 .. 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 .. 16 100 
 
 12.75 
 
 305.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 1913 
 
 st & br 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 60,000 
 
 475 
 
 688 
 
 16 
 
 24 
 
 35 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 .... 6 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 34 12 
 
 90 
 
 14.60 
 
 112.50 
 
 18.45 
 
 140.00 
 
 1914 
 
 st & br 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 65,000 
 
 500 
 
 702 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 99 
 
 4 
 
 o 
 
 <> 
 
 8 .. 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 20 15 
 
 100 
 
 13.50 
 
 118.75 
 
 175.75 
 
 137.50 
 
 1915 St & br 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 65,000 
 
 525 
 
 721 
 
 20 
 
 34 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 11 .. 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 1 35 18 100 
 
 15.00 
 
 118.75 
 
 60. 00 
 
 166.00 
 
 1916 st & br 
 
 h. & lot 
 
 6n, (XX ) 
 
 530 
 
 798 
 
 17 
 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 1 35 18 100 
 
 15.75 
 
 125.00 
 
 73.00 
 
 906.21 
 
 1917 
 
 st & br 
 
 b. & lot 
 
 65,000 
 
 556 
 
 734 
 
 15 
 
 22 
 
 30 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 22 20 237 
 
 21.20 
 
 213.75 
 
 5.00 
 
 336.40 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 875 
 
 405 1,038 
 
 365 
 
 146 
 
 282 8 
 
 244 
 
 252 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 215.83 3,465.95 
 
 791.23 1,961.60 
 
 * Xo statistics. 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
 123 
 
 1868-1918 
 
 ~ Xfl 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .0 
 
 
 rtf 
 
 C/P 
 
 0 
 
 OP 
 
 O 
 
 ? C/3 
 
 s’ and 
 Iks’ 
 
 
 02 
 
 rtf 
 
 0 
 
 CP 
 
 CP 
 
 a 
 
 o> 
 
 OP 
 
 •M 
 
 Cw 
 
 bJ3 
 
 CP 
 
 & 
 
 Total 
 
 a 
 
 .0 
 
 w 4_j 
 
 S2 
 
 ^ C/J 
 
 O C-P 
 
 2 a 
 
 a > O 
 
 5 w 
 
 ^ CP 
 
 •C 
 
 +-> 
 
 ^■a 
 
 0 
 
 O 
 
 rr-, 
 
 35 
 
 
 Ph 3 0/ 
 
 *3’53 
 
 3 c/3 
 
 0 Tj 
 
 OS 
 
 <•*3 
 
 ft 
 
 
 GO 
 
 0 
 
 O 
 
 
 0 
 
 Ph 
 
 — 4 -* 
 
 Z “ 
 
 »h 
 ►—' >— 1 
 
 ° 
 
 Orp 
 
 Old 
 
 Hor 
 
 C/3 
 
 0 
 
 w 
 
 Cw 
 
 U1 
 
 O 
 
 Eh 
 
 0 
 
 H 
 
 O 
 
 H 
 
 C3 
 
 O 
 
 O 
 
 4-* 
 
 c/p 
 
 | 
 
 $ $ 
 
 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 1 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 $ 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 C. Walline, v. 
 C. Walline, v. 
 Vacant . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 76.00 
 500.00 
 500.00 
 500.00 
 470.00 
 435.00 
 457.00 
 1,210.00 
 476.00 
 6.14 
 3.64 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ’ 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 l 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 E. Peterson . 
 E. Peterson . 
 Vacant ...... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 471 00 Vacant . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 466.00 
 
 1,046.58 
 
 885.79 
 
 794.75 
 
 £65.10 
 
 798.44 
 
 643.21 
 
 900.87 
 
 738.33 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 1 
 
 
 1.40 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Vacant . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 J. E. Floren. 
 .1. E. Floren. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 A. Johnson .. 
 T. A. Conrad 
 '1'. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 T. A. Conrad 
 Oscar Purn .. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 809.76 
 
 1.726.82 
 818.73 
 
 1.269.83 
 888.94 
 
 1,160.60 
 
 1,643.07 
 
 1,141.85 
 
 1,321.70 
 
 1,418.36 
 
 1.639.54 
 2,075.72 
 3,053.39 
 2,897.56 
 2,064.68 
 8,369.19 
 5,875.00 
 3,792.13 
 7,479.33 
 3,119.58’ 
 9,697.90 
 
 31.193.90 
 30,004.08 
 7,189.25 
 7,210.98 
 
 9.958.55 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 45.75 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 48.75 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26.18 
 
 44.60 
 41.80 
 49.26 
 45.91 
 
 58.50 
 
 61.50 
 66.25 
 
 81.60 
 109.90 
 112.35 
 
 115.50 
 135.00 
 
 119.50 
 140.00 
 348.00 
 
 157.50 
 30.00 
 
 125.00 
 
 131.25 
 
 212.00 
 
 20.82 
 
 28.35 
 
 25.20 
 
 24.42 
 
 34.55 
 
 57.65 
 
 25.75 
 
 120.18 
 
 35.10 
 
 25.85 
 
 36.77 
 
 71.48 
 
 128.70 
 
 92.50 
 
 100.00 
 
 106.25 
 112.50 
 118.75 
 125.00 
 
 131.25 
 159.00 
 
 
 775.00 
 865.00 
 806.00 
 885.75 
 1,008.75 
 972.00 
 886.05 
 941.90 
 938.10 
 930.00 
 1,314.00 
 1,210.00 
 1,600.00 
 1,500.00 
 1,600.00 
 1,506.00 
 1,613.72 
 2,070.00 
 2,119.65 
 2,010.00 
 2,433.90 
 
 66.24 
 
 181.32 
 
 99.22 
 
 106.93 
 
 143.93 
 107.46 
 127.17 
 140.57 
 
 1,077.79 
 
 219.64 
 
 142.03 
 
 179.78 
 
 996.49 
 
 350.87 
 
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 21.00 
 
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 129,884.87 
 
 160,585.42 
 
ANNIVERSARY 
 
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 PROGRAM 
 
 for Femtio-arsjubileum i Fbrsta Evangelisk Lutherska 
 Forsamlingen i Monmouth, Illinois 
 September 13-15, 1918 
 
 FREDAGEN DEN 13 SEPTEMBER KL. 8 E. M. 
 
 HO GMASS oguds TJaNS t. 
 
 1. Psalmen nr 268.Forsamlixgex 
 
 2. Altartjanst. . . . Pastorerxa J. A. Johns och David Laurexce 
 
 3. Gradualpsalm nr 421: 3—5.Forsamlixgex 
 
 4. Sang—Davids 150 psalm. Wennerberg 
 
 JUBELKOREX. 
 
 5. Predikan—Text: Luk. 10: 38—42. Pastor F. A. Johxssox 
 
 6. Short Cantata—"The Lord Reigneth”. Schnecker 
 
 Jubilee Chorus. 
 
 7. Sermon—“Words for Evil Days,” Eph. 5: 15—21. 
 
 .Pastor A. C. Youxgdahl 
 
 8. Halsning . Forsamlixgexs pastor 
 
 9. Palysningar. 
 
 10. Psalmen nr 272. 
 
 11. Altartjanst. 
 
 LORDAGEN DEN 14 SEPTEMBER. 
 
 Kl. 9 f. m. Distriktets affarsmote. 
 
 Kl. 10 f. m. Samtal ofver Augsburgiska bekannelsens tjugonde artikel: 
 Om rattfardigheten och goda garningar. 
 
 Inledare: pastor C. E. Olsson. 
 
SOUVENIR 
 
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 Kl. 12 mid. 
 Kl. 2 e. m. 
 
 KL 6 e. m. 
 
 Gemensam middag serveras af Dorkas-foreningen. 
 Predikan af pastor F. R. Carlson. 
 
 Sang—Kvartetten. 
 
 Fortsattning af samtalet. 
 
 Mottagning for prjisterskapet i priistgarden. 
 
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 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 10:30 A. M. 
 COMMUNION SERVICE . 
 
 Hymn No. 223: 1—3. Congregation 
 
 Preparatory Sermon. Pastor Waldo Ekeberg 
 
 Liturgy. Pastors N. E. Kron and Gideon Olson 
 
 Hymn No. 302.Congregation 
 
 Anthem—“Even Me” (Warren) . Church Choir 
 
 Predikan. Pastor Titus A. Conrad 
 
 Anthem—“Seek Ye the Lord” (Roberts) . Church Choir 
 
 Announcements. 
 
 Hymn No. 231 : 1—2, and Liturgy. 
 
 Hymn No. 222, and Liturgy. 
 
 SUNDAY, 3 P. M. 
 
 ANNIVERSARY SERVICE. 
 
 Hymn No. 187 .Congregation 
 
 Scripture Reading and Prayer .Pastor G. Olson 
 
 Anthem—Hark, Hark, My Soul! (Shelley) . . . .Jubilee Chorus 
 
 Address .Pastor Peter Peterson, Chicago 
 
 Anniversary Offering. 
 
 Hymn No. 93 : 1—3 .Congregation 
 
 Tal ....Pastor T. A. Conrad 
 
 Duet .Mrs. Oscar Purn and A. V. Peterson 
 
 Historical Sketch .The Pastor 
 
 Hymn No. 193: 1—2, and Benediction. 
 
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 SUNDAY, 8 P. M. 
 
 SACRED CONCERT. 
 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 1. Organ Prelude and Processional. 
 
 2. Scripture Reading and Prayer. Pastor W. P. Axdersox 
 
 3. Organ—a. Toccata and Fuga in D Minor. Bach 
 
 b. Prelude. Wagnei * (Arr. by Warren) 
 
 Prof. Carl Alexis. 
 
 4. The Cantata “The City of God,” by Reed-Matthews, rendered by 
 the Jubilee Chorus, assisted by Octette. Soloists: Esther John¬ 
 son, M rs. Oscar Purn, T. L. Rvdbeck and A. V. Peterson. 
 
 5. Short Address. Pastor Peter Petersox, Chicago 
 
 6. Closing Remarks—The Pastor of Congregation and the President 
 
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