Religion: Back to Luther!

Every summer U. S. Lutherans hold a "Luther Day" picked arbitrarily so that Lutherans may enjoy it in the mountains or at the seashore. Last week came a Luther Day which was notable because it preluded bigger celebrations, to be held Nov. 10 on the 450th anniversary of Martin Luther's birth. Eastern Lutherans, gathered at Ocean Grove, a strict Methodist colony on the New Jersey coast, had the most eminent speaker—Dr. Walter Arthur Maier, editor of the Walther League Messenger (for the young), professor at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis.

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