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4oS VIII. THE MODERN PERIOD (A.D. 18121910).
separatism or Congregationalism. It is, therefore, gener
ally and naturally, recognized, both in Sweden and in the
U.S.A., as a
"
daughter Church," although it has not yet
acquired the full polity of its mother, and is, as some one
has said, "a
daughter which has not quite finished her
education."
I need not go into the details of the laborious and self-
denying efforts which have built up this great institution,
which has just kept its first jubilee at the close of fifty years.
It will be inseparably identified with the names of Lars
Paul Esbjorn, Nilsson Hasselquist and Erik Norelius.
The first of these came over from Gestrikland, as I have
said, in 1849, and founded churches at Andover, Moline,
Princeton, and Galesburg, all in Illinois. Hasselquist, a
priest from the diocese of Lund, came over to Galesburg in
1852, and was a highly qualified man, and has a con
spicuous position as founder of the Augustana College at
Rock Island in 1871. Dr. Norelius, who is still living, is
well known as the historian of the community and as
president of the synod.
It was with great pleasure that the Bishop of Marquette
and I visited the college at Rock Island on Wednesday,
1 9th October, 1910, where we were hospitably received by
the president, Dr. Gustaf Andreen, Dr. C. S. Lindberg,
Professor of Theology, and the other Professors of the
College. We had some frank and friendly conference with
them for about three hours, and, I trust, removed any mis
conception which might have been previously felt as to the
objects aimed at by the Commission appointed by the Lam
beth Conference of 1908, and by my own visit to this
country. We were impressed by the zeal, both for truth
and education, expressed by the members of the faculty
with whom we had the opportunity of conference. The
following statistics seem to be the last (1909) :
Communicants 163,473
Baptized Members 254,645
Ministers 611
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