The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1924, Page 90

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

90 The Lutheran Pioneer.

trict or State. The Director of Missions will assign
a building, chapel or school, to each District or other
definite part of the Synodical Conference, and the
boys and girls of that part will aim to gather sufli-
cient funds for that particular building.

The Board feels sure that if all our pastors and
teachers will present the urgent needs to their pupils
and show their personal interest in the_ matter,
the response will be a general one, and so enthu-
siastic and spontaneous as to put us older Chris-
tians to shame. God bless our Negro Missions and
grant His special blessing to THE CHILDREN’S
COLLECTION FOR NEGRO MISSIONS!

F. J. L.

Immanuel Lutheran Conference.

Immanuel Lutheran Conference assembled in
St. John’s Church, Salisbury, N. C. (Rev. C. R.
March, pastor), August 22—24, for its thirty-third
session. It was opened in the name of the Triune
God by the President, Rev. J. W. Fuller, who also
conducted the devotional exercises. Rev. M. Hol-
sten was appointed temporary secretary.

Rev. March welcomed the conference in the
name of St. John’s Congregation, and Rey. F. D.
Alston responded on behalf of the conference.

New officers were then chosen: President, Rev.
John Alston; First Vice-President, Rev. Jesse
Hunt; Second Vice-President, Rev. J. W. Fuller;
Secretary, Rey. J. Ef. Shufelt; Assistant Secretary,

- Rey. W. O. Hill; Treasurer, Rev. I. D. Alston.

Rey. J. McDavid presented an appéal for mis-
sions in China on behalf of Superintendent Schmidt
of Alabama. Conference endorsed this appeal and
by resolution passed it on to the congregations.

The matter of making the necessary arrange-
ments for the General Conference to be held at
Concord, N. C., next year, was referred to: the
Southern Local Pastoral Conference. A resolution
was passed asking each congregation of Immanuel
Conference to take up a substantial collection for
Grace Congregation, Concord, to aid it in enter-
taining the General Conference.

A paper by Rev. John McDavid on “The Person
of Christ”? consumed most. of the time of three ses-
sions. In a thorough and excellent way the essayist

_ showed, 1) that Jesus Christ is true God, begotten

of the Father from eternity, and also true man,
born of the Virgin Mary; 2) that this Jesus Christ
“is true God and man in one person, in which person

intimate communion; 3) that by virtue of this per-
sonal union and communion of both natures in
Christ the divine nature participates in the attri-
butes of the human nature and the human nature
participates in those of the divine nature; 4) that
this Jesus Christ, true God and man in one person,
is “my Lord.”

The essayist was assisted by Pastors Dorpat and
Hunt, Brother H. B. Doswell and others, in bring-
ing home to our minds and hearts the great im-
portance of each point for our faith and salvation.

Under direction of Conference, representatives
of the Ladies’ Aid Societies of Immanuel Confer-
ence organized themselves into a general society to
be known as The Dorcas Society. It chose the
following officers: President, Mrs. Mary Kay, of
Charlotte; Vice-President, Mrs. Zula Parks, of
Kannapolis; Secretary, Miss Wilmar Barnhardt,
of Rockwell; Treasurer, Mrs. Hazel Caldwell, of
Salisbury.

On Sunday three divine services were held, at-
tended by large audiences. In the morning Rev.
March delivered the confessional address, and Rev.
W. O. Hill, of Yonkers, N. Y., preached the main
sermon, basing his discourse on Ps. 126. Announc-
ing as his theme, “Sorrows of the Righteous Turned
into Joy,” he showed in his usual pleasing way
what the sorrows of the righteous are, and how
they are turned into joy. Holy Communion was
then celebrated.

In the afternoon President J. P. Smith, of
Greensboro, preached on “The True Life,” develop-
ing his thought from Luke 12,15 and John 6, 63.

The closing service was conducted by Rev. F. D.
Alston, of Kannapolis, whose text was Mark 5,
19. 20. He showed in a very appropriate and force-
ful way what God has done for us and pointed out
our duty to tell others what great things He has
done for us and for them.

All the services of Conference were enriched and
beautified by anthems rendered by St. John’s Choir.

The president of Conference thanked the people
of St. John’s for their kind hospitality and ad-
journed the Conference to meet in regular session
two years hence in St. Luke’s Church, High Point,
N.C. J. E. SHUFELT.

—_—_—_—_——.- 2 ————____—_

Alabama Luther Conference Notes.

The Alabama Luther Conference held its annual

_ the divine and human natures are united in a most
intimate and indivisible union and have the most

Sessions with the congregation at Oak Hill, Ala.,
August 26—31. Following the devotional service

ee