The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-07-06
FromlFriday's Daily.l
THE LUTHERANS.

ii FromlFriday's Daily.l
THE LUTHERANS.
The meeting of the Lutheran SYNOD
yesterday forenoon was devoted TO ,
discussion OF church discipline. Rev. q
Gausewitz, of st. Paul, led the discus
sion and made the following points: Hs
held that church discipline, according
TO Scripture, meant such discipline al
would bring an erring Christian bach
into the church, rather than to banisf
him forever. The discipline Is exer
cised, first, because God has commanded
every Christian to exercise 1t, and
second, because it is beneficial TO the
erring brothers. II is only to be exer'
cised against the ernng brothers. The
discussion was participated in by Revs
Firmenstein and Dreher, of st. Paul
Rev. Schultz, of this citv, and Prof
Hoyer, of New Ulm. 1t was ably con-
Quoted and very beneficial to all present
This occupied the whole forenoon ses-
sion.
The afternoon was devoted to the
transaction of business and the election
of officers. AS the latter only occurs
once in three years it is considered very
important. Only part of the election
was completed, the rest of the officers to
be elected this afternoon. The following
were elected:
President-Rev. j. G. Albrecht, New
Ulm.
-President-Prof. o. Hoyer, Of
New Ulm.
Secretary-Prof. A. Rein, of New
Ulm.
Visitor for the second district, includ-
ing Southwestern Minnesota, Rev. X, f.
+. Schultz, of Mankato.
These were all reflections.
Last evening fine open air concert
occurred at the school building. The
Concordia band and singing society were
present and assisted materially in max
ing the occasion an enjoyable one.
This forenoon, as each forenoon will
be, was devoted to doctrinal discussion.
Business of the Synod will be taken up
again this afternoon. Services will be
held at the church this evening. Rev.
G. Albrecht, of Jordan, will deliver the
sermon.
A number of ministers and delegates
have arrived since Yesterday, including
Revs. N. Volkert, of Houston county; G..
II. Bender, of Red Wing; L. Emmel, of
st. Peter; G. Albrecht, of Jordan; and
Prof. Burk, of New Ulm College; Prof.
F. n. A. Beeskow, and Prof. o. Gersten-
maier, of st. Paul; Hans Adele, of Good
Thunder, and B. Ostrich, of st. Paul.
From SATURDAYS Daily.l
The Lutheran Synod devoted yester-
day forenoon to doctrinal discussions
and church discipline. Rev. c. Cause
WITT, of st. Paul, led the discussion. He
held that the reason for showlnga broth
er his faults was that the erring brother
should be convinced that he was actually
committing a sin. A brother is to be
disciplined for all actual sins of which
one has knowledge. 1t is the duty of
every Christian to discipline others.
Several took part in this discussion, in
Guiding Revs. n. Volkert, of Houston
county, F. K. Schultz, of Mankato, and
c. Albrecht, of Big Wood.
The afternoon session was devoted to
business, including the further election
of officers. Rev. j. Bauer, of Sanborn,
was elected assistant secretary, and Rev.
NJ. II. Quehl, of Minneapolis, visitor for
the first district. The following men,
bers of the board of trustees of the New
Ulm college were elected: Revs. L. F.
Frey, of Saltwater; c. Gausewitz, of st.
Paul; and MIR. F. Book, of New Ulm.
Revs. G. G. Albrecht, of New Ulm, and
C. Gausewitz, of st. Paul, and Messrs.
Anding, of Minneapolis, and ]. Kroeger,
of Mankato, were elected delegates to
the Synodical conference OF America, to
be held at Milwaukee in August. Rev.
K. F. Schultz, of Mankato, and Prof. o.
Hoyer, of New Ulm, and Messrs. Uhl-
horn, of st. James, and Christoph, of st.
Paul, were elected substitutes for these
delegates respectively.
Various committees were appointed.
Services were held at the church in
the evening, conducted by Rev. Tirmen-
stein, of st. Paul. His text was "Thy
Kingdom Come" He dwelt upon the
duty of every Christian to help build
up not only the public schools of the
country but also the Christian, or pa
rochial schools. The words of the text
teach Christian parents to give their
children a Christian education, and ad-
monish them to build and keep these
Christian schools for the benefit of their
children.
This forenoon was devoted to the
transaction of business. A ministerial
meeting was held this afternoon. There
will be services tomorrow forenoon, af-
ternoon and evening at the church.
From MOndaVss naiIyl