Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-05-14
lutheran General SYNOD.

The Lutheran General synod or tn6
South was in session at Richmond last
week, Those in attendance from Staun-
ton were Rev. J. 1. Miller. and W. E.
Craig. lay delegate. These two gentle
men with Mr.. G. s. Baker we're elected by
the Synod members of the Board of Direc-
tors for the Theological Seminary located
at Salem. A proposition to remove the
Seminary to North Carolina was reported
upon unfavorably by the committee to
which it was referred. Among the stand
ing committees elected, the name Of Rev.
j. I. Miller on the committee on the Min
utes Of last session and that Of w. f..
Craig on the committee on District Synods
appear. On the subject of Home Mis-
sions the first address was delivered by
Rev. ]. I. Miller. He urged the great ad-
vantage of starting missions in large cities
like Richmond instead Of wasting efforts
in smaller towns. After this he showed
that wherever there was community OF
Germans there was work to perform
which no other could undertake with any
hope of success. Pointing out the wealth
of intellect. the rich treasure Of doctrine.
the prestige of glorious past, the vast
material for her work, he charged the
SYNOD to throw off the gives of a supposed
inability, and with the might of the grand
Church of the Reformation to go forward
in the strength of the Lord, and with uni
ted hearts and hands establish at once the
nilsson in Richmond.on sure basis.
The following report Of the Richmond
Mission Committee which contains intelli-
gence which will be read with interest by
the Lutherans of the Virginia Synod, was
adopted
There can be no doubt that the final
establishment of the Richmond Mission is
the immediate duty of the Church There
cannot be more promising field, and the
General Synod congratulates the Virginia
Synod and their missionary upon the work
already done here. At the same time the
General SYNOD recognizes the fact that the
work has reached stage at which 1t
would be ungenerOus and unchristian not
to summon the whole Church to the aid
of the Virginia Synod. lest not only the
expenditure of many years but the hope
of success in any good enterprise be total
ly lost.
sionary made to this committee that debt
of $4,000 remains upon the Mission
Church. The congregation is able to as
sumo $4,000 Of this; the missionary hopes
to be able to'collect $4,000 outside the
bounds of the General Synod South; and
he petitions this body to provide for the
payment Of the remaining 81, 900 by the Isl
day Of January next.
Your committee would recommend:
1. That it is important that the mission
ary should give as much of his time as
possible to his work as pastor in this city.
2. That the Virginia SnyOd, in addition
| to her noble sacrifices in the past, being
willing to assume $500 of the amount
still due and pay it before January next,
! the other Synods represented in this body
| feel it to be their duty to provide the re-
naming $500.
8. That of this amount the Southwest
| Virg MIA Synod be requested to raise $2,
QUO and the South Carolina Synod 81 500
| 4. That the committee to whom the Vir
| ginia Synod has already entrusted this du
| ty, of which W. x. Craig. ESQ.,, Of Staun
| ton, Va, Is treasurer, be hereby made the
Committee of the General Synod. to whom
| all these moneys shall be paid and b,
| WuOIu UuOy GUAM No fAPPAASN w VIZ S~S>--
guishment Of the principal and interest O
| the debt alone.
S. That these amounts shall include thu
three-cent per capita assessment upon the
Synod.
6. That committee disappointed to ap
peal to the Church in the North in behalf
of the Richmond Mission.
EDWARD T. HORN,
sc, CHISOLM,
South Carolina Synod
q. BEARD,
W. E. CRAIG,
Virginia Synod
L.. G. M. MILLER,
WILLIAM MCCAULEY,
Southwest Virginia Synod
Up. TAYLOR,
Georgia Synod
The report was received and adopted b.
items.
In Wednesdays report of the proceed
ings of Synod we find the following para
craps: