# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1925_S153
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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The great day of the convention was Sunday.
The service in the morning began promptly at
10.45. The confessional address was preached by
the Rev. L. G. Dorpat, of Meherrin, Va. The morn-
ing sermon was delivered by the Rev. M. N. Carter.
His able sermon was eagerly received by the great
congregation assembled. The services were beau-
tified by the good singing of the choirs of Concord,
Charlotte, Salisbury, and Kannapolis. A very large
number partook of the Lord’s Supper.

The afternoon service was held in Cabarrus
County Court House. At this service the audience
was larger than at any other time during the con-
vention. When the congregation joined in singing
our old Lutheran hymns, led by the various choirs,
it sounded as though the roof would be lifted from
its rafters. The Rev. W. O. Hill, of Yonkers, N. Y.,
was in charge of this service, and he first introduced
Director C. I. Drewes, who delivered a sermon on
John 8, 31.32. He next introduced the Rev. W. H.
Lash, of Greensboro, who spoke on Missions, using
as his text Num. 10, 29.

The final service was held Sunday evening in
Grace Church. Prof. H. Nacther preached the
sermon.

At the close of this service the General Con-
ference adjourned to meet two years hence, God
willing, in Selma, Ala. Farewell remarks were
made by the Rev. John McDavid, who faithfully
served St. Paul’s, Charlotte, N. C., for the past

twenty years and who has now left for his new
field of labor in Los Angeles, Cal.

Rey. Lash,

Rev. M. N. Carter,

Rev. Chas. D. Peay.
Secretary of the Convention. a

representing Immanuel Conference, responded and
presented the Rev. McDavid with a purse as a mark
of love and appreciation, by the members of Con-
ference, of his many years of service.

Rey. J. P. Smith and Prof. A. Wiley, of New

‘Orleans, thanked the pastor and the members of

Grace Church, especially the good ladies, for the
hospitality and kindness shown us while we were
in their midst.

As we return to our respective fields of labor,
we shall never forget our great meeting at Concord,

Rev. Im. F. Albrecht.

Rev. John McDavid.

N.C. We have been spiritually refreshed, and our
faith has been strengthened. May God’s richest
blessings rest upon us until we meet again!

I.J. A.

Nore. — It will interest our readers to know that the
General Conference, after a long and earnest discussion,
passed strong resolutions on the great desirability of be-
ginning mission-work in Africa:in the near future and”
thus to bring the Gospel blessings also to our African
brethren, as an expression of our gratitude to God for
His favors to us.

Alabama Luther Conference at Kings -
Landing.

If it had been possible for you to have passed
a certain road at Kings Landing, in Alabama, on
August 27, at 9 a.M., you would have heard a
harmonious sound emanating from a little green
chapel trimmed in white, which would have left
a deep and lasting impression on your heart. ‘This.
harmonious sound was a hymn of praise sung to
the almighty and ever-living God, whose love and
mercy had permitted the pastors, teachers, and
delegates of the Alabama Luther Conference to

. come. together and hold their ninth annual session.

After the opening exercises on ‘Thursday morn-
ing, Conference heard an inspiring address by the
chairman, Rey. Chas. Peay, of Oak Hill, Ala., who ;
based his address on Rev.3,11: “Hold fast that
which thou hast that no man take thy crown.”
Thereupon organization of the conference was
effected. :