St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-20
THE COUNCIL CONCLUDED.
The Lutherans Adjourn to Meet at Pitts
burg.
THE MISSIONARY REPORTS,
Personal Notes About the Delegates
and Professors, Their Works and
Places of Residence.

The general Lutheran council OF
America, which has been in session the
past week at the st. Johns Lutheran
church, Minneapolis, completed its
work at noon yesterday. Con-
siderable work came before it.
and was transacted without much
discussion, except upon one or two
points. A motion was made that they
finally at noon, and was carried.
DR.. Fl. E. Jacobs, DR.. S. Laird, Rev.
F. w. Weiskotten, Rev. IL. Graham, j.
c. File, G. B. Opp, and Prof. L. P.
Sadtler were appointed a committee on
publication for the following year. The
council will meet next year in
the First English Lutheran church
at PittSburg, Pa, Oct. II. DR.. Passavant
reported that correction in the title to
the property of the proposed theological
seminary at Chicago was being made.
1t is the intention to sell part of this.
and with the proceeds erect upon the
seminary land two and one-half acrcs)
the first seminary building. j. A. SeiSS.
j. c. File and j. n. GeiSsanhainer were
reelected trustees of the council.
DIR. Roth presented a resolution that
the Sunday school committee should he
enlarged, and that the enlarged commit
tee should be directed to devise and re-
port plan for the publication of Sun
day school lessons, and that the publish
ing itself and the resulting revenue
should be wholly controlled by the gen.
eral council. 1t was hoped that by do
ing this better results would be at
tanned. 1t was adopted.
Resolutions on the constitution, by
laws, catechiSm, district synod, etc,
were presented and adopted. DR.. Fry
presented a resolution thanking Dr.
Sparth, who has been president of tho
council for the past eight years, for his
faithful work, and expressing the great
est confidence in him. 1t is needless to
say that it was adopted. On the cues
ton of the observance of Sunday, tie
council resolved not to go into C Nj
ference as requested by letter from
the MethodiStS.
A resolution was presented that the
subject of Lutheran ministers preach
ing in foreign pulpitS. and foreign mill
listers preaching III Lutheran pulpltS,
should be brought before the next gen.
eral council for discussion. This
brought on a warm debate, the Ger
mans supporting and the English OPP
posing it. 1t was finally passed with
many dissenting votes. The second
Sunday after Ascension was set aside
for making special collection for mis-
sion work.
The report of the committee on dis
trict synOds showed that there were 27S
missions, 392 congregations, and PIG mis-
iOnaries. The total amount of cOntri
buttons was $40, $685..
This completed the work of the most
successful council that has YET been
held. In the afternoon the delegates
visited st. Paul in body.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Of the theological seminaries of the
Lutheran church, Philadelphia was
represented by two of its professors,
Drs. W. j. Mann and y. Spaeth; the.
Iowa SynOd's German seminary at
Mendoza, Ill, by DR.. 5. Fritschell, and
the Augustaua Swedish seminary at
Rock Island. by the venerable DR.. L.
W. Hasselquist.
The colleges were represented by DR..
G. l.. Seip, president of Mehlenberg
college, Allentown, Pa. and DR..
Spieker, its professor of Hebrew; Gus.
tavus AdOlphus college, at st. Peter,
Mimi, by Profs. j. Sauper and W. X.
Finck.
Rev. Jacob Fry, D. D.. and his son,
Rev. Charles Fry, have charge of the
two Trinity English churches of Read
ing and Lancaster, Pa, each over CEN
fury old and numbering a round thou
sand communicates.
DR.. Fry is one of the most incisive
and effective cXtempOraneOus preachers
in Eastern Pennsylvania. Heis great
pastor, and has built three chapels in
connection with his church during the
last year.
Dr. w. j. Mann, pastor emeritus of
the Zion German church. Philadelphia,
came to America with DR.. Philip
Schoff. He has held first rank
as a German pulpit orator, with
the unique and original faculty
of setting forth the truth.
DR.. Mann is a noted Hebrew teacher, a
fine musician, fine church historian.
His works are: christian Ethics,'
"NOtes to the Halle Reports" Life of
Henry MelchOir Meklenberg."
DR.. Schumacher, of PottstOwn, Penn,
has great reputation as hymnOlOgIst
and liturgist. His work in compiling
the church book in use in English
Lutheran churches throughout the land
gave,him prominence.