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150TH ANNIVERSARY of the NORWEGIAN SYNOD Contents LSQ 43:2 & 3 117 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORWEGIAN SYNOD Contents Foreword . 119 Gaylin R. Schmeling Brief History of the Synod . 124 Juul B. Madson The Lord is My Shepherd - Psalm 23 . 127 Sigurd C. Ylvisaker En Redegjørelse An Accounting to the Congregations . 128 of the Norwegian Synod Ulrik V. Koren Can and Ought a Christian Be Certain of His Salvation? . 148 Ulrik V. Koren Sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 . 189 Bjug Harstad Unity, Union and Unionism . 200 H. M. Tjernagel 118 LSQ 43:2 & 3 The Three Solas . 230 Justin A. Petersen, J. B. Unseth, Christian Anderson The Position and the Part of Faith in Justifi cation . LSQ 43:2 & 3 119 Foreword In commemoration of the one hundred fi ftieth anniversary of the Norwegian Synod, of which the Evangelical Lutheran Synod is the spiritual heir, this issue of the Quarterly is being devoted to a special remembrance of our history and tradition. This is a time to remember all the wonderful blessings that the Lord has poured out upon His church during the past one hundred fi fty years. We have received a great heritage from our forefathers and we thank the Lord for all His blessings in the past. While looking forward to the future, we want to use the lessons of the past to help guide us on the pathway on which the Lord is leading us. This Quarterly contains significant essays produced throughout the history of our synod. They were valuable at the time they were produced and they still are of vital importance today. They reveal our spiritual heritage. For each essay there is an introduction explaining its contents written by Pastor Donald Moldstad, the co- editor of this issue of the Quarterly. Following are short biographies of each of the writers. Sigurd C. Ylvisaker (1884-1959) was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Prof. and Mrs. Johannes Ylvisaker. He attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1904 to 1907. The next three years he spent at Leipzig University in Germany and earned his Doctor’s Degree in Semitics in 1910. In 1919 he became the representative of the ELS on the teaching staff of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1923 he accepted a call to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin, where he served until 1930 when he became president of Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. He served as president until 1950. Because of his faithful and tireless efforts Bethany Lutheran College survived and prospered during some of the most diffi cult years of its existence. The poem The Lord is My Shepherd – Psalm 23 was written by Dr. Ylvisaker. Ulrik V. Koren (1826-1910) was born in Bergen on the west coast of Norway. In 1853 he and his wife Elisabeth crossed a frozen Mississippi with a light buggy to northern Iowa, which became 120 LSQ 43:2 & 3 the center of his ministry. He served at Washington Prairie, east of Decorah, Iowa. Through his tireless efforts about twenty parishes were formed from this, his original congregation among them, East and West Paint Creek and Jerico and Saude of the present ELS. He was president of the synod from 1894 to 1910. Beyond a doubt he was the leading theologian in the synod. At times he is referred to as the Norwegian Walther. Many of his theological writings were published in a four-volume set of books under the title Samlede Skrifter (Collected Writings). He is the writer of both “En Redegjørelse” An Accounting to the Congregations of the Norwegian Synod (Lutheran Synod Quarterly, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, June 1993, pp. 8-27) and Can and Ought a Christian Be Certain of His Salvation? (U.V. Koren, Truth Unchanged, Unchanging, pp. 171-199) Bjug A. Harstad (1848-1933) was born on the Harstad farm in Valle, Saetersdal, Norway. In the early 1860s the Harstad family came to America. He graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1871, and enrolled at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1874 he was called to the Red River Valley area. He was the president of the Minnesota District from 1884 to 1892. Later he was called to the state of Washington where he established the institution that would become Pacifi c Lutheran University. To support the institution in economic diffi culties he went prospecting for gold in the Yukon region of Canada. In 1918 he was elected the fi rst president of the reorganized Norwegian Synod, now the ELS. He was the author of a number of essays and books, including Pioneer Days and Is the Bible Reliable? The Sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 included in this issue was presented by Pastor Harstad at the fi rst convention of the ELS in 1918 at Lime Creek Lutheran Church, Lake Mills, Iowa. (1918 Beretning, pp. 75-85) Helge M. Tjernagel (1871-1940) was born at the Follinglo family farm near Story City, Iowa. He served congregations in Washington, California, Minnesota, and Iowa. The Norwegian Synod began mission work in Alaska in 1894. Here the young Tjernagel served as a missionary among the Eskimos. Pastor Tjernagel joined the ELS in 1923 when he was called to serve the Saude and Jerico LSQ 43:2 & 3 121 congregations in Iowa. In 1929 he established a Lutheran school, thereby showing his love for Christian education. He also served as the fourth president of the ELS. He is the primary author of Unity, Union, and Unionism. (1936 Synod Report, pp. 30-51) Justin A. Petersen (1891-1954) was born in Escanaba, Michigan. After graduating from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, he entered Luther Seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1924 he joined the ELS and received a call to the Scarville-Center parish, Scarville, Iowa, where he served 24 years. He was an ardent advocate of Christian education on all levels and established a Christian Day School at Scarville, a school which is still in existence today. After poor health had led him to leave the parish ministry, he accepted the position as manager of the Lutheran Synod Book Company at Bethany. He truly loved the synod and worked hard to promote its work. He was buried at the Scarville cemetery where his tombstone is inscribed with the words A CHRISTIAN LUTHERAN PASTOR—BY THE GRACE OF GOD, an epitaph that aptly describes his life. He is one of the writers of The Three Solas. (1943 Synod Report, pp. 18-41) J. B. Unseth (1875-1966) was born near Westby, Wisconsin. He attended Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, graduating as a candidate of theology in 1900. He served congregations in North Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota. After serving in the public ministry for 51 years he retired in 1951. In his retirement he continued to proclaim the Gospel of salvation to his brothers and sisters in Christ as chaplain at Kasota Valley Lutheran Home, a retirement home then operated by the ELS in Kasota, near Mankato. He is one of the writers of The Three Solas. Christian Anderson (1874-1959) was born in Grant County, Minnesota. He attended Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, graduating as a candidate of theology in 1899. He served the following congregations: Genesee, Idaho, from 1899 to 1903; Zion Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1903 to 1916; Fairview Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1916 to 1928; Belview parish, Minnesota, from 1928 to 1949. He 122 LSQ 43:2 & 3 was along in the reorganization of the Norwegian Synod on the old foundations in 1918 after the merger of 1917 had split the ranks of the old synod. In the ELS he served as president and vice-president and on various boards and committees. He is one of the writers of The Three Solas. C. Monrad Gullerud (1908-1995) was born at Tracy, Minnesota, to Pastor and Mrs. O.M. Gullerud. He attended Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating in 1932 he was called to serve as pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookings, South Dakota, and Oslo Lutheran Church, Volga, South Dakota, from 1932 to 1941. He served Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato, Minnesota from 1941 to 1959; and Salem Lutheran Church, Eagle Lake, Minnesota, from 1942 to 1962. He was one of the founding members of the Church of the Lutheran Confession. Here he functioned as editor of the Journal of Theology, as professor of Immanuel Lutheran Seminary from 1959 to 1984, and as president of Immanuel Lutheran College in Eau Claire from 1962 to 1978. During his retirement years he authored fi ve family devotion books and translated several religious works from Norwegian to English. He is the writer of the essay The Position and the Part of Faith in Justifi cation.( 1939 Synod Report, pp. 21-39) Norman A. Madson (1886-1962) was born near Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He attended Luther Seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained in the fall of 1915. He became a traveling missionary on the Iron Range of northern Minnesota. After joining the ELS in 1925 he served as pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, rural Princeton, Minnesota. In 1946 he was called as the dean of Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary where he served until 1960. He wrote numerous articles for the Lutheran Sentinel and the Lutheran Quarterly. His publications include Preaching to Preachers (1952); and two volumes of chapel addresses, entitled Evening Bells at Bethany (1948) and Evening Bells at Bethany II (1952). Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfi eld, Illinois, awarded him an honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1951. After his retirement in 1960 he spent his last two years on earth as a member of the CLC.
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