The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, (1821-1840) Its Causes and Results; With an Introduction on the Services Rendered by the Scandinavians to - Softcover

Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn

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ISBN 10: 1230420215 ISBN 13: 9781230420219

Verlag: TheClassics.us, 2013

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... XIX. Rev. C. L. Clausen. The lay preacher, Elling Eielson, came to Muskego in 1840, though he had his headquarters in the Fox River settlement. It is, however, of record that he held a number of gospel meetings in Muskego prior to 1843. In that year the settlement obtained a teacher from Norway in the person of C. L. Clausen, a Dane, who had gone to Norway to seek employment in the missionary field, but was persuaded to go to America as a teacher among the Norwegian immigrants. He came to Muskego, but he soon found that his mission would be more successful as a minister than as a mere schoolmaster, and being found amply qualified for the vocation he was regularly ordained by a German Lutheran minister, and became the pastor of the Muskego congregation. Mr. Clausen arrived in Muskego in August, 1843, and in the latter part of November of the same year a meeting was held, in which it was agreed upon and resolved to build a church the next year. I am aware that there is some controversy as to when and where the first Norwegian Lutheran congregation was organized. I have seen no documents showing that a congregation was formally organized in Muskego in 1843, but I suppose that the fact that a body of people call a pastor and resolve to build a church implies some kind of organization behind it. The building of a church, particularly, involves buying land and becoming owners of a church edifice. It also appears that money was invested in a parsonage. I do not care to enter upon any controversy, but I may be permitted to ask when the Muskego congregation was organized, if this was not done in the fall of 1843. At the meeting held in November, 1843, Mr. Clausen stated that he had invitations to preach in settlements further west. These requests...

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• Verlag: TheClassics.us
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1230420215
• ISBN 13: 9781230420219
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 88