Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-18
THE LUTHERAN MINISrEEiuM.
Selecting Delegates To the Next General
Council at PittsbmIT.

Council at PittsbuT.
After the opening service Of the Lutheran
ministerium in Lebanon on Monday
morning the report on the orphans home
and asylum was presented. There are now
seventy nine orphans in the home, six
having been admitted and six having gone
out of it, and thirty-two aged and inirm
people, three having been admitted and
three having died. Tho total amount OF
the endowment fund is $50, ial 20, of which
sl,339 we've contributed during the year
and S,}s, 5000 on hand before. Current re-
ceipts were slo,757.76 and expenditures
Sl0.159. ~ Rev. +. Wishau and Reuben Il.
Miller We're reelected as trustees.
The report of the Emaus orphans home,
at Middlctown, shows a total ivcomo of
s5,25d.30, and an outlay of -, l0s.3S.
The following are the delegates 10 the
general council at Pittsburr in October:
Clerical Rev q + Kochel, u u, III u. cx-
ofiicio, J. 4. Seiss, II u, Ill u, J Frey. u
u, l. Laird, u u, II + Jacobs, u II, L 4
Repass, ID u, 7 J + Schantz, 4 Spaeth, u
=, 7 L Sep, D p, q 7 Spieker, u u, W }
Mann, ID ID, IL d, G W Sheafier, u ID, IL
d, ID ii Geissinger, T. Smith. II Grohns, J
NJ Anspach, NJ e HORNE 4 A Muhlcnberr.
ID. Ii ID, NJ II Richards, ID, c i
Cooper Lay w II Stake, G II 1ant2, 4
II Diehl, Charles Norton, 4 w Potteigcr,
NJ Langenstein, II Bactes, J Foglev, X 4
Baer, 4 q Sacgcr, Professor Smedlcr W
J. Heller, j II Wolf, David Diotz, Mohr,
q III Lewis, j \ GcissonhoImer, 4 y opp.
IA Lehman.
Alternates to the general council are :
Clerical Revs L Oil, B w Schmauch, W
a Schaeiier, l. \ IiegeniIlss, u IL kepner,
= + FatteicheI, Z Libole, l. Lindens-
truth l. Groh, w Il Strohdach. + W
Weiskottcn, q ID Bernheimer. u d., +
Poehle J J kuendig. b Sadtler, d d., !
kohler. Lay-A Bendel, L b Brenig, VI
D., A Walk, q II Reinoehl, n liude-
tn,
Moser, 4 Il lllig, ii Moellcr Henry
johnson, J W Miller, William Is Roinig. 4
III Carmany, l. Artman, IL l. Casssl, NJ h
Saeger, i Miller and c \ Hermit
The committee on publication report
that the sales of German nymn hook
amount 10 81 ,3s3IS; English church book s.
sios45; constitution and bylaws, -. 40O
Benner catechism, II 600 balance from
last year, slS5.i total, s2,02l.4l.
The committee to nominate an incnn-
bent for the St. Johns professorship un-
animously reported the name of Rev. g.
i. krotcl ID. d., Ii. d. II was unani-
mously resolved 10 elect by acclama ton,
and DIR. krotel was thus elected Or.
hrotel gracefully acknowledged the con.-
piimeht, but Informed the synod that he
must take time TO consider the matter.
Three congregations were received two
transferred from the German conference Ia
the local conferences, and one from the
second conference To the German confer
ence.
The following candidates for ordination
were ordained Monday evening: {. W
.feffeTis, u. r. Kretschmann and A. q
Lo Ter, all Of Philadelphia, u. l.. Passavant
Pittsburg; W. u. Roney. Easton; L, 4
Schmidt, Freeland; q. Van Bose, Ger
many: II. A. Weller, Trexler.ow ]. G
Park, Virginia; W. l.. Smith, Bethlehem
A. {. Delfs, Germany; Ed. +. Keever
Reading; J. IL. Waidlich, Steinsville: II
W. Wambessel, MaNatawny III. ofiernan
.iermany; G. Is. lintwood, Illinois g. W
Hast, Germany, and Kohlman, Ger
mmy. Most of these young men have ac
cepted calls from various places.