and ten days later a meeting was called at the residence of Rev. Mr. Hansteen, at 122 Second place, Brooklyn, where the Norwegian Deaconesses' work of Brooklyn was first inaugurated. In June of that year three small rooms were rented at 109 William street, next door to the Norwegian Seamen's Church, and in that church the work was begun on June 11, 1883.

"After a year of hard work, under many trials and very few encouragements, the yearly report in April, 1884, showed a debt of $150. In the meantime a Ladies' Auxiliary Society had been formed in the course of the year, and with their assistance, Sister Elizabeth started the first fair for the benefit of the Deaconesses' Home, which, including a donation of $100 from an American friend, gave a surplus of $400. In this way the debt was paid.

"The need of larger accommodations and a hospital of its own was soon felt, especially for the many sick Norwegians, as it was impossible to do all that was desired at the other hospitals. At a meeting held in February, 1885, it was decided to incorporate, under the name of the Norwegian Relief Society,' and to rent 441 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, as a temporary Deaconesses' Home and Hospital. The removal took place on March 1, 1885. Here the deaconesses' work was continued and the hospital work started, at first with two probationers, besides Sister Elizabeth, who was elected Sister Superior. The hospital was not very large, only accommodating nine beds, of which two were set aside for free patients. It soon proved to be a blessed work, which gave a responsive echo of appreciation in many hearts and encouraged people to more generous donations.

"The Ladies' Auxiliary Society, now consisting of 25 members, was working earnestly and faithfully, sewing and securing contributions, etc., and the work was blessed and increased year by year. The idea of getting a home and hospital of its own grew stronger and stronger, and collections from American as well as from Scandinavian friends were received, resulting in the collection of several thousand dollars. Two lots were bought, the present building started, and in October, 1889, it was ready for occupancy, being paid for, excepting a mortgage of $8000. The sisters moved into the home, and the first sick were received in December, 1889. Mrs. Börs had in the meantime received from an anonynous friend of the Norwegians the sum of $100,000, the interest of which was to be paid quarterly to some charitable Norwegian institution, and Mrs. Börs, who was president of the Board of Directors of the

Deaconesses' Home and Hospital, and who always took a live interest in the work, decided that this great gift could not benefit the Norwegians more and assist them in any better way than by donating it to this institution. In this way the Deaconesses' Home and Hospital obtained a fixed yearly income, which was very beneficial to the work, and by which it is still benefited. Later the institution received a legacy of $4000 by the will of the late Joseph Wild of Bay Ridge, and a few years ago $5000 by the will of Mr. Harry Christian, lately deceased.

"At this time Dr. Henry C. Turner was appointed physician for the medical department, while Dr. Wackerhagen was elected head surgeon for the surgical department. He served, however, only a short time, after which the present surgeon, Dr. H. Beeckman Delatour, was elected as head surgeon. Of the four sisters, two of them, Sister Dorthea and Sister Karen, belonged to the Norwegian Deaconesses' Home of Christiana. They had only been lent to us for the occasion, as we were in want of sisters of our While Sister Elizabeth, who had gone to Minneapolis to start a Deaconesses' Home in that city, was away the hospital here was under the management of Sister Dorthea. It was at first arranged that five beds should be set aside for free patients, but later these free beds had to be increased so that about four-fifths of the total number of patients are now treated without charge. In 1890 the hospital was included in the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association.

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"On November 15, 1892, the home was reincorporated under its present name. The Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital, and during that year the first probationers we consecrated as deaconesses." For several years the present hospital building has been crowded to its utmost capacity. On this account the management was unable to report any great increase from year to year in the amount of work done.

During the first year the total number of days' treatment was 14,933, of which 5387 were free days, 6045 partly paid and 3501 fully paid: 5221 patients received treatment at the out patient clinic. There were 759 ambulance calls.

One of the deaconesses devoted most of her time visiting sick outside of the hospital, and when it was found necessary she furnished doctor and medicine and assisted with nursing. Several have been helped with lodging and house rent, coal and wood, meals and clothing. Thirty-two orphans were provided with homes and 37 helped to employment.

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treas., Prof. E. R. Kihlmark, Denver. Doctor Braudelle and Dr. J. W. Finkbiner were appointed on the Extension Committee, and the officers are the Executive Committee. Rev. Dr. G. A. Braudelle offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the officers of the convention be instructed to forward a copy of the constitution to the National Executive Committee, and make application for membership in the National League.

After transacting some routine business the convention adjourned, and the delegates were escorted by the local League to Stratton Park. Dinner was served here, and the afternoon spent in seeing the beauties and wonders of nature. At 6 o'clock supper was served by the ladies of the Swedish Lutheran Church in the church, when Doctor Braudelle presented Rev. Geo. E. Youngdahl a momento as a birthday present, the day being the anniversary of his birth.

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The convention was brought to a close with the night session at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. The music of the evening was furnished by Prof. E. R. Kihlmark, Mr. E. Hanson, and Misses Ida Bjorndahl and Elivira Soderstrom. Rev. Dr. G. A. Braudelle delivered a thoughtful and earnest address on the spirit of co-operation in our Lutheran Church work. In the absence of Dr. C. A. Swensson, president of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., who was to have spoken on the Augsburg Confession, Rev. Luther M. Kuhns, general secretary of the Luther League of America, spoke in his place. The Church of the Augsburg Confession was his subject, and it was an eloquent address, highly spoken of by the convention and the press. After a few appropriate remarks by President Youngdahl, the convention closed by singing Blest Be the Tie That Binds," the Lord's Prayer and the Benediction.

AST month's comments closed with a promise to begin this month by showing the present status of the Church Extension work of the General Synod, and what gratifying progress is being made. The Baltimore report of the Board's receipts during the last biennium is nearly $140,000, which is $20,000 more than the previous report. Over $10,000 of this was contributed by the Woman's Society. The Synodical apportionments of the Board for this cause of Church extension were exceeded by the Pittsburgh, the Olive Branch, the Northern Indiana, the Kansas, the German Nebraska, the California, the Rocky Mountain, the Nebraska, the Northern Illinois, the Allegheny, the Miami, the Iowa, the New York and New Jersey Synods. The assets of the Board at this date are more than $450,000, which is an increase of $90,000 over the past biennium.

JULY 1, 1816.--Missionaries Weigle and Moegling of the Basel Mission in Cannada (Canara) on the West Coast of India, translated the New Testament into Cannada (Canarese). Cannada lies north of Malabar and south of Goa. Basel missionaries arrived at Mangalore in 1834. They now have 14 chief stations and important industrial plants in Cannada.

JULY 2, 1700.-The Lutheran Church was the first on the ground in the city of Philadelphia. The order occupying the field is as follows: Lutherans, 1654; Quakers. 1683: Baptists, 1688; Presbyterians, 1692; Episcopalians, 1695 German Reformed, 1727: Roman Catholics, 1731; Moravians, 1742; Methodists, 1769. Prior to the past few years of vigorous missionary activity it almost looked as though this might become a case of the last being first and

the first last. If the same zeal and energy as is now at work had characterized our Church in Philadelphia from the beginning, her start of nearly an entire generation would have meant her continuous leadership to the present day. The first Lutherans were Swedes at Wicacoa, in the southern part of the city, forming at first an outlying post of the parish that had its center at Fort Christina (Wilmington, Del.), founded in 1638, and afterward of the Church at Tinicum, 12 miles south on the Delaware. The first pastor was Lars Lock, and the first place of worship a block house, consecrated in 1677. This was replaced in 1700 by the venerable Gloria Dei Church, still standing, although in the hands of Episcopalians, who claim to have inherited its historic associations. Yet not only the pastors buried on its grounds but also the Church itself were sacredly pledged to the Lutheran Confessions.

JULY 4, 1776.-The relation between the Independence asserted at Worms and the Independence asserted at Philadelphia 250 years afterward is so manifestly a relation of cause and effect that the latter would be inconceivable without the former. The United States of America has been a distinctly Protestant nation from the beginning of its history.

JULY 7, 1855.-The presses of the General Synod's publication society are being kept busily active in issuing new books of sterling value and moderate cost. Instead of $125,000, the society's assets now amount to nearly $170,000, and the business done in the year ending March 31, 1903, exceeds that done in the year ending March 31, 1901, by $5800. The profits of the publication house amount to $7000 a year. which is devoted to home and foreign missions

JULY 8, 1803.--Missionary Karl Frederick Guetzlaff, who was born in Pomerania, entered China by way of Siam on an opium vessel. Dressed in native costume and adopting many of the Chinese customs, he spread the Gospel

by distributing tracts and preaching. He published a revised edition of the New Testament, founded The Chinese Magazine, established hospitals, prepared natives to teach and preach, and in numerous other ways became useful to the natives. He also published several books on China in the German language. His chief merit lies in arousing a more widespread and lively interest in Foreign Missions throughout North Germany, as well as enlisting the services of prominent people, among them the Queen of Prussia, and in organizing the Danish Lutheran Mission in China. He even found time to make an earnest effort to enter Japan.

JULY 9, 1898.-The missionary census of January 1, 1902, is a record of splendid progress. It states that there are now 24 German foreign missionary societies, supporing 576 chief stations, 952 missionary and 110 "sisters." The native staff consists of 150 pastors and 4351 other helpers. These workers have in charge 397,746 Christians, 57,434 catechumens and 93,738 pupils in 2025 schools. The annual receipts of voluntary gifts from friends at home amount to $1,492,750. The native Christians contribute $284,000.

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JULY 10, 1793.-When a lad of 14 the beloved "Father Heyer" arrived in Philadelphia, where he had an uncle, and learned a hatter's trade. He attended service in Zion's Church, where Dr. Helmuth preached. He read theology with Dr. F. D. Schaeffer, became a teacher in the parochial school in Southwark, and occasionally preached in the poorhouse and in New Jersey. In December, 1814, he returned to Germany, to complete his studies, which he did at Goettingen. Having come back to this country, he was licensed to preach by the Synod of Pennsylvania, was appointed a home missionary in Northwest Pennsylvania, and later on in Maryland. Ordained in 1819, he was sent to work in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The newly formed Society for Foreign Missions in 1839 called him as missionary to India. When it was proposed to place his work under the of the inter-denominational American Board he declined, and appealed to the Ministerium of Pennsylvania to undertake a distinctively Lutheran mission and to send him as its missionary. Accordingly on October 5, 1841, he was sent as the first missionary of the Lutheran Church in America to India. rived at Guntur, South India, July 31, 1842. In the spring of 1846 he returned to America and organized a church at Baltimore. In March, 1848, he was again at Guntur. He returned to America, in 1857, and began home missionary work in Minnesota, established many congregations and became the founder of the Minnesota Synod. Being (1869) in Germany when he heard of the scheme to transfer Rajahmundry to the Church of England Missionary Society, he hastened back to America, prevailed upon the Synod of Pennsylvania to take charge of the field, and though himself fast approaching fourscore years of age, this intrepid veteran went himself once more to India. He returned to the United States in the spring of 1871, was made chaplain of the Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and filled this position till his end, November 7, 1873.

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JULY 12, 1886.-Flier was of the Neuendettelsau Foreign Mission Society. Now there are three stations on the New Guinea coast and on coast islands. The Rhenish missionaries followed in 1887, and now occupy three stations also. Both missions suffered greatly from fatal fevers, but they did not for

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sake the country, and the seed sown in patient faith and hope is beginning to grow unto a bountiful harvest.

JULY 16, 1896.-The Luther League Topics were originated by the Pennsylvania State League on Advent Sunday, 1894. At the close of February, 1896, they were transferred to the Luther League of America. Their circulation has steadily increased, and their educational influence is everywhere recognized. The editor is Rev. George H. Schnur, Chillicothe, Ohio.

JULY 17, 1849.-It is only as a great object is seen at some distance that its real proportions and significance come into view. The peculiar field in our Church which was cultivated by Dr. Passavant was unlike that occupied by any one before him, and will probably not be supplied by any one who will come after him. In its vast range of territory, in the far reaching extent of its influence upon the future, in its great variety of operations and in the versatility of gifts which it demanded, it has rarely, if ever, been equaled. Men are naturally selfish, calculating, ease loving and narrow. Hence a personality whose constant aim is to sacrifice himself for the good of others, to live for the bereaved, the afflicted, the destitute, to have no rest except in aiding those whom most men neglect, is of itself an inspiration. Even philanthropists usually concentrate their energies on one particular object or one particular institution. The public excuses them from interest and activity in other directions, since their absorption in their own one charity is well understood. But here was one whose consuming zeal rendered him unable to concentrate. He was continually projecting new enterprises. He was a general who, in the very midst of the heaviest engagements, was always planning new campaigns. He laid the foundations all over this country upon which those who are to come after will build. He was the foremost missionary leader of the American Lutheran Church. He knew how to choose the men who were to occupy the different departments in this sphere and to inspire them with his own enthusiasm, then leave them to work out the details while he pressed forward elsewhere, whence earnest cries for assistance came. He was an American through and through, a lover of the country which God had assigned him to cultivate for His sake. An American by birth and education, his personal relations with prominent men in the religious and public life of the nation were most intimate. He was no less highly esteemed by those outside the Lutheran Church than by those within it. He had a warm sympathy with all consecrated to the service of the Master, even though called by many names. Nor was he disposed either to disparage them because they were not always of his own household of faith, or to be silent in his testimony to the truth in order to gain their esteem. The

cry of ' Unionist was echoed and re-echoed among those who knew no better, but he was always ready to give an answer to every man who asked him a reason for the hope that was in him and for the course which he pursued.---G. F. KROTEL, LL.D.

JULY 19, 1712.-It is a remarkable fact that among all the "Danish Halle" missionaries in India during the eighteenth century, every man of them came from Halle, and not a single one was a Dane. The emphasis must therefore be laid on the last word of the couplet, and not on the first, though the noble example of the King of Denmark is worthy of highest honor. The Danes themselves also have been signally active in other regions of the great foreign mission