Confessors should have uttered not a word inconsistent with the purest principles of republicanism; nay, that they even asserted to the face of the Emperor their rights to resist such laws as they deemed sinful. Their views were broad and statesmanlike, because they were founded upon the Word of God. They spoke as men who had no favors to ask, and no fears to cloud their views. Honesty of purpose, sincerity of conviction, and solemn responsibility. breathe through all their utterances. Their eye being single, their whole body was full of light. To cherish their memory is a sacred duty; to walk in their footsteps, a noble ambition; and to be guided by ington, D. C.; Mr. L. A. Anderson, actuary of the Insurance Commission of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., and Henry W. Harter, LL. D., Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Canton, Ohio. All sessions of the convention, except the Grand Rally, will be held in St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 166 Central avenue, Rev. Oscar Krauch, pastor. This church is very commodious. The Grand Rally will be held in Harmanus Bleecker Hall, the largest auditorium in Albany. The first session will be held in St. John's Church, Tuesday, November 12, at 8 p. m., William C. Stoever, Litt. D., president of the their sentiments is to be saved from error, and grounded in the truth of God." Among the subjects for presentation at the convention are: "Religious Sanction of Government," "Serving the State Serving God," "Lutheranism Vindicated in American Liberty," "Citizenship a Doctrine of the Church," "The Duty of Christian Citizenship," "The Training of Young Men for Citizenship," and "The Lutheran Church's Historic Duty to the Present." Among the speakers so far secured are Revs. Jacob Fry, D. D., L. H. D., of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa.; David A. Davy, of Unity Church, Chicago; C. Armand Miller, D. D., of St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia; Mr. Lewis Larson, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., secretary to "The Committee on Claims," Wash THE CITY HALL PROMINENT BUILDINGS. Luther League of America, presiding. At this session the biennial address of the president will be delivered, and Dr. Jacob Fry, professor in Mt. Airy Seminary, will address the convention. At the conclusion of this session a reception will be tendered the delegates. The last session of the convention will be the Grand Rally. This will be held in Harmanus Bleecker Hall. Special music is being provided for this session. The music for this occasion will be in charge of Prof. Fred. W. Kerner, of the Albany Musical Association. It is probable there will be an orchestra of fifty pieces at this session. A prominent Lutheran layman has been invited to deliver the address. Music will be a feature of this convention. The music for the first night will be furnished by the choir of the Church of the Redeemer, under the direction of Miss H. Gainsley. The music for the second night will be furnished by the choir of the Convention Church, under the direction of Mr. John N. Schilling. The Grand Rally music will be rendered by a chorus of three hundred voices, under the direction of Professor Kerner. Among the selections to be rendered by this chorus are "Folk Song of the Netherlands" and "Hallelujah from the Mount of Olives." After the convention small parties of delegates and visitors who may desire to visit the electrical works, U. S. Gun Foundry, shirt and collar factories, bell foundry and other manufacturing establishments will be conducted by guides, selected from the Leagues of Albany, to the various points of interest. Lake George is four hours by rail from Albany, Saratoga is one hour by rail, Montreal is about eleven hours by rail, and the Adirondack Mountains from two and a half to five hours, according to points desired to be reached, from Albany. Boston and New York City are within easy traveling distance of Albany. Hotel "Stanwix Hall" has been selected as convention headquarters. It is only about two minutes' walk from the railroad station. Special hotel rates have been secured. Delegates to the convention will register at St. John's Church on arriving. The church can be reached by taking an Allen street or West Albany car from in front of the Union Station, or a West City Line car. THE LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW will publish a Convention Number, containing a full report of the proceedings of this convention. Subscriptions for this number of THE REVIEW should be sent to THE LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW, Post Office Box 876, New York City. Credential blanks may be obtained from Rev. C. K. Hunton, Statistical Secretary, Salem, Va. Delegates to the convention are expected and required to present properly certified credentials. Special Information Arrangements will be made to look after mail at the Bureau of Information at St. John's Church. Mail should be addressed: "Care of Luther League of America, St. John's Church, 166 Central Avenue, Albany, N. Y." Be sure that you have a return card on your letters. For General Information with Rev. Oscar Krauch, 168 Central avenue, Albany, N. Y. For Information about hotels and hotel reservation with either Rev. Hugo Meyer, Ph. D., 62 Alexander street, or Rev. Ernest M. Grahm, 150 Western avenue, Albany, N. Y. The names and location of Lutheran Churches in Albany are: St. John's, Rev. Oscar Krauch, 166 Central avenue. Redeemer, Rev. Ernest M. Grahm, Lake and Western avenue. Trinity, Rev. Hugo Meyer, Ph. D., Alexander street. Emmanuel, Rev. A. B. Obenschain, Second avenue. St. Peter's, Rev. Herman Liebich. First Lutheran, Rev. C. W. Leitzell, D. D., Pine and Lodge streets. Rensselaer, Rev. Giles Schumann. Hotels Stanwix Hall, Luther League Convention Headquarters (European plan), 487 Broadway. Single rooms, $1.50; two in room, $2. Ten Eyck, 887 State street. Single room, $2 upward; room with bath, $3 upward; two in room, $1 extra. The Hamilton, 38 State street. Single room with bath, $2 upward; two in room with bath, $3 upward. The New Kenmore, 76 North Pearl street. Single room, $2; two in room, $3. Keeler's, 482 Broadway (for men only). Single rooms, 75 cents and $1; two in room with bath, $1.50 and $3. Keeler's Annex. Rooms for two with bath, $2. The Wellington, 136 State street. Single room, $1 upward; two in room, $2. The Gainsborough, 126 State street. Single room, $1; two beds in room, $1 each. Y. W. C. A., 5 Lodge street (for ladies only). Single and double rooms, 50 and 75 cents. The above hotels recommended by the Convention Committee are on the European plan, and, excepting the Wellington, all have restaurants connected with them. There are numerous restaurants where meals can be secured at reasonable rates. Reservations may be secured at any of these hotels or approved boarding houses on application to pastors mentioned above. A Her Situation, Famous Events and Luther League Activities MONG American cities, Albany keeps a unique position. For centuries it has been regarded, and now, in its two hundred and ninety-seventh year, it is still known as the "gateway of the West." Through all of the days of colonial history it was regarded as the capital of the Province. In 1685, when the Indian tribes occupying all that vast territory from the Potomac River to Lake Ontario were summoned to meet the whites to arrange a treaty of peace, by common consent Albany was the rendezvous of two thousand savages who attended that conference. Albany, during the revolutionary war, was unquestionably the key of the situation. In his address at the centennial celebration in Schuylerville, Governor Seymour said: "It was the design of the British in the campaign of 1777 to capture the commanding system of mountains and valleys of which the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk was the center. Their fleets and armies, and their savage allies, were to follow their converging lines to Albany, and there strike the decisive blow." We are especially interested in these features of Albany because of the tenth biennial convention of the Luther League of America, to be held in this beautiful city in November. About thirty Leagues are interested in making this convention a signal success. The convention church is St. John's German Lutheran. It has the largest League in In As the place most convenient for delegates, Albany was subsequently selected as the meeting point of the representatives from Maryland to New Hampshire in the convention presided over by Benjamin Franklin, which led to the founding of the United States. In 1807 it was at Albany that steamboat navigation was first practically demonstrated. 1816 it was here the convention was held which resulted in the construction of the Erie Canal. In 1830 the first successful steam railroad was operated between Albany and Schenectady. During the year 1831 Prof. James Henry first operated electric telegraphy in the Albany Academy. and Albany was among the first cities where electricity was used for street lighting. It has been the pioneer city in many of the movements of the century, and she has now asserted her claims to stand among progressive business communities. As a business center Albany has exceptional transportation facilities. There leave Albany every day 158 passenger trains and over 250 freight trains. Albany has expended immense sums on her public parks. Among her adornments is Calverly's celebrated statue of Burns, and the Kings fountain, "Moses Smiting the Rock," by James Rhind. Where convention sessions will be held; the church which has the largest Luther League in America. America. Its active membership is over 500. During the past few years this League has given to the church and paid for a new $3,500 organ. It has paid $11,000 to equip the church with electric light fixtures. Ever since the election of the general secretary, this League has been a regular contributor to the general secretary salary fund. The League of Emmanuel Church has been especially active along social lines. Trinity Church has been a strong factor in holding the young people in active church membership. In the general work of the League, the Albany societies have taken their share. Among the early prominent workers was the late A. C. Close, the first treasurer of the Luther League of America, whose earnest work still bears fruits. Two New York State presidents have come from this territory, one State convention has been entertained in Albany, and the societies in Albany were especially active in the organization of the Albany and Susquehanna District League. Lutheran Men for the Ministry BY DR. G. H. GERBERDING. O you know that there are considerably in the Lutheran Church in America? And what of the thousand new English missions that ought to be started? The dearth is appalling. There is a crisis upon us. No other Church has such opportunities. Open doors face us and invite us at every turn. Shall we fail because we have no ministers to enter in and build up congregations for our dear Church? Why this startling state of affairs? Pray ye the Lord of the harvest that He send laborers. Pray, in the home, in the closet, in the League at every meeting, in the Sunday school, in the church at every service. Lack of prayer. Lack of spirituality. This is our sin. This threatens our ruin. Why this threatening condition? Prayerless preachers, worldly preachers, whining and complaining preachers, whining and groaning and croaking because their salaries are so small. It is not true. An earnest, consecrated, tactful, hard-working minister never suffers. Compare the average your g teacher, lawyer, doctor, journalist, clerk. A few get the large salaries. For the great majority beginnings are hard, income scant, disappointments many and bitter. But the true minister of Christ has compensations and rewards that are better than money. To be permitted to spend every day serving Christ and humanity, to do good every day, to be a comforter, a helper, a bringer of abiding peace and joy-this is better than money. This demands cultured, gifted, high-minded men; men of spiritual power; leaders of thought; leaders of men; men of vision; men of influence; men of great hearts; men who can look their Saviour in the face and say, "Lord, Thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love Thee." Let the Luther League of America, and every individual League, and every League leader, and every League member begin a campaign for seeking and winning such prospective men. If we can get the whole Luther League we'll get the boys and men for the ministry. But don't forget to pray. Only then can it be a campaign of education, of evangelization, of inspiration. Our League Colors in a New Role BY REV. CHARLES L. FRY, D.D. Little did we dream, when adopting the well known black, red, white, blue and gold of the Luther coat of arms as our cherished League colors, that we would live to sce the day when the monster Chinese Empire, dating back to prehistoric times in its origin, and embracing one man out of every four on this round earth among its subjects, would become a republic, and without pausing to consider whether we had a prior claim, would be so enamored of the striking combination of our Luther League colors, as being the finest ensign on earth, as to adopt it bodily for their flag. Thus the hideous old dragon of the former flag is consigned to well-deserved oblivion, with all the heathenish cruelty of which it was the fit emblem, and these simple, beautiful colors are happily substituted. The black represents Thibet, the red represents the original provinces, called "China proper," the white stripe is for Turkestan, the blue is for Mongolia and the gold is for Manchuria. God grant that these new colors, which we Luther Leaguers love to associate with the spiritual quality which each of them betokens, may be a prophecy of the not far distant day when the four hundred millions of Chinese men, women and children shall rejoice with us in a common Gospel and a common banner. CHAPTER II. BY CARLETON. (Continued from June Number.) THE NEW SOCIETY. N Sunday morning Dr. Carroll stated to ON League would be organized that afternoon in the League room, and it was earnestly hoped and desired that all the children of the congregation, between the ages of seven and fourteen, the age limits for members, should be present. "We have a leader," he concluded, "who will be very happy to welcome each and every one of you, and I can truly say that I believe him fully competent to undertake the duties and responsibilities of the office. Paul Cecil is our Junior League leader." Paul had given a great deal of study to the subject and had outlined a plan along which he had decided to proceed. He knew that the leader is not necessarily born so, but is made so by his education. He was wise enough to know that, in dealing with children, one must have an unfailing stock of patience, and be willing to learn from them. He had selected several assistants to help him, among them being an excellent pianist. Only about twenty of the little folks came around the first afternoon, but he was satisfied. The first thing Paul did was to tell them what he expected to do, and that he wanted each one to have some particular work, so each one would have a personal interest in the League. He permitted them to elect officers from among their own number, the officers to serve for one month. To Dorothy's great joy she was elected the first president. This was especially pleasing to Paul, for he immediately foresaw the advantage of having the first president so near to him. He felt that he could put things in working order so much more quickly. A vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, with committees to solicit new members and to look after any that joined and then fell away, and to visit sick members, were also elected. The officers occupied chairs in front of the society. Paul conducted the opening service, which consisted in singing a hymn and the regular Sunday school service up to the Psalm, which was repeated in concert. The president then offered the prayer, this being selected or prepared for each meeting by Paul, after which the secretary called the roll, each member responding with the same verse from the Bible. This was done to impress the words of the verse upon each one's mind, and make it easier for the verse to be remembered. Then a special musical number was given and a poem read bearing upon the topic. Paul then brought his blackboard to view, on which he had drawn a bookcase, and in it placed all the books of the Bible. He told them that they should have a special drill each meeting, learning the books of the Bible in their order, and after that the Sundays of the Church year, and many other interesting, as well as instructive things. For the regular topic discussion, he divided the members according to ages, and giving a division to each helper the lesson was presented. Meanwhile, the treasurer collected the funds. In a conference with Dr. Carroll it was decided to take a penny collection each meeting rather than have dues. Some might stay away if they were expected to pay a stipulated sum each month, while the penny collection would keep no one away, and probably swell the fund faster than dues. After the presentation of the lesson, by a carefully prepared list of questions Paul brought out the main points and endeavored to fix them upon their minds. After this they sang the "Rally Hymn" and "Onward, Christian Soldiers," marching around the room. The meeting was then closed with a little prayer in concert and the Lord's Prayer. Every one present seemed much pleased with the meeting and promised to be on hand the following Sunday, and also promised to bring one or more of their little friends with them. After most of the children had gone Dr. Carroll said: "Paul, you have certainly found your line of work." "I hope so," he replied soberly. "It was fine," Dr. Carrol continued; "you have your plans exceedingly well laid, and if it is not a success I will not believe it your fault." "Please do not flatter me, Dr. Carroll," he said. "I do not mean to flatter you at all. You know how you want to proceed and you evidently have the love of every child present this afternoon, and that is more than half of the battle." "I am certainly much more interested than |