The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1907, Page 52

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52 The Lutheran Pioneer.

Festival Days in Greensboro, N. C.

DEDICATION OF IMMANUEL COLLEGE. — MEETING
oF IMMANUEL CONFERENCE. — COMMENCE-
MENT EXERCISES.

The first week in June was a red-letter one in
the history of Lutheranism in North Carolina.
Greensboro was the Lutheran Mecca this week. The
events that brought us and many visitors there were
the Dedication, the Conference, and the Commence-
ment.

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At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, a large andj in-
telligent audience greeted the President of ‘the
Board of Negro Missions, the Rev. Chas. F. Ober-
meyer, of St. Louis, who preached the dedication
sermon, having for his text Gen. 12, 2b: “Thou
shalt be a blessing.” The sermon was very encour-
aging, and the speaker touched the hearts of all as
he spoke of the love that gave us the college, and
the great work it is to do for the race. He said
the name Immanuel is our assurance: God with us.
The ceremony was then read by Rev. J. C. Schmidt

Immanuel Lutheran College at Greensboro, N. C.

On Sunday morning, notwithstanding the in-
clement weather, the college chapel was filled at
the hour of service. ‘This service was conducted by
the Rey. J. P. Schmidt, of Concord, N. C., who
preached a very scholarly and appropriate sermon
from Prov. 4, 7: “Wisdom is the principal thing.
Therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting
get understanding.” After this sermon Rey. Prof.
Bakke delivered the address to the communicants,
based upon 1 Cor. 6, 20: “For ye are bought with
a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in
your spirit, which are God’s.” A large number
partook of the Lord’s Supper at this service.

of Greensboro, and Immanuel College was dedicated
to the service of the Triune God.

At night, Prof. Geo. Romoser, President of Con-
cordia College, Conover, N. C., delivered an in-
structive as well as eloquent address on Christian
Education.

Monday night the Dedicatory Organ Recital by
Prof. M. Lochner, assisted by the Students’ Chorus,
took place. This was a musical treat and was en-
joyed by the unlettered as well as by the elite. The
house was packed, and the instrument seemed a
living creature under the touch of the master hand,
thundering, weeping, and sighing, according to the