Torsdagen den 29 maj 1941.
THE SWEDISH PRESS
Sid. i.
FIRST SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Stockholm in the Springtime
By
MARGARET MACLEAN.
RED CROSS
NOTES
Want All Jam Red Cross Can Send.
The Canadian Red Cross
“THE DIAMOND”
. Princess and Pender Sts.
Nels H. Norbeck, Pastor.
431 Princess St. Hlg\ 3861.
Friday, May 30. 6.30 p.m. Confirmation Class. 7.30 p.m. Junior Luther League. 8.00 p.m. Choir rehearsal.
Sunday, June 1.	9.30 a.m.
Sunday School and examination of the confirmands on Bible and Church history.
7.30 p.m. Confirmation Service. This service will include an examination of the Catechumens on the Catechism. The class of fourteen juniors will be combined with the choir for the processional.
Tuesday, June 3. 8.00 p.m. The Board of Trustees will meet with Mr. and Mrs. John Strome.
Thursday, June 5. Senior Luther League.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
1 1 th and St. Andrews Sts. NEW WESTMINSTER
NELS H. NORBECK, Pastor.
Saturday, May 31. 2.30 p.m. | Junior Mission Band.
Sunday, June 1. 10.30 a.m. Sunday School.
11.30 a.m. Confirmation Ser ! vice. The Confirmation Rite will I be preceeded by an examination of the Catechumens. Altar vases donated by Mrs. Mathilda Stål- ■ hanske, will be dedicated at this service.	,
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Skandinaviska
Baptistmissionen
261 East Cordova St. Phone: PAcific 6485.
Pastor OLE LARSON,
Torsdag kl. 8 e.m. Metropolitan Tabernacle ungdom kommer I att ha ledning av detta mäte. Tal och extra sång med musik.
Lördag kl. 8 e.m. Vi väntar vår nya pastor till detta möte. Pastor David Larson har erfarenheter såsom församlingsledare och nu sist har han rest såsom väckelsepredikant. Har ifrån Sverige varit teater-spelare så är särskilt begåvad i sång och musik.
Söndag kl. 3 e.m. Bibelskola. Klasser för barn och äldre.
Kl. 4 e.m. Engelskt möte. För-friskningar.
Kl. 8 e.m. Svenskt möte.
Tisdag kl. 8 e.m. Bibelstudium och bön.
Varen vänligt inbjudna till j dessa möten. Vi önska se en stor skara av vårt folk för att hälsa vår nya pastor som denna vecka börjar sin verksamhet i-bland oss. Låtom oss förena våra krafter i att verka för vårt eget folks väl och frälsning.
HERREN SÄGER
"Och han sade till mig: Försegla icke denna boks profetias ord; ty tiden är nära.
Den orättfärdige fortfare att göra orätt och den orene att orena sig, den rättfärdige fortfare att öva rättfärdighet och den helige att helga sig.
Se, jag kommer snart, och I min lön med mig, för att ve-dergälla var och en såsom hans gärning är.
Jag är A och O, dten förste och den siste, begynnelsen och änden.
Saliga äro de, som två sina kläder, att de må få tillträde till livets träd och genom pbr-terna ingå i staden.”
Upp. 22:10—14.
Bethel Evangelical Free Church
449 East llth Ave.
Olai Urang, pastor.
FAir. 2477-k.
Sunday School downstairs at 11.
Scandinavian Service at 11.
Evangelical Service at 7,30.
Young Peoples Meeting at 5.
Yes, it’s Springtime in Sweden, where the swallows stir the air, and the buds and tiny leaves are bursting forth in all their verdant glory. It is the season of the year when our thoughts turn home-ward, and afeeling creeps within just to see again the land of childhood. We sense it all so keenly that our eyes well up to overflowing. However, the war in its insidious ravages has dis-located the entire world and dis-rupted trade and commerce to such an extent that ocean voy-ages are jeopardized to a most perilous degree, so that the mere thought of returning is futile. — Nevertheless, in spite of blocka-des and sinister happenings, man, with his blood thirsty tactics, has not been able to hinder or ham-per mother Nature from unfold-ing in all her lyrical loveliness. The seasons march on, in spite of barbaric destruction and merci-less inundations. Winter has lifted her fleecy white blänket and has quietly slipped away to give place to Springtime, pretty little wingtime when all the world is gay, and everywhere is clothed in rarest brocatelle.
The exotic season is truly here. The longing within has become so intense and indescribable that we must conjure up ways and means to retrace our steps to old Stockholm, the emerald city, be-decked with diamonds from her scintillating waters. The wee pink bells of "linnea" are softly calling us home, tinkling so merrily from out the green blades while the gwallows are chirping and tril-ling all the day long, coaxing and pleading with nymphs and naiads of long ago to join in the chorus of welcome for far away children of ‘Scandinavia.
Springtime of the year is love-time when all the world s a-tremble and breathing life anew. The air is laden with a fragrance .from the pines on the hillsides and the dewy blossoms in the ■delis. The weeping birches are dipping deep and deeper in the lapping waters as the sun caresses their tiny golden leaflets and changes them to richest green. The poplars and the lindens along the ravelled shore are standing guard in uniforms of jade and emerald, beckoning us homeward. The dainty little "blåsippor" in their delicate blue robes curtsey to and fro, as the balmy zephyrs lilt their lively arias through the green trees. The bees are sipping from flowery nectar cups, and, in their hum-ming, strumming little notes, we know, that they, too, have caught the atmosphere of Springtime.
All Nature in her dulcet tone is calling so gently that there seems nothing left for us to do but build a fairy barque and in our imagination cross the great Atlantic. However, in order to make this entrancing voyage we must ask Odin, wise and cunning, to be the captain of our ship, for he it was who first established law and order in Sweden long ago, and once again with his magic power he will pilot us to Stockholm. We all know that Odin was the giver of victory, therefore not one thought of dan-ger will hover near us. But in keeping pace with the world of today Odin will summon his sacred hawks to act as our con-voy, and they with their tireless wings will beat from out our midst death laden planes should they come whurring near. Our feathery convoy. riding on the fluffy clouds, will swiftly swoop low if darting submarines emerge from out the waves. The moon in her fullest silver sheen will be the searchlight in the darkness on this, the homebound ship of Odin.
And now that we are all aboard, the gangway no longer is a link with the shore. The last com-mand rings through the ari:----
“Let go the lines, forward and aft!"
We feel the purr and twirl of the engine, as we shove out to sea. Odin’s great orchestra strikes
Prayer and Bible Study Thursday at 7,30.
Scandinavian Radio Program every Thursday night at 9:30 over CKMO.
up a familiar tune. We join in the chorus, while we pull from the shore:---
"Sätt maskinen i gång. Herr Kapten,
Sätt maskinen i gång. Hälsning vi sända Från tonernas värld. Vänner på stranden Som vifta med handen, ‘ Farväl, farväl, på den gungande färd." On and on we float o er the waves — not a sound is heard, save the clamorous rumbling of the convoy in a ianguage their own. Odin yet stands at the helm for none has the magical power that has ever been his. We curve and swerve around the Hebrides, out through the North Sea where the salty spray splashes so angri-ly against our bow. Then on through the Skagerack and Kat- ‘ tegat into far away Göteborg. | with its handsome tree-planted quays to welcome us home. We move south along the weird and rocky Western coast where the gulls and eiders have assembled in countless numbers to cheer and flap their gray wings as we drift among the lonely islands.
Our hearts beat quicker as ■ Odin guides us through the Bal-tic and up the Eastern path to : our destination.
Stockholm! Stockholm! The most enchanting city in the world where the lacy shores come run-ning down to meet the laughing waters. The dazzling transparen-cy of the air lifting to the azure sky is so captivating as Odin quietly nears the shore. In and out the leafy waxen birches and the perfumed "hägg" — the blue and gold — is fluttering in the breeze.
There is rythm everywhere. The bands are playing the march i of the dear old flag:—
Flamma högt, mot dunkla skyar Mot en glimt av sommarns sol, över Sveriges skogar, berg och byar,
Över vatten av viol..........."
Stockholm! Home — Sweet Home!
Y es, in memory, were home. home in the beautiful Springtime of the year, and life comes tumbl-ing back again. We readily recall our yesterdays — our yesteryears of youth — which nothing can erase. With a fairy deftness we go a-tripping in Haga, gathering the golden "gullvivor", but the big tears drop from out our eyes as we twine the dainty blossoms with the little blue “natt-och-dag", for great are the emblems of Springtime, when earth is un-folding in harmony and love, trying to kindle anew peace on earth and goodwill toward men. All the air is full of retrospection — looking back — away back to childhood when we sketched naught but love and happiness on life s future canvas.
Memory leads us dreamily on until we find ourselves nearer the Town Hall, where we can read the indelible message:—
"Ära vare Gud i höjden och Frid på jorden till människorna ett gott behag".
Let us wander through the Hall, and gaze into the beauty of the sparkling fountain. Here beside the crystal pool we ll place | our litjle wreaths of blue ‘ Natt- I och-dag”, and gold "gullvivor", symbolic of the dear old flag. We see anon the rooms of rarest architecture where the walls are clothed in mystic tapestry. We pause and wonder — can it be that Sweden’s sacred peaceful— ness will soon be broken —? To the oldest church in Stockholm we will go a-tiptoeing down i the solemn aisles and, as we near the altar step by step, a deco-rum of heavenly tranquility pleads the urgent appeal to be at peace, pgace with the world as Sweden has been for the past one hundred and twenty-five
. years.
We ponder as the organ sounds a melody so real, so aweinspiring that we brush the locks across our brow while the teardrops ■ trickle down. We stand with throbbing hearts for now we are ’ awakened to the fact that this, I our reverie, is only a dream —
has received word that Great Britain can use all the jam it can ship
Membership free.
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Send name.
The young Peopies Club, conducted by •‘Parbror Olle**
Over 500 members. Membership o pen to all Swedish descend-
and the Society has decided to send 300,000 pounds during the season of 1941. The Red Cross has especially invited the mem- | bers of the Women s Institutes in the fruit growing districts of , Canada to co-operate in process- i ing the surplus fruit in the form of jam and syrup. At the present time canning centres are being organized by this large organiza-tion which has approximately 76- ■ 000 members in 3 1,000 branches in every part of the Dominion.
The Red Cross will provide cans, labels, cartons and somej sugar. The members of Red Cross branches and Women s Institutes are to organize canning kitchens, . ■ .	.	.	,
to provide fruits. as much sugar .	haft dragnmg
as possible, and to process the pa ,en. aV .A’fred Granholm t, 1--- | verkad och donerad fotografi-
I ram och har den vunnits på No. 5 7 av Miss Waola Guild, 1742 E. 35th Ave.
fruit. The jam sent Overseas will be distributed to civilian victims of war in Britain and to Cana-
dian troops in hospitals and camps.
Last year more than 120,000 pounds of jam made in B. C. and Ontario were shipped Overseas. This was most welcome in view of the strict rationing of sugar and other sweets. In a letter of thanks sent by Lady Read-
ing, Chief of the Women s Vol-untary Corps, she stated it was particularly appreciated for the children, as jam in Great Britain is now rationed at one-half pound per person per month.
BANDEN MELLAN FINLAND OCH ÖVRIGA NORDEN STARKARE.
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The Negro preacher’s term had expired and he was anxious to stay on:
Preacher: Brethren, the time has come for you-all to elect a pastor for another year. All those favoring me will please say Aye
He waited a moment.
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Föreningen Svea har möte fre-; dagen den 6 juni samt sin årliga ' “picnic" söndagen den 8 juni i Svenska Parken.
Stockholm den 9 maj: — ,	¥ ¥ ¥
Den svenska utrikesministern Folkdanslaget Lekstugan har Christian E. Gunther lämnade d. nedlagt övningarna tills i mitten | 8 maj Finland. Hans besök där, av september månad, då de sko- j som varat ett par dagar, liksom j la återupptagas.
la återupptagas.
även hans radiotal den 4 maj hälsas med tillfredsställelse av hela den finska pressen, som också citerar fältmarskalk Mannerheims uttalande i Stockholm, att banden mellan Finland och den övriga Norden blivit starkare.
Agrartidningen Liitto i Ulea-borg erinrar om utrikesminister Gunthers uttalande i sitt radiotal om upprätthållandet av goda förbindelser med ett Ryssland, som är vänligt stämt mot de nordiska länderna" och om önskan att “fördjupa och vidga dessa förbindelser" och tillägger, att de nordiska länderna mot egen vilja kommit i beröring med stormaktskriget. Trots detta är det likväl, fortsätter tidningen, skäl att understryka. att Sverige och Fin-
Centralkommittén möter mån-' dagen den 9 juni i Svenska Hallen.
Den Skandinaviska Midsommar festen skall hållas söndagen den 22 juni i Svenska Parken.
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Svenska Klubbens årliga “pic-1 nic” hålles i Svenska Parken tis- j dagen den I juli, Dominiondagen. j
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land, som båda bevarar sin
neu-upp-
tralitet, fortfarande önska rätthålla goda förbindelser med
vänskapligt sinnade makter.
Hufvudstadsbladet i Helsingfors skrev den 9 maj: Man kan med djup tillfredsställelse konstatera. att de förtretliga tonfall, som för en kort tid sedan mängdes in i den tämligen omotiverat uppflammande diskussionen om vår neutralitet och utrikespolitiska orientering dessbättre icke lett till några skärande dissonanser i förhållandet mellan Finland och Sverige. Tvärtom ha de pressuttalanden, som gjorts i anslutning till minister Gunthers inofficiella besök i Helsingfors över hela linjen burit varma och vältaliga vittnesbörd om det samförstånd och den vilja till fortsatt samarbete, som besjälar den stora massan av Sveriges folk. Det var, säger tidningen, otvivelaktigt i en lycklig stund som excellensen Gunther tog personlig kontakt med vårt land."
För all den vänlighet som visats mig under mitt uppehåll i Port Alberni och V ancouver, sedan sistlidne augusti då jag kom till B. C., tills idag då jag avreser till mitt hem i Dawson, Y. T., ber jag få uttala ett hjärtligt tack. Särskilt vill jag uttrycka min tacksamhet till Mrs. Stenberg i Port Alberni. Hoppas att få träffa eder alla igen.
Vancouver, B. C., den 26 maj 1941
(Mrs.) Olga Nelson, Dawson, Y. T.
SVENSKA
På grund förande ökade
a mythical, intangible dream.
Yes, we know — know too
well — that Sweden is mässing all her troops, forging tanks, making bombs and mines, and building planes to carry weapons. The bugle calls. Preparedness is
everywhere resounding. Soldiers here and soldiers there. The days of the warring Vikings have re-turned.
Nevertheless, with all these
tentative plans of destruction and worldly chaos it is comforting to know that God in His unbound-
ing love and compassion has once again given Stockholm her blos-somtime, her beautiful Springtime. Sweden is grateful.
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