. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . k Island, Moline, Gales-burg, and other places in Illinois; Burlington and NewSweden, la.; and in Chisago, Carver, Goodhue, andother counties in Minnesota. In 1848 the settlers in New Sweden, la., organizedthemselves into a Swedish Lutheran congregation andchose one of their members, M. F. Hokanson, as pastorto preach the Word and to administer the 1849 Rev. Lars Paul Esbjorn (died 1870), thefounder of the Swedish Lutheran Church in America,arrived to minister to the spiritual needs of his scat-tered countrymen. He located
. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . k Island, Moline, Gales-burg, and other places in Illinois; Burlington and NewSweden, la.; and in Chisago, Carver, Goodhue, andother counties in Minnesota. In 1848 the settlers in New Sweden, la., organizedthemselves into a Swedish Lutheran congregation andchose one of their members, M. F. Hokanson, as pastorto preach the Word and to administer the 1849 Rev. Lars Paul Esbjorn (died 1870), thefounder of the Swedish Lutheran Church in America,arrived to minister to the spiritual needs of his scat-tered countrymen. He located in Andover, 111., and atonce took up his work. Congregations were organizedin Andover (1850), in Moline (1850), and Galesburg(1851), and a number other places were visited. In 1851he made a tour through the East to solicit funds forchurch buildings. His efforts were successful. Among 324 THE MODERN ERA the donors was the celebrated Jenny Lind, who wasthen making a tour in the United States, and who do-nated |1,500 to the fund. With aid thus secured the. Lars Paul Esbjorn. first churches were erected in Andover, Moline, and NewSweden. In the fall of 1851 a number of American Lutheransmet in Cedarville, 111., for the purpose of uniting them- THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA 325 selves into a synod. Rev. Esbjorn and some Norwegianpastors were also present and joined in the work. Thuswas the Synod of Northern Illinois organized and the
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