, 1869-11-11
RELIGIOUS.
Last day Of the Ev;anxcli cnl La
IhcsAn Council.
Reports and Recommendations Of
Committees.
Answer Of the Council 10 the Questions Or tas
Minnesota Synod.
Finn1 Adjournment.


KoRS1NG SESSION.
In p1rauance to adjournment, the council xe.
ato O'Clock yesterday mornlug kcv- J. 4. Kao-
k1emnn led the lisurgtcal crercs~es.- The "HAiae
Hymn Of the Reformation " Wa sung or the en-
tire council In honor Of tha Nbth anniversary OF
the htrltday Of Martin Luther.
Dr. Hamburg Smith reported on behalf OF III,
Auditing Committee. The Trea-urer's report was
examined, ard declared to nc correct d. IL Il.
The report Nes adopted, and vote Of thacks
EXTENDED 10 Dr. MuntaeER. ...
The following reaoutAns Hett offered b. III.
R.o7f<d That for the rnEposc e creating er=lasc.
teps n . 1hf T. ss t;sns. n G:e ~
The ETT,ns ,h q os a3ate. & ss a
soss fss eetF IL c iap.4s I rte
Ht.<red That 1t es,s NTH es shr f!nr. eotrtt1
eoassl = i =. tsaed y u: eaiasse Il L tsc ai-
The resolutions Trre aunpi+d- .......
On Ho1lun Of Dr. Schun ackeT, the nrst two lars
AFTER the organization were set apart for ioc;fni
On motion. n. Ksautn WIS spro.n,cd to pre-
pare theses iIr the next year, Oh The suoiecs q
On nosson Of Dr. wtpzeL Dr.. Krauth vas ap-
pointed delegate to represent this body 10 tho
f.utneran Convention. when will coavtne at
st1ucled 10 act Il ropnecslon ~lsh nim.
Tue Comnt.tec on the Tneo og1.al S-1narr,
who Heye snpo1nted for the pnrpose Of seiec!1ng
peEtops 10 loeute the same. rpot ed tho foo .ux
names: Rera G. 4 ra-aa: SUI, f. cusi,eu. j.
Huo!estal F. Richards, J. 4. Seiss. II SEEKER.
Consul hawklnsen. lewl+ Ne ~son. 4. k1se,esl.
TIE Chairman begged the at1cutnnn 1T lae coau-
cn for few moments ht!e he offered t. T. s>
aroo1a thas 10 alssnc;ons n; e. isnsaase @ % snoais
Interfere with the great WORK which ahi haA
assigned to the Evarge,tcs' Lutheran Church tn
this ceuntE1 1nas the Lntnrrsn 1a!sn woui pro
vail K$U IN the EUFFSh 1ADrNAQ3 a IN $t&
German that no1h the English and German lad
gusGea should be tsuRnr IN Ill the Lutheran
proper for those who Came here frutn the Fsteer-
land to clrR to their old language, IN which they
leaned he ooetr'nes q tnsir fath' nas snas ia.
forget the fppgut in which Luther actf rne old
founders Of the church H!use- suntoned - the
resolutions we're Mnendattcus to the eject
that Thea isuEussrs be blended much "a posi-
biz, Abd thss to msmner Of the Lutheran Church
should Be tgreraot Of either, and 10 this end tnas
places wbtEe the Luthe1ans have any tunaeuee-
The object Of the resolutions And recommends
t.ops ~aa to save 10 The Chus.h lts Joupger ne1-
bers, who, II TOO many 1nstances, were not as@e
TO fellow cuuprehenHsely the usual Feitg oas eE-
erct~es, owing to the language 10 which they were
IT, sr !, ,9T os as
outarow,b az eonatsntlv dropp:nE %
The r solution Eroduceu considerable dsscuss-
| position to the Recommendations c'ntabe1 there
in. Eorre Of the S~ectan bsethren present b&tcly
| tetmed 10 eon pEeteud tie ecnre Of the reso!1-
tena, tbirttpg It WIS kecret bO~ sintH1 10 tntn
MI the churches over 10 the English. hut. alret
lengthy e1nat atsors IN Ger1 IN. S*rti!st. and
| EpXtssh. II e resouttons we're t3aallF saa2ttt1.
On motion, tne Ccnnc1 adjourned untl
| O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The opening relFRtnus exercises we're conducted
by FroteRor Hatkelqnist, In the Swedish Iaa'
The order OF bu,tness for tho afteruson. accord.
ing TO previous a1TanRt mtut, &as The reading o.
| the report Of the coumtttee appointed fur snat
| purpose. upon The poiu*n raised md qnestluaa
! atkeh by the delegate frun Minnesota The
| committee asked further time, whoa Nas granted
largo portion Of the Afternoon was then ta9eu
up with ut-culslon OF tue recommendation
offered BY the Chairman IL the notni.R. wltu
1etereEce to u ore !n'ln atelJ blending the Eng
lith, Germ N, and ScAudlt aslan IL: RuaRe< H. tnt
| Lntht ran churches. Tnia debate wRs conducted
| in The several sauQuaGxa
| Dr.. Wenzci dc. ned to see sone lnpros sement IL
| church iuls1c 8td congregational stpV1nE- TN
| esrB were cTuct1en win Ire ptrfoFmarces ri II.
choirs = no no~ atnR IN the house Of God Il n
te1fered with bis devotion. The 0euters OF tnt
| present coolrs had "itcatp4 ears ant we're al
| Waj st3Fatb1nq amer something new. Tteir nu
etc was II ore nti;rg Tor CONCERT saloon 1han !
hs anpoutsa to MAKE reIectious for p1mu pooE
on further mos,on, the Committee on the Eng
lAh Church Epnk u1A c0nattt ntett Sr%h com t1t
tee. with The adultiou Of Rev H. Sp4eth, OF rhIla
dolphin, and Professor +. n. Hasse4qu!ss, OF lit
| 40A,
Rev. Il. ". Roth offered 1esolQlo1 TO the e1ec
that raAtoTs Of congregations 10 requested - Us.
| Their ln1u+Lce In building up libraries IN Suuda!
seeoot and that scholsrs IN ths,e scao y. also y
| books The reaoiu1ion a!ao contained n4Elernu
| o4her recommendations aud suGXcaEoas fur tat
| sccomp1ls hu.ent OF this end.
| On ipotop, The resolution Was taken up 4
| length, atI discussed ttetn by iIem- Taef wet
hLa,a. adopted, and comuls.es appointed z
Carp cut their suagesttons, as folloxs: Lev A
| Spaktb. Ray, H. ", Kpth. Eer. II. Se'<eE. EtpI
Drees. Prof T n tla.seiqat.t, Rev T L SeaEnct
Kss $ E. + Brqos' By F: r., Rss 7. g.! 6: II
wall, APO Prof Got,frteo FrscneL
II. ". no1h tnered tomc resolutions calling a
tel ton to the nece< ettt OF larger represent at1u
| In the pTettut council from Tie various syuud-
and . tt1lctr stiebualce Of .hose who afr ae-
on ht1e a. representatives
| a sntsutute 10 the eject that the sJrods sha
hereafter see 10 It. thas the Representation enA
be larger. vas ado,ted IN place Of tue abo'e;
The committee TO answer the questions pr1
| repott thEopRh thelt Chatrusn. DR.. Krssis1- RI
report took the ground that the so called I" Foa
ierent qnssssrs 1i,nin sns 0rs 4nitouncL VII
1cS1Eu 10 rbe point tnat herralc and tnudArnrnts
e1To1l.u eanaot b adunted so cur al'aIa =
shs esound that there could b n
tAIs connc,1, to tne fnl! and epure faith Of II
Evangelical Lutheran CHURCH. As to toe otne
point whether toe General Council understood
!, I G&l0{ltk4 " 41Q*E Nuu, HlA TUX ~
to the utalInct1ve doetttpeS OF the Church are us
| u pere hAru onr wl'h the Word OF God, As 1t
| e1nfessau Rtd taught IN his Church, L ~
a'Atet1 that the coUt eli eansto make dtsttncso
4 bexw fundamental eIruIlsis and j" htret'c'.
| u between the greater and the less. All hefetN
11e fundamental erruzIs1s. 6u. Eot rice rtT~o-
] | he1tuc8 we mean rno2e who respect our casn ne
s Calnolc Chr1sttsnsy: BY fundamental e1Euf1n
! ne mean these y ho respect any paFt Of the pul
= J Gp<pel ~ set forth in our coufetstuns+
: On not,op, the report went over a1otnes Je'
! | Tor consideration ....
The COMMITTEES On the Minutes OF 0ther SJnot
t then proceeded tn report In tns report ~as r
viewed the yc4attons Of the Ss1Oda OF Tt1Rs.
. ! xtrEetola~ Of New York at Iowa xtsh tae tie,
! trsl Cornell. Tie Te1aa Sspo1 regretted beiu
/ | unable to send de1eKate to the present coancl
= Dot reio1ced II sheif Co*t connection With Il
SeutttIn lht1cn. The MtInefotk 81 b0d, thEouQ
resolution, desired to hare IL Eetlno1s N Il
euuDcfl rcrr clear ard decided. Ia cpucius,e
| tbs report expressed graft tdc1tn1n sn1s tha ayuo.
, / copectsd sitn toe body snn1Alls develop y era,
} lying 8c.lVtJ tn behalf OF education anl Ols-l,u
/ The repoTt vas adopted, with The Aueudne
| sbat The Secretaries Be snafIaeted to inert Il
| ptoecednRy Of other aynod8 Along with tho
/ which II report contnfued.
On Nptd3n, the counfn concluded to meet ne
/ year 1t lancaster, Ohio
~ Tie convention then adjourned sine die.