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New Pastor of St. Paul s Lutheran Church Preaches First Sermon HereAt the morning worship service j at 10:30 tomorrow in St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Rev. Bertii Ed- ; quist, who arrived on Wednesday from. Chesterton, Ind., will preach j his first sermon as pastor of the : parish.The newly-arrived minister was born in Los Angeles, Calif,, 50years ago, the son of Rev, P. A. Edquist, one of the pioneer missionaries of the Augustana Synod in California. His father spent 20 years in the mission fields of Canada and, after his retirement, served in both Jamestown, N. Y., and Warren as interim pastor.Before studying for the ministry, the younger Mr. Edquist was a wheat farmer'in Saskatchewan for about 13 years.He was graduated from Gus-tavus Adolphus College in. St. Peter, Minn., in 1927 with an A. B. de-! gree, and from Augustan a Semin-[ ary in Rock Island, 111., in 1930 with his Bachelor of Divinity degree. He has served at Chesterton j since his ordination at the synodical meeting in Rock Island on June 8, 1930.The audience of members and ' friends that gathered in the First j Evangelical church last evening to 11 welcome Homer Rodeheaver, sing- j ing evangelist, filled the church ; auditorium to capacity and over- j flowed into the balcony. jThe well known song leader was ! accompanied by B. D. Ackley, j widely known musician and com- j poser of sacred songs: also by iBert Shaw, of Pottstown, state . president of the Christian En- j deavor. |A number of ministers from the ! borough and county were in at- i tendance and these were placed ; with a group of laymen in the j choir seats, from where Mr. Rode- j heaver directed their special sing- ,ing. IAs a trombone solo. Mr. Rode- j heaver played The Holy City’’. | with the choir singing the refrain, j He gave a very helpful talk and | related a number of amusing inci- j dents from his travels and exper- 'iiences. 'He announced that the World : Christian Endeavor convention will ; be held in Atlantic City. N. J., ■ August 10-12. He will be the song j leader there, with Mr. Ackley at ithe piano. jHe spoke, also. Of his school of ! music at Winona Lake, Ind., where j sessions will be held from August; 11 to 24th. beginning with a ^ hie j conference and camp meeting un-1 der the direction of Evangelist j Gypsy Smith, Jr. jLast night’s gathering included a great many young people of the section, since it was sponsored by the Warren County Christian En- ' deavor Society.; In 1910, he was united in mar- j j riage with Elvera Wickberg, of! Stockholm, Saskatchewan. They have nine children, four of whom are married. The others will come j. to Warren with their mother after I the close of school in Chesterton on May 22.—- It has been learned here that•, ] the Chesterton church has doubledAL_ in size during- Pastor Ed quist’s £u_ ministry and 13 considered one of = the best equipped in the synod. It [A is also reported one of the first ° to install a singing tower.”Appropriate, the new ministerhas chosen for lhs first message tomorrow the theme A New Day”.Indian Pedaling From Texas to New England Spends Night in BoroAn overnight visitor in Warren trwho attracted considerable attention as he wandered about the jj streets was Dennis DeBrun, ^ aged 55, who stopped here on a bicycle gt trip he is making from his home q in Brownsville, Tex., to Newport, r€ N. H., to visit an ailing sister. nl LeBrim, who says his father was French and his mother a full-blooded Cheyenne River Indian who lived on a reservation in South tlh 1a-ft T^rnwns lSll ft I . .
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Warren Times Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Apr 19, 1941
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