ending will form a page in the new era. Progress will be its stamp on the page of the new age. The hands on the clock will not turn backward. The world never again will be the same. God's hand is in human history. A new era of progress, an uplift of humanity, lies before us. God governs the world and He rules among the nations of earth, and men cannot drift beyond the love and care of His providence. A survey of the departed year imparts courage and hope and faith as 1918 bids us welcome. While nothing is or can be known of what its unborn days contain, it is enough to know that God is with us, and our faith can never doubt His infinite and all-wise purposes that work together for our good. THE NEXT CONVENTION OF THE LUTHER LEAGUE OF AMERICA Official announcement is made that the Thirteenth Convention of the Luther League of America will be held in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1918. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Luther League of America, held in October in the city of Philadelphia, a cordial and gracious invitation extended by the Lutherans of Buffalo was accepted unanimously. The exact date will be announced later. It is highly probable the Convention will be held at some time during the summer season to enable a large attendance upon the Convention of our Lutheran young people. GIVE US A BOOST This is an appropriate time to subscribe for the LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW. Farmers, merchants, bankers, mechanics all have their periodicals, which keep them abreast of the times. It is a part of business sagacity, and the up-to-date business man reads his trade journal. A lamentable fact it is that a large number of our members do not take the REVIEW. Even some League officers do not read the REVIEW. To be without the REVIEW means lack of knowledge of the extensive operations of the Leagues and of the general activities of this great movement. Why not turn over a new leaf? Why not inaugurate the new year with a Luther League subscription? Why not a LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW in the home of every Luther Leaguer in 1918? You can help. Will you bring the REVIEW to the attention of your friends, and speak of it to interest all of our Leaguers to become subscribers? Give us your help. BACK THEM UP Back up the boys at the front. From homes all over the land fathers, sons and brothers have gone forth to defend the flag. Give them the needed courage by letting them know the home base supports them without reserve. We expect great things of them, and rightfully they expect of us equally great things. Make the men at the front safe from the rear and strong and courageous by stout-hearted endorsement at home. NO HALF-WAY SUPPORT Public sentiment will sustain the men who are using their best endeavors to win the war. The administration at Washington issues a call to the country for support. The patriotic sentiment of the nation will permit no obstacle to be thrown in its way. An epoch which is a crisis has befallen the world, and it is our part as citizens and churchmen in every way in our power to assist those charged with this most weighty responsibility. Half-way measures will not answer. Our rallying to the Government's call must be that of unquestioned loyalty. FOR THE FAITH One hundred thousand Lutheran men in the army and navy of our country appeal to the faith of their fathers and rightfully turn to the Church of their creed for spiritual care in the world's greatest war. Well is it that a Lutheran commission for service in the war has been organized, and that this commission proposes to care for the spiritual wants of the soldiers and sailors who belong to our household of faith. By co-operating with the work of this commission we are aiding our men who have made sacrifices and who have offered their lives for the country's honor. this way we are doing our bit to aid the administration at Washington to win the war. Christian faith and Christian cour In age are at a premium. We must keep our men spiritually strong, morally clean, that they may be physically equipped for the hardness they shall endure as good soldiers. In this way we extend to them the hand of brotherhood. Let each one do his utmost, for we must realize that there is only one way out of this awful war with its dreadful carnage, and that is by fighting it through to a triumphant end. AMERICANISM No day equals this to take stock of our own ideals, purposes and opportunities. This nation was not intended to perpetuate the evils which cursed the rest of the world for centuries. The object, purpose and destiny of America have been to guarantee liberty and freedom and not to form an insurmountable obstruction to progress, but to alleviate and remove conditions which have become intolerable. The hand of Providence has been a guiding hand in all our history and the Presidents of this nation have been men of faith and prayer. Today God has put us into a position in which America as never before, can and will powerfully tell on history. It is a time when destiny is shaping. The ideals of Washington and the purposes of Lincoln are unfolded before the world and the spirit of our American institution is revealed as never before. The sentiments of our constitutional statesmen in interpreting American ideals, are exhibited to the world in lofty democracy. The duty of Americans is plain. The duty of churchmen is plain. In this crisis there is only one position a loyal American can take. He upholds his country's flag, the symbol of our civil liberty and self-government, and he makes whatever sacrifice may be necessary that the American ideals and the American spirit and the American purposes require for their support and maintenance. In the United States, American ideas must prevail. The purposes of the American Government must be vindicated. "The virtue of silence under trial is one of the rarest virtues and the most difficult to acquire, therefore it is most pleasing to God and most conducive to the strength and beauty of Christian character." Life of Luther, Dr. Wm. Rein; The Truth of the Apostles' Creed; Lutheran Manual; History of the Reformation, Peters; Praying and Working; Schoenberg Cotta Family, or choice of Friar of Wittenberg, Knight in Grey, or Blind Girl of Wittenberg. The first five books and one of the last four will be sent by express or parcel post prepaid for $4.00. these six books as a premium on receipt of $12.50 for 25 new Or we will give subscriptions to the LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW. Supplemental Reading Course Life of Luther, Wackernagel, $1.50; Life of Melanchthon, Stump, $1.25; Reformation Dawn, Painter, 50 cents; Ecclesia Lutherana, Seiss, $1.00; Katherine Von Bora, Endelich, $1.00; Gustavus Adolphus, Monroe, 50 cents; The Explanation of the Common Service, 75 cents; Way of Salvation, Gerberding, $1.00; Elements of Religion, Jacobs, $1.25; Lutheran Foreign Missions, Lauray, $1.25; Sacred Meditations, Gerhard, $1.00. We will send any of these books postpaid on receipt of price quoted, or on receipt of $5.00 for 10 new subscriptions to the LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW will send any choice of $2.00 worth of books as a premium. 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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY New up-to ranks with the best secondary schools in the country. date building. Annual total cost to student $280 to $320. The course in Military Science and Tactics is optional and open free of charge to students of both the College and the Academy. Both institutions open the third Wednesday in September. For illustrated literature free of charge write President WILLIAM A GRANVILLE, Ph.D., LL.D., Muhlenberg College ALLENTOWN, PA. In Some of Our Large Cities NEW YORK -Rev. Emil Weber, of Yonkers, an active Luther Leaguer when in the pastorate, is now chaplain with the Fifty-fourth Infantry, United States Regular Army, at Chickamauga Park, Ga. He joined the regiment October 24. On the evening of Sunday, October 28, he was the speaker at the Reformation service in the Lutheran Mission of Chattanooga. Chaplain Weber has found a number of Lutheran boys glad to welcome him. -Rev. William Freas, having resigned the pastorate of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Jersey City, N. J., is now the secretary of the new Lutheran Commission for Soldiers and Sailors in New York City. The scope of this commission is national. PHILADELPHIA -Rev. A. T. Michler, editor of the Intermediate and Junior Luther League Topics, was installed pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, November 18. -At its meeting in Philadelphia, the General Council instructed its treasurer, Mr. A. G. Anderson, to subscribe for $5,000 of the second Liberty Bond issued out of the funds in his hands. -The Jubilee Convention of the General Council was held in Philadelphia, October 24 to 29. This convention was notable for its personnel, its patriotism and its progressive conservatism. The reports of the work in its various departments were most encouraging. The climax of the convention was reached in its unanimous endorsement of the proposed merger of the General Synod, the United Synod in the South and the General Council. Thursday was the memorable day, and the whole matter pertaining to the union received full and impartial consideration under the leadership of Dr. Schmauk, the president. Official representatives of the three bodies in the formulation of the proposed constitution for the United Lutheran Church, and also the official delegates of both the General Synod and United Synod were seated upon the platform. The Swedish and German elements, through representative brethren, expressed themselves upon the subject of the merger. After some discussion, all obstacles seemed to vanish. Dr. Henry Eyster Jacobs declared with deep emotion that the movement was from God, and that the time had come when the three bodies should be one. When the vote was taken there was not a dissenting voice. With uplifted hearts, the assembly joined in "Now thank we all our God, With heart and hand and voices." --On November 7, at Salisbury, N. C., the United Synod in the South, by unanimous vote, passed with approval the plan for the merger of the General Synod, the General Council and the United Synod in the South. The three general bodies have thus all adopted the plan for merger by unanimous action. It now remains only for the District Synod of the General Council and the United Synod in the South to ratify the action of their General Bodies. CHICAGO -We do not have space to tell of all the large Reformation celebrations throughout the country. Notable celebrations were held in New York, in Philadelphia and in Chicago. In Chicago, with the exception of the Missouri Synod churches, all the Lutheran churches jointly celebrated the Quadri-centennial of the Reformation in Medinah Temple, seating 5,300 persons, on October 28. The speakers on this occasion were Rev. J. C. Seeger, D.D., Columbia, S. C., and Rev. S. P. Long, D.D., Mansfield, Ohio. The Lutheran Woman's League of Chicago was représented by Mrs. C. E. Hoffsten. Patriotic resolutions, which had been drafted, were presented by Rev. C. E. Hoffsten and unanimously adopted by a rising vote. A chorus of 1,000 voices sang choice selections and led the vast audience in singing the great hymns of the church. MINNEAPOLIS ---The new seminary of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America opened September 11 with 130 students. The new class has sixtyfour members. SALEM, VIRGINIA -Military training has been introduced in Roanoke College with gratifying results. The college battalion is ready for extended order drill. The men expect soon to be supplied with uniforms and guns. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -Professor Wegehaupt, having resigned his professorship in Concordia Seminary, Porto Allegre, Brazil, has entered the pro-seminary at Springfield, Ill., as assistant teacher. (Continued on page 25.) 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. Luther League of America Organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 30 and 31, President, C. T. A. ANDERSON, 35 South Dearborn St., First Vice-President, O. C. ROHDE, 1422 Birchell Rd., Second Vice-President, GEO. W. RAPPS, 2312 Chestnut General Secretary, HARRY HODGES, 838 Drexel Bldg., Literature Secretary, Rev. LUTHER M. KUHNS, 440 Executive Committee Composed of the President, Vice-Presidents, General Secretary, Literature Secretary, Treasurer, and the following members: Hon. E. F. EILERT (Chairman), 318 West 39th St., WILLIAM C. STOEVER, Lit. D., Philadelphia, Pa. O. C. C. FETTA, Indianapolis, Ind. I. S. RUNYON, New York. Rev. G. F. GEHR, Wilkinsburg, Pa. JAMES M. REYNOLDS, Valatie, N. Y. Rev. M. J. BIEBER, D.D., Montreal, Canada. All communications regarding membership, constitutions, statistics, etc., should be addressed to the General Secretary, Harry Hodges, 838 Drexel Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. All communications regarding Literature, Topics, Reading Course, etc., should be Publications, addressed to the Literature Secretary, Rev. Luther M. KUHNS, 440 Paxton Block, Omaha, Nebr. Literature Committee Rev. LUTHER M. KUHNS (Chairman), 440 Paxton Block, Omaha, Nebr. Hon. E. F. EILERT, New York. I. S. RUNYON, New York. Rev. YOST BRANDT, Albany, N. Y. Prof. H. G. DEININGER, Philadelphia, Pa. Miss MARY ST. JOHN, R. F. D., Troy, N. Y. Mrs. HENRY E. RASSMUSEN, Canton, So. Dak. Finance Committee P. WALTER BANKER (Chairman), 203 Pierce St., Kingston, Pa. JAMES M. REYNOLDS, Valatie, N. Y. CHAS. E. MATTHES, Mansfield, Ohio. CHAS. L. TRABERT, Berkeley, Calif. Hon. LOUIS LARSEN, Sioux Falls, So. Dak. C. J. DRIEVER, Chicago, Ill. Rev. HARVEY S. LAWRENCE, Peabody, Kan. Junior and Intermediate Committee Rev. A. T. MICHLER (Chairman), 3362 34th St., Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, Pa. CHARLES W. FUHR, Pittsburgh, Pa. Rev. E. A. TRABERT, Lima, Ohio. Mrs. E. C. CRONK, Columbia, So. Car. Miss L. W. RICE, Baltimore, Md. Rev. C. M. TEUFEL, Pittsburgh, Pa. STATE LEAGUES LUTHER LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE- Sec., MARION V. HIRZEL, 1810 No. 21st St., Philadel phia. Treas., M. HALLER FREY, 927 S. Queen St., York. LUTHER LEAGUE OF NEW JERSEY- Pres., O. C. ROHDE, 1422 Birchell Rd., Homeville. Sec., MARION CAINES, 441 Western Ave., Toledo. LUTHER LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN Pres., GEORGE W. Rapps, 2312 Chestnut St., Milwaukee. Sec., Mrs. MARIE IVERSON, 630 Downey St., Indianapolis. Treas., W. F. RENZ, 3416 Webster St., Fort Wayne. LUTHER LEAGUE OF IOWA Pres., BESSIE L. WINDERS, 1206 No. Sixth St., Burlington. Sec., EDWARD ERICKSON, 1403 A Ave., West Cedar Rapids. Treas., CLARENCE A. NORLAND, 110 So. 10th St., Marshalltown. LUTHER LEAGUE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Pres., Hon. LEWIS LARSEN, 220 Paulton Bldg., Sioux Falls. Sec., HENRY W. STELLNER, Aberdeen. Treas., M. L. SWANBERG, Sisseton. LUTHER LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA Pres. REV. C. J. ROCKEY, 402 Irving Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. Sec. MISS MABLE SANDER, Lindstrom, Minn. Sec., CLARA A. SUCHER, 186 Gilbert Ave., New Haven. LUTHER LEAGUE OF OREGON-WASHINGTONPres., W. S. T. DERR, Vancouver, Wash. Sec., ELSA WEISS MILLER, Seattle, Wash. Treas., ESTHER LARSON, 361 31st St., Astoria, Ore. Pres., Walter M. Wolfe, 1317 South 26th St., Omaha. LUTHER LEAGUE OF KANSAS Pres., EVAN W. TONSING, 500% Commercial St., Atchison. Sec., ALFRED J. BIEL, care Midland College, Atchison. Treas., ROBERT ALBACH, 618 West 4th St., Lawrence. LUTHER LEAGUE OF MICHIGAN Pres., A. E. BURKE, Kalamazoo. Sec., RAY SENUSKY, Detroit. Treas., MR. BRULAND, Detroit. LUTHER LEAGUE OF CANADA Pres., E. B. WESTCOTT, Trinity, Hamilton. Sec., ADELINE OTTERBEIN, 417 Wilson St., Hamilton. Treas., BRUNEAU KNAUFF, Waterloo, Ont. District Leagues in States Not Organized DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LUTHER LEAGUEPres., F. W. LEONHARDT, 1009 D St., N. E., Washington. Sec., G. R. HUTTEL, 94 Rhode Island Ave., N. W., Washington. Treas., G. H. GODRON, 4608 Georgia Ave., N. Washington. W.. LUTHER LEAGUE OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA- Pres., CARL M. DISTLER, Esq., 2905 N. Calvert St.. Sec.. JAMES MCCALLISTER, 408 No. Lakewood Baltimore. Treas., HELEN STEGMAN, Baltimore. Ave.. |