Excerpt from Jubilee Album: A Short History of the Swedish Ev; Lutheran Salem Congregation of Sycamore, De Kalb Co;, Ill;, 1870 1920 At the annual business meeting of the Sw. Ev. Luth. Salem congregation of Sycamore, Ill., held January 1, 1920, the following resolution was unanimously passed: That whereas fifty years have passed since the founding of this church, April 4, 1870, and as it is proper to celebrate this significant fact, be it therefore resolved that this celebration shall take place and on some suitable date between May 20 and 30 of this year. The pastor was authorized to appoint a committee of ten, including himself, who should have full authority to take complete charge of this festivity, and that this committee should also publish an appropriate Jubilee Album in commemoration of the golden jubilee of this church. The committee thus appointed included the following: Dr. Albert Okerstrom, Mrs. A. Okerstrom, Mr. G. H. Carlson, Mr. Gustaf Nelson, Mrs. Albert Carlson, Miss Bertha Stromberg, Mr. Harold Welander, Mrs. Fred Carlson, Mr. John Ahlstrom, Mr. John Quist. The work of publishing the present book has not been an easy matter. The records from the earliest years are very incomplete. Much interesting material from these early years are no doubt lacking, yet we believe that the essential facts are given. Errors are not lacking, but we hope the readers of this Album will kindly pardon these, considering the difficulties encountered in such an undertaking. We hope, nevertheless, that much enjoyment and much good may come from this book. May it be a stimulus to each member of our church to feel the spirit of thankfulness to God for His lovingkindness in guiding this church so wonderfully through the years past, and to realize that its future rests entirely in His hands. To Him be all glory now and evermore! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.