Our Churches and Institutions In Some of Our Large Cities New York -The fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Gustavus Adolphus Church, Rev. Mauritz Stolpe, D. D., pastor, was celebrated on November 16 to 20. The principal festival was held in the evening of the 17th, at which the address was by Rev. Dr. C. E. Lindberg, of the Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Ill. Other speakers at various times were Rev. Drs. M. C. Ranseen and G. F. Krotel, Revs. F. Jacobson, Ph. D.; J. E. Lorimer, C. P. Edlund, N. W. Swenson, A. B. Lilja, G. Nelsenius and E. A. Zetterstrand. -St. Peter's Church, Flushing, which began its existence in October, under the leadership of Rev. J. Howard Worth, was permanently organized as Holy Trinity Church, November 21, this name being taken out of respect to Holy Trinity Church, Manhattan. There are about 25 charter members in the new organization, and the outlook is encouraging. -On Sunday evening, December 3, the Church of the Redeemer, No. 422 and 424 West Fortyfourth street, the Rev. W. Dallmann, pastor, celebrated its tenth anniversary. Sermons in German and English. The pastor, the Rev. Wm. Dallmann, has accepted a call to Milwaukee, where he will be pastor of Mt. Olivet congregation. -A Missouri Mission congregation was organized recently at Brook avenue and 144th street, and Rev. Henry Pottsberg was installed as the pastor. Philadelphia ---On Sunday evening, November 19, Rev. Paul D. Witman was installed pastor of Betheden Lutheran Church, Rev. H. C. Alleman delivering the charge to the pastor and Rev. S. D. Daugherty the charge to the congregation. -St. Michael's Church, Germantown, Rev. S. A. Ziegenfuss, D. D., pastor, celebrated its 175th anniversary November 12 to 14. The chief service was held on Sunday morning, when Rev. Dr. F. A. Kaehler, of Buffalo, a former pastor, preached the sermon, and Rev. Dr. Jacobs and Rev. Dr. Spieker assisted in the service. A feature of the celebration was an effort on the part of the congregation to clear up the church's indebtedness. -The Rev. H. F. Sieger, Spring City, Pa., has accepted the unanimous call of the Church of the Resurrection. Chicago -Amity Evangelical Lutheran Church is the name of a new General Synod congregation organized on the North Side, Sunday, November 12. It is at present cared for by the Rev. J. N. Lentz, the General Synod City Missionary. Jersey City -The Church of the Redeemer, Rev. John E. Heindel, pastor, consecrated on the morning of Reformation Day, October 29, a chapel which had been erected during the summer at a cost of $1,300. The chapel increases the seating capacity of the church from 325 to 475, which was needed by the growing congregation. congregation was organized in 1898 by the present pastor, and has had a truly remarkable This growth, having received into membership 568 persons in the seven years of work. And this work has been done by thoroughly conservative Lutheran methods. The Sunday School numbers 450. Two Luther Leagues are among the active agencies. Toledo -Trinity Church, Rev. J. G. Neiffer, D. D., pastor, has begun an effort to purchase a better site than the present and erect a new edifice, the congregation having outgrown the present one. At the Reformation Festival a vested choir of sixteen voices sang the service for the first time. -Toledo is said to be the strongest Lutheran city, proportionately, between Philadelphia and Chicago. The Lutherans number as many as the three other strongest denominations put together. Much more could be done for English Lutheranism if there were the men and the means. Pittsburg -Rev. Dr. Smith, who for fourteen years has served Christ Church, preached his farewell sermon on November 26. Rochester --The Rev. W. E. Murray, who has been pastor of Grace Church since 1895, resigned on October 29 to accept a call to Mahone Bay, N. S. Allegheny . -Dr. John G. Goettman, who died November 5, had been pastor of Trinity Church from 1863 to 1897. He was one of the organizers and leaders of the Pittsburg Synod (G. S.). Minneapolis -The Luther Hospital belonging to the Norwegian Synod is entirely too small for the demands that are made upon it. The property is to be sold, if possible, and another one secured in its stead. If this cannot be done, the present building is to be torn down and a new erected to house 300 patients at one time. Miscellaneous one --Six Lutheran churches in the Pennsylvania Ministerium have celebrated the 175th anniversary of their life within this year. They are: Trinity Church, Lancaster; Trinity Church, New Holland; Goshenhoppen Church, in Montgomery County; Christ Church, Jefferson; Emmanuel Church, Bricherville; St. Michael's, Germantown, Philadelphia. -Judge Peter S. Grosscup writes in the December issue of the American Magazine a paper on the question, "Who Shall Own America?" which is being read widely, and which has received editorial comment from nearly 100 important American newspapers. The paper is a very clear and reasonable discussion of the whole question of corporate ownership of the industrial machinery, and concludes by suggesting a specific remedy for the abuses and weakresses of such ownership. A peculiarly impressive paragraph points out the fatal weakness of the policy of Government ownership of all property, which policy, advanced and advocated by the Socialists, is meeting so much favor these days. George H. Schnur, pastor, celebrated the "Bi- -Rev. Anda, Western Field Secretary, opened a new mission in Madison, Wis., Sunday, November 19. -A Swedish Lutheran Church was recently organized at Olympia, Wash. -The committee appointed by the Iowa Conference to look around for a suitable location on which to erect a home for the aged has received an offer from the Swedish Lutheran congregation in Madrid, Ia. The location is a desirable one, about three-fourths of a mile from Madrid. The property can be purchased for $1,000, and the Swedish congregation, of which C. E. Benson is pastor, has already secured a subscription to that amount, providing the offer is accepted. Madrid is centrally located and has good railroad facilities. -Mr. John H. Converse, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, has given a check for $1,000 to found a scholarship at Roanoke College, Virginia, which is to be assigned to a young man intending to study for the Christian ministry. -The Wisconsin pastors of the Ohio and German Iowa Synods have decided to hold a free conference for the purpose of discussing the question: "Are the differences between us of such a nature as to keep our churches apart?" -The religious census of Berlin, Canada, taken recently, showed a population of 11,703. The Lutheran leads among the eighteen denominations, having 4,331 souls. The Roman Catholics number 2,478 souls. -The number of Germans in the Russian Empire is now estimated at about 2,000,000. -The people of the Duchy of Coburg intend to give young Duke Charles Edward a wedding present of a sum of money sufficient to restore the Luther Church in the old castle of Coburg, in which Luther lived and preached 375 years ago. -In the State of California there are about 20,000 Swedes. About 15,000 of these say, when asked what faith they hold to, that they were born and brought up in the Lutheran Church. -An exchange says: "Russia for the first time has a Lutheran general for her Minister of War, Baron Rediger, one of those Baltic noblemen who are always loyal to their ruler and whose hands are free from graft. The Union Pacific "Gasoline Motor The Mechanical Department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company recently turned out at the Omaha shops a very complete gasoline motor car to take the place of steam locomotives on branch lines, where traffic is more or less intermittent, and also for high speed interurban work. This motor car shows a remarkable development of power. After some little preliminary running about the shop yards, during which the car successfully hauled a heavy modern passenger coach weighing 90,000 pounds and also ran up a sharp grade of 7.8 per cent., or about 400 feet to the mile, the car being stopped and started repeatedly on the grade, the car made several experimental trips which demonstrated that it ran very smoothly and noiselessly, and that no smell of gasoline or oil was to be noticed in the passenger end of the car; also that it could easily be handled by a crew of two men, a motorman and a conductor. The design of the car is unique and entirely new; the aim being from the first to improve upon old established practices and conventional designs, and to introduce features more in keeping with twentieth century engineering methods. The Church Beautiful To assist our Lutheran friends in securing what they want in the way of Church Furnishings we will be pleased to furnish catalogues and best prices on Pulpits, Altars, Lecterns, Fonts, bymn Boards, Altar Hangings, Church Silver, Crosses, Candlesticks, &c., &c. Let us know what you want and about how much you are willing to pay and we will send particulars without cost Address CHURCH ART AND DECORATIVE DEP'T, Luther League Conducted by I. S. RUNYON SEND IN THE NEWS.-Under this heading we aim to give the fullest reports possible of all District and Local Leagues. Secretaries and other officers are earnestly solicited to send in reports and items of news promptly. 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New York City District -The Luther League of New York city held a regular business session at St. James' Church on Tuesday evening, November 21. The recommendations of the State League adopted at the last convention were considered, and all that had not been anticipated were either adopted or adapted to local conditions. The most important of these was the recommendation for a District League press committee, and was, aftter some debate, adopted. The object in creating this committee is to circulate news of the League work, and especially to provide The Review with a competent and duly authorized correspondent in each League. A proposition emanated from the literature committee to make the Reading Circle a permanent feature of the District League work and publish in the League Calendar the schedule of meetings for the year. This proposition will be considered at the next meeting in January. The executive committee was authorized to proceed with the plans for the annual dinner, to be held at the Hotel Vendome in the evening of January 29, 1906. Of the $70 guaranteed by the District League to the General Secretary's salary fund, $63 was reported paid and the balance ready for remittance. -The Young People's Society of Christ Church, Rev. G. U. Wenner, D. D., pastor, elected the following officers on Monday, November 13: President, Mr. M. Wedell; vicepresident, Mr. H. Schoerry, Jr.; secretary, Miss K. Hengst; treasurer, Miss E. Dahmer. After the business meeting a literary and musical program was presented and refreshments were served. Brooklyn District -The regular meeting of the Brooklyn District League was held in Holy Trinity Church, Rev. A. Steimle, pastor, on November 20. The meeting opened in the usual way, Rev. Emil Roth, pastor of Emanuel's Church, offering prayer. Mr. Wm. C. Stoever, President of the Luther League of America, addressed the meeting, speaking on "What the Young People Can Do for the Church." Features of the business session were Rev. C. Intemann's report of the State convention and remarks by Rev. S. G. Weiscotten, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, the meeting closing with prayer by Rev. A. L. Benne, pastor of St. John's Church, Richmond Hill, N. Y. Buffalo District -Convention Hall was well filled on the evening of November 24, when the bi-centennial of Lutheran foreign missions was celebrated under the auspices of the District Luther League. The Rev. J. A. W. Kirsch delivered an eloquent address in German on the great work performed by Lutheran missionaries in India and other fields. Rev. Prof. Jacob Fry, D. D., of Philadelphia, delivered the address of the evening, taking for his topic "For What the Lutheran Church Stands." After calling attention to the fact that there are scattered over the world 70,000,000 baptized Lutherans, the speaker said our Church does not stand for Martin Luther. "She stands by him every time," said Professor Fry, "but not for him. The Lutheran Church stands for no person except the Lord Jesus Christ." What this Church stands for and the principles forming the basis of the Reformation, the speaker grouped under the following heads: Pure doctrine (unmixed with human philosophy or human opinions), pure worship and consecrated service. It was pointed out that this Church differs from other Protestant bodies in that it makes its doctrinal beliefs a test of church membership. Professor Fry defined the spirit of the Lutheran Church as serious with out being sanctimonious, pious without being hypocritical, liturgical without being ritualistic, and a great deal more concerned about being evangelical than about being evangelistic. We care more, he said, for the truth than for being fashionable. A feature of the occasion was the singing of the Sunday School children, who sang "Onward, Christian Soldiers," as they marched in procession to front seats in the hall. The offering was for the benefit of the boys' training school in the Telugu mission field at Rajahmundry, India. Rhinebeck District -At the annual meeting of the Luther League of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Rondout, Rev. W. F. Bacher, pastor, the following officers were elected: President, George L. Snyder; vice-president, Charles J. Port; corresponding secretary, Henry Kukuk; recording secretary, Charles A. Scharschu; treasurer, Miss Nettie Measter; librarian, Miss Rena Finn. After the business session a reception was tendered to the newly elected officers and refreshments were served. The Junior also elected new officers recently and has begun to do good work. -The Luther League of St. John's Church, Hudson, Rev. Paul Koller, pastor, has elected the following officers: President, Mr. William M. Snyder; vice-president, Mr. Norman Bain; recording secretary, Miss Ora Cudney; corresponding secretary, Miss Elsie Potts; treasurer, Mrs. J. Brouk. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia District -Rev. Charles L. Fry, Literature Secretary, made addresses during the past month on the subject of the League's decennial at the Reading and the Greensburg District conventions, and to the Luther Leagues of Washington, D. C. Northeastern District -The twenty-sixth semi-annual convention of the Northeastern District Luther League of America was held at the Christ Lutheran Church, Wilkesbarre, October 31. The morning session opened with devotional services conducted by Rev. James F. Beates. Rev. P. J. Pestke, pastor of the church, extended a most hearty welcome to all the pastors and delegates in attendance. P. Walter Banker, president of the District League, responded. The report of the president was read and referred to a resolutions committee. The treasurer reported a balance of $21.08 in the treasury after all bills had been paid. P. Walter Banker, the delegate to the State convention at Williamsport, gave his report, which contained many interesting and practical suggestions offered at that convention. A paper on "Loyalty to Church and League" was read by John LUTHER LEAGUE OF AMERICA Griner, of Zion's League, Scranton. He said in part: "We should show loyalty to our League because the Luther League of America is one of the strongest pillars of the Lutheran Church in America. To be truly loyal to our church and League we must be constant, faithful, persistent and conscientious in our work." Discussion followed. "The League in its Relation to the Congregation," by Henry Otto, of St. John's, Wilkesbarre, was the second topic. It suggested many ways the League can aid the Church; by its use of the topics, by the Reading Course and by interesting the younger people in the work and actual needs of the congregation. One of the objects is to educate the members in Lutheran doctrines, in the mission work being done in the church at large. Discussion followed. The afternoon session opened at 2 o'clock, the devotional services being conducted by Rev. Mr. Heist, of St. Paul's, Scranton. The proposition to conduct a rally or outing next year was referred to the executive committee. A paper on "Theodore Fleindner" was read by Mrs. Anna Eroh, of Trinity League, Wapwallopen. In it she gave a sketch of the life of this great German philanthropist and restorer of the office of deaconess to the Protestant Church of Germany. Rev. A. L. Ramer, Ph.D., of Scranton, then delivered an excellent address on "The Church of the Reformation Among the Slovaks." He said in part: "Until within recent years our American Lutheran Church had little knowledge and perhaps less interest in the Church of the Reformation among the Slovaks." Rev. Ramer was sent out to Hungary to study the conditions surrounding the Slavonians and to secure young native men for the ministry. These people are now migrating to America, and we, who are established here, must welcome them, help them, find pastors and build churches, or they will be lost to our Lutheran Church. Rev. Ritter reported that $85 had been paid to Muhlenburg College fund and that there remained $15 to be credited to this institution. He urged that all Leagues send in their subscriptions as soon as possible. The credential committee reported seventy delegates and pastors present, besides a large number of visitors. Grace Luther League, of Wilkesbarre, was admitted to membership in the District League. 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