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accept. The only fault found with the
theses was that II might be misunder-
stood, and be wrongly applied. 1t GER
tAinly cannot be said that the inner man
Ia under the law or that he needs any,
thing TO impel him In the performance
Of that which is good. As angels are I'm.
der the law, and do the will Of God not
because they are commanded, but their
very nature is so constituted that they
cannot do otherwise, the same can be
said OF the new man. Care must be
taken here not to exchange the word aesh
for person.
The new man il that which God has
created in US, thus not the person; the
flesh Is the work Of the devil; both are
accidents, the one the creation Of God,
the other the work Of Satan. The flesh
cannot enter the kingdom ol heaven; this
must be cut off before the person can
enter heaven. The new man Is the image
Of God in the Christian, and this must
have the supremacy.
That the new man needs no law is also
evident from the fact that we do not need
the law because we are Christians but
because and only because OF the flesh
which continually comes in between us
and the will OF God. The will Of the
new man agrees with the will Of God and
in this will he lives, and his delight Is
the law Of the Lord.
The third polnt-that Christ has made
us free from the ceremonial law-was
then taken up. There was but little
difficulty found in accepting this po.
sition. The unanimous teaching Of
the Synod is undoubtedly this: All the
ordinances Of the old dispensalion which
were intended only for the Jewish peo.
pie who have nothing to do with the
Christian Col. ., 10 and II, "Let no man
therefore judge you in meat, or in drink,
or in respect Of any holy day, or OF the
new moon, or OF the Sabbath days, which
are a shadow Of things 10 come; but the
body is Of Christ" That is the Chris.
tiAn is free in all these thing. No one
dare forbid us to act any particular thing
or to drink any particular drink. Neither
dare any one make binding law respect
ting holy days. The Sabbath was a
shadow OF things to come, the body is Of
Christ. The body having appeared the
shadow disappeared. The Christians in
accordance with their Christian liberty
selected Sunday as day on which to
worship the Lord in public Assem-.
bly,. There are even some so.called
LutherAns who claim that Sunday
was instituted as day Oi wor.
ship by divine command. II is not so
however. Extracts were here read from
the confessions Of one church which in
their ndual decided language declare
that the divinely instituted Sabbath has
ceased and that we meet 10 public assem-.
bly, on the particular day, Sunday. sim
ply for the sake Of peace and good or.
der, not because We must but because we
tind pleasure in it.
The fourth point, that Christ has made
US free from all human restraints, was
then taken up. No mAn can OF himself
give the Christian command and say
you must obey. lu Christs kingdom we
must come with decided thus saith the
Lord FIVE would have the Christian
obey. Christ alone is Lord and King.
Math. %, TO-" Neither be ye called
masters; for one is your Master even
Christ" And again verse S." All ye are
brethren"
In the church then, one is as great a,
the other. No one can say TO the other, a
am your Lord or Master" In the world
il is different; there there must remain .
difference, In the world we must have
rulers, and these rulers must be obeyed
but in Christ'S Kingdom, He alone com.
mands. The Word Of God is the power
OF the Church; besides this there is no &C.
clesiastical power; . Cor. 8, 8: II speak
not by commandment, but by occasion OF
the forwardness OF others, and to prove
the sincerity Of your love-" From this
it is evident that even St. Paul did mol
make laws for his congregation.
The entire thesis was then adopted by
the entire Synod.
The remaining theses remain over fol
the next meeting OF the Synod.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The minutes containing the discussion
OF the theses on Synodical Power were
read and then given into the hands OF 4
committee to arrange the whole matter
for publication.
The Synod, bya unanimous vote, iu-
Structed Pastor Meiser, our director oi
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, tc
give his vote in favor Of the election Of
Rev. George H. Schodde, D. p, OF Cana
Winchester, Ohio, who shall have the Ii
tie Of Professor OF the, Latin Language aut
Literature in said institution. DR.
Schodde took a full collegiate and theo
logical course in Columbus, Ohio, and
then continued his studies in Tuebingeu
and Leipsic, Germany, where ho was also
honored with the title OF Doctor Of Phil /
osophy.
Delegates were then elected 10 the
EVangelica Lutheran Synodical Confer
ence Of North America, the largest and
most influential body Of Lutherans in the
world.
This Conference will hold its next meet.
ing at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 10th
July next.
Pastors Meiser and Walk were elected
delegates primaries, and Pastors Hengist
and Werder secundus.
The congregations OF Butler, Pa, anG
Allegheny City, Pa, are to send lay dele
gates primaries, and those Of Youngs
town, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa, Secundus
A resolution was passed by a unani
NOUS vote, that Pasto. Werder tender
the hearty thanks Of the Synod to thu
members Of his congregation for tht
kindness and hospitality shown the mem
bers Of the Synod during their stay il
Wheeling. The members OF the Syno,
generally were favorably impressed with
Wheeling,
The Synod finally adjourned to meet
again next year on the frs. Wednesday
after Trinity Sunday, in Butler, Pa.
CERTIFICATE OF INcoRroRATroN.-Th,
Secretary OF State yesterday Issued Ger