Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-17
'"cesh'ngs u the Third pay.

1tt synod ,.nteIed upon it. bus
iin ~ h mod dav gth in
cfra~ ! interest ~ those wI.o4ook
aofiAe PART iH tle discus ~.
Tie It's tEing lhai cali... up be-
fore tie synod, wa- tie prereuta
ton Of the par"ci,ta tclorls of the
ministers. These report ~" very
important aud inter- sting To al
~ 49, interested ~ ct,Ych al
f'f~ Tiny inclu,I.., ab..p4g othe
t'ttng~. ~ nnnihtr 81 nn rnbefs
bapli-uI-, accts~iv,tS. a sIni~~ions :.
marriages and deaih- in very
congregation - lie Wand
~ itoa o. 'trount, perhaps. of
the pressure 81 hu~tI c~~ before his
meeting, he rendf Of many OF
those reports W ~ omitted, not
witl4iandii'g thoir importance.
The Perkins appeal cast before
ia" Syaod required much deiiber-
aiioh and attention fer several
hours he east seemed Ia br 80
complicated aud afguu, utative
that the l. gal attainm ht- of same
of the member became qaite o.
ticrable. Rev. Dr Barclay, Mr.
Schumacher and Others wefe prom
inent in the controversy Mr.. S.
iSa son ofthe great DIR. Schumacher,
Of blessed memory, and is Il young
lawyer Of promise in Balti-
more. The report OF the Advisory
Board of Home Missions was read,
which was the occasion of bring
ing forth several entertaining and
instructive speeches Reys. Kee-
dy, Bdhrman, Goodlin and Shaef
fer, who addressed the Synod and
citizens of Martinsburg on Mis-
sionS last Thursday night, clear
~ showed the importance Of this
work, both a home and abroad.
The business of the Syond was
resumed on Saturday morning
with undated interest. In order
that the transactions might pro
coed with dispatch, Il resolution
was passed to limit the members
to five minut, in their speeches
very excellent rule for preachers.
DIR. Valentine, Pres't of the Penn.
College, made some statements in
reference to the endowment of
that il stitutiOn. and the relations
of Synod TO this ~ork. The Synod
reaffirmed its action of last year to
encourage the Endowment Com.
mittee in their efforts.
DIR. Butler called the attention Of
the Syond to the wants Of the Me-
mortal Church at Washington,
and offered some suggestions as to
the manner in which the pledges
of the Synod to that church might
be redeemed The Synod then vot-
ed the church extension money
collected during the past year, to
that church and also resolved to
invest $4,000 of the Lutheran Pas
tors Funds in Memorial bonds,
The following clergymen were
elected delegates to the next Con-
vention of the General S. nod: -
DIR. Sadtler, DIR. Valentine, Revs.
Luckenbach Prof. Wolf, Ritz and
Johnston.
An equal number of lay dele
gates was also chosen, consisting
of Messrs. ID. Martin, S. ID.
Schumacher, j. l.. Bickie, H. Zit-
tie, VIM. u. Weaver, and John
Campbell
DIR. Butler and Rev. S. w.
Owen were elected Clerical Direc-
tors of the Theological Seminary
at Gettysburg, Pa and Geo. Ry-
neal Jr., of Washington,a Lay Di-
rector.
The report of the Apportionment
Committee elected much discus
sion which continued during the
evening session, calling forth
number of excellent speeches on
the subject of Systematic Bene-
ficence. Before the regular BUSH
ness ofthe evening session was en-
tered upon, a religious service of
about one hours duration wa
held. DIR. McCron delivered an
eloquent address.
BY vote of Snyod DIR. Diehl,
the President rendered the thanks
of the Snyod to the citizens of
Martinsburg, for their generous
hospitality in entertaining the
members.
On Sunday morning and even
ing the pulpits of the different
denominations were filled by
members of the Synod according
to the announcement in our last
issue. In the Lutheran church
last night two young men, 0. G..
Miller and Adolph Kurtz, were
licensed to preach, and three 9TH
ers, Revs j. G. Friday, Earnest
Idle, and j. G. Reitz, were regular
ly ordained to the Gospel minis
try.
DIR. Morris, of Baltimore. preached