Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-25
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1881 Annual Meeting Of the Siinisterium Of
Pennsylvania.

IcuusyIS8WS
Monday afternoon G. F. Spieke
of Kutztown, conducted the opening exc
cises, announcing the German hymn
Heil'ger Geist, kehr' bel uns elm.
The minutes Of the morning session WEI
approved after correction.
The tellers reported that Rev. DIR. w. .
Mann, had been elected president of til
synod for the ensuing year, by 100 vote
out of a total 127. DIR. Mann was cordial
inr president and in turn thanked his prt
tieI e ,sor for the hearty reception accorde
him. and the synod for the trust repose
in him in his election.
Rev. II. Grain, Of Philadelphia wa
c.IIcd to the chair as president pro TEN
while DIR. Mann retired to make up hi
committee.
The order for the afternoon sessions
namely, the constitutions for syn
cd, conferences and congregations
was then taken up for discussion and to b
adopted as far as possible.
Rev. DIR. Schumacher thought the synod!
committee mad not fully finished it's work
namely. the publishing of the result o
their conference in the matter of cOnstitu
tiOn SO that it could be inspected and used
by members of synod.
Rev. j. Ii. Rath inquired if the last
general council had not made some pro-
gress in the work.
DR.. Schmucker replied that the general
council had done little or nothing. lie
thought the constitution ought to be
thoroughly revised and amended, and
asked ten minutes time to explain the po-
sition of the synod in providing govern
ment for itself since its establishment.
lie thought synod could not settle the
matter or complete the work now. but it
was ready to examine the underlying
principles. Synod must labor Jointly
with the general council it preparing its
constitution.
Rev. w. X. Frick raised the point of
order that most Of the subject brought to
the notice of synod could not be discussed.
because it had been passed upon legally
10y previous synOds, and no amendments
had been offered in form to bring it up.
DIR. Schmucker held that synod had
acted as far as it could go and legally. but
its work had never been completed. and
ton.
Mr.. Frick insisted upon his point of
order, and said that his stand was taken
to save a sea of discussion, but he was
not sustained
DIR. Mann having returned to the floor
of Synod, assumed the chair. His com.
mittecs, announced to the synod, are as
follows.
On Presidents Rcport-Rev. G. p.
Krauth, ID. d.; Reys. T. T. Jaeger, II.
w. F.. Hauff and J. w. Hub!ey.
On Reception of Congregations
G. +. Wclden, F.. Waltz, A. j. Wedolcll,
l.. Groh, b. f. Kramlicl, and Messrs. J. G.
File and f. Armstrong
On Excuses--Revs. J. w. Hasser, J.
". Early, j. F. Wampole, and Mcssrs.
Henry Lehman and ii. VI. Ellis.
On Systematic Bencvolence Rev i. J.
+. Schantz. f. f. Sibole, w. X. Frick,
IL. N. Fegely, b. +. Apple, G. II. Trabert,
a. Pflucgcr, and Mcssrs. ID. Wiser, i. l.. |
Gross. j. X. He'll and &. X. Baer.
Orphans Home at GermantOwn.-RevS. |
F. L. Mayser, J. NJ. Anspacl, C. Koerncr,
and Messrs. X. Mueller and J. Fegley.
On Parocliial Ecports-Revs. j. B. Rath,
5. 5. Henry, ID. X. Kaepner, F. X. IIuntz-
ing, III. Il. Strodach, and Messrs. C. Diclz
and c. S. Kopitsch
On Discplinc-Rcvs. G. w. Schacllcr,
ID. d., ID. J. Laitzle, ID. d., Z. Greenwald,
~. D. anu NlCSSlS. W IOGltkG slll 81.
A. Wiedersheim.
On the Minutes of Other Synods -Revs.
&. J. Cooper, o. u. Smith, NJ. Scbimpf,
q. IL. Rhoades. A. Richter, w. J. Andres
Il. Dichl, f. w. Beates and }.
Born.
On Ministerial Business-Revs. A.
Spaeth, ID. d., B. Sadler, d. d. and w.
Rath.
On Presidents AccOunt-Revs. +. Ber-
kemeyer, J. II. Croft and NJ. G.. Horne.
On motion the constitution for the con-
ferences was taken up at the 9th section,
which divides the synod into five confer
ence districts, such rs the synod shall from
time to time shall decree.
The word ministers was substituted
FOR 'pastors" i'm the 9Sth section; which
refers to members of the conference.
Section 101, on meetings of the confer
,nce, was changed to read "Ifa minister
sbsent himself from more than one meet
ng of the conference without having pre-
cnted a sufficient excuse, he shall be sub {
ected to discipline by the conference
instead of eff Il minister absent himself ,
rom three successive meetings, etc. :"
Under the head of duties of officers,
ection l05, which gives the president of Il {
onierencc added powers, such as instaIla-
ION, cornerstone laying, visitation. etc,
n animated debate was entered upon as
D whether these powers should not be v
iven solely into the hands of the presi- I
ent of the synod. u
DIR. Fry opposed the relegation of the =
over of the boards to conferences. Rev.
rabert favored it and also Rev. Scllantz,
nd DIR. Spaeth. DIR. Schaeffer favored the t
Ile as it stands. \
Rev. j. w. Farley, suggested that the S
'tlce be amended SO as to include the
stallation of ministers who had gone
ON this synod into another, and returned &
Jain, without being received regularly in c.
the synod.
Rev. }. Il. hafavored an enlargement
ther than contraction of the powers of
e president. fl
by request of b. F. SaylOr the synod Il
reed on Wednesday, at 8! a. M, as tile n
NE to he photographed. -
Session closed with prayer by Rev. J. IL
ohler. te
Educational and Missionary. v,
The service in the interest of education SC
d missions was held in Zion's German =,
urch on Vine street, Rev. +. =. Mayser, r.
StOr, last evening. IL
After the singing of 4 hymn and PRAYER pl
d the Scripture reading, Pastor II. Ill
aim presented the needs and hopes of be
, church in the mission work, After ~
other hymn Rev. W. A. Schaeffer. of '"
editor of the FJreign MIs- III
nary, made missionary address in
glish.
MIR. II. B. G. Artman, the young mis-