The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1918, Page 4

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will bring liberty to the Colored brethren, the
liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and
enable them through the power of the Gospel to
fight Satan, the world, and their own flesh. Send
the bonds to the treasurer or to me, and I will send
you a personal leiter of thanks. I hope I shall be
compelled to write a few thousand letters. Do you
want one from your -well-wishing friend? ‘Then
send the bond or its equivalent to
Rev. A. H. Popper,
314 E. Eighth St., Little Rock, Ark.

Alabama Luther Conference.

Alabama Luther Conference mef on Thursday
morning, November 2, 1917, at Rosebud, Ala. The
conference was opened with singing, the reading

Rev. M. N. Carter. Rev. Chas. Peay.

of a Scripture-lesson by Rev. M. N. Carter, and
with a prayer by the same. Conference was for-
mally organized with the following — results:
Rey. M. N. Carter was elected President; the
undersigned, Vice-President;’ Miss C. M. Smith,
Secretary; and Teacher Montgomery, Treasurer.
_ The Conference was given the name, “Alabama
Luther Conference.”
In the first session seven new members were
added to the roll. ‘The President, in a few well-
selected words, extended a cordial welcome to the
new members, to which the undersigned briefly
responded. The Superintendent of this field,
Rey. N. J. Bakke, then introduced the subject of
' getting Bibles into the homes of our people, and
teaching them how to conduct family worship. ‘This
subject was warmly and profitably discussed by
various members of the Conference. In the evening

‘session Rev. N. J. Bakke read a timely and inter-

out clearly the following points: There are only
two classes of men, converted and unconverted ;
and there are only two states in which men are
found, the state of grace and the state of wrath.
Every man by nature is in the state of death. The
change from the state of wrath, or death, to the
state of grace is called Conversion. God’s Holy
Spirit is the Author of Conversion; but the Holy
Spirit converts a sinner only by the means of
grace, the Word and the Sacraments. ‘This’ paper
was indeed most timely for this part of Alabama,
Where our people are falsely taught that they must
so out into the woods and to the “mourners’ bench”
and there wrestle and pray until they “feel the
Spirit.”

At § o'clock on 'hursday evening a large crowd
of people met at the church for divine services.
The undersigned preached the sermon, using as
his text 2 Cor. 3,2.3. On Friday morning the
undersigned delivered a catechization on “Justi-
fication.” In the discussion of this paper many
valuable points were brought out in reference to the
best way of imparting Christian knowledge to the
children. In the afternoon Rev. Bakke completed
his paper on “Conversion.” Friday night Rev. G. A.
Schmidt preached an instructive and edifying ser-
mon from Matt. 18,25—35. On Saturday morn-
ing Miss C. M. Smith read a fine paper on the
subject, “How to Conduct Social Work.” ‘The
members of Conference, and especially our lady
teachers, took a lively part in the discussion of
this paper.

Sunday, November 4, was the great day at
Rosebud, for on that day we celebrated the Four-
hundredth Anniversary of the Reformation. _In
the morning the pastor, Rev. M. N. Carter, preached
the confessional sermon, and distributed the Lord’s
Supper. In the main service, at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon, the church was filled to its utmost ca-
pacity. People had come from far and near to at-
tend. Three sermons were delivered in this service.
The undersigned showed the condition of the ~
Church before the Reformation, basing his remarks
on 2 Cor.4,6. Rey. Bakke spoke on the Refor-
mation itself from Heb. 10, 38. Rev. R. O. L. Lynn
chose for his subject, “The Blessings of the Refor-. -
mation,” using for a text Rev.14,6.7. Rev. Lynn
also thanked the members of the congregation in
the name of Conference for their kind hospitality.

All the members of Luther Conference were
filled with new zeal to go back to their respective
fields of labor, and do more work to the glory of