Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15


thought 1t would spoil them. He refused u
make any charge against the missionaries fol
wrong use of money. AS Rev. Mr.. Elders haC
applied the name of pensioners" to the mis-
Hagerstown, Md, to lose his temper some
what.
THEY ARE NOT PENSIONERS.
He said. "Our missionaries are pensioners OF
the bounty of God, and should not be ridi
culed."
Rev. ]. D. Severinghaus, D. D., of Chicago
ran over list of missionaries in the West, ant
the meager allowance given them, which rar
from $500 down to $50, and this was not large
amount for the Board of Missions to appro
pirate,
After several other speeches. resolution il
favor of giving the missionaries sufficient
money was adopted.
At the afternoon session a resolution wa:
the Synod who felt inclined to do so would be
allowed to go home to vote on the prohibition
amendment on Tuesday next.
A resolution was reported approving the ac
tion of the General Synod in passing over tC
the Board of Home Missions the proceeds oi
the legacy of Miss Katie Good, of Polo, Kan.
The resolutions ''On the Work for the
Future" for the Board OF Home Missions. OF
which there were eight. caused considerable
discussion. Resolution No. was the cause OF
the most spirited debate. 1t read as follows:
Resolved, That we hereby charge and exhort all
our pastors and people to make every effort to
raise at least the full amount of the appOrtion-
ment inevery congregation in the General Synod,
believing that all are well able to do this.
In speaking on the resolutions Rev. s. B.
Barnits, Western Secretary of Home Missions
said: 'In the States and Territories of Texas,
Washington, Montana, the two Dakotas and
New Mexico there is no mark of the General
SyDod's work. In 1881 we had no mis-.
sions west of Omaha, Nebraska. and
now, gentlemen, do you know that the
Lutheran church has saved the great North
west to Professionalism as against Rome. When
/ visited the Mission at Santa Fe, and saw
Romanism existing in New Mexico as it does in
the Old World, 1 said, thank God for the first
Lutheran Mission"
THEY SHOULD BE SCATTERED.
Other members said that the Missions were
clustered in the Northwest and should be
scattered. The apportionment in Western
churches is 81 35 per capita. 6. w. Synder,
Davenport, Iowa, said: with a line dividing
Iowa from east to west about the middle we
have only one church at Sioux City and an
other very small one near it. We need money
and men with good wives. There are churches
in the East rich enough to buy out both the
Kansas and Omaha Synods. To carry out the
spirit OF resolution No. 3, they should be urged
to give more than the apportionment."
Rev. ]. D. Severinghaus, Chicago ILL.,: You
nave dlOWeu Lille RTedG NORTHWEST 10 SID from
under your feet by reason of your one-sided
mission policy. You have allowed the German
Synods to occupy the territory without giving
them any assistance.
Rev. DR.. Jacob A. Clutz, of Baltimore, Md:
We do not count the district lost that has
once been occupied by the Lutheran Church
[Applause.1 The English missionary work has
not been vigorously prosecuted because the
German Synods were in the field. Two appli-
cations for assistance from German missions
had been refused One because the applica-
ton was not proper, and the other because the
board had no confidence in the applying min
lister. We refuse 20 English applications to
one German, Our means are limited and we
are trying to do the best we can
Rev. r. G. Linker, Argusville, Ill.-In the CITY
of Burlington. ILL.,, the German pastor receives
s400 year, while many German pastors have a
salary of only $500. and yet we are expected to
keep up with the Eastern churches. We Ger
mans are taxed above our ability.
Here young man delegate arose and said
that his father had been a German minister
His salary had been $500, but he actually re-
ceived 5000 year. [Laughter.l
Rev. V. F. Bolton, of Glen Gorden, N. j.;
Rev. W. H. Larckenbach, of Germantown. N
Y; ]. s. c. Taddiken, of New York City; Rev,
E. X. Bell. d. D., of Cincinnati. and G. W. En-.
ders, of York, Pa, also spoke on the subject,
but no conclusion was reached up to the hour
of adjournment.
The German members of the Synod think
they do not get proper representation on the
Board of Home Missions. After the Synod ad-
journed they held meeting, at which it was
resolved to present the names of Revs. Young
and Aurenburg TO the Synod to he appointed
members of the board. This will be done on
Monday when the nominations for the board
are made. After adjournment the committee
on the new German Lutheran theological
Seminary, OF Chicago, held meeting and ar
ranged their report for presentation to the
General Synod on Monday.
THE EVENING SESSION.
Rev. W. E. Parsons presided at the evening
session, In the absence of the President. ard
alluded to the invaluable services rendered by
Rev. Jacob A. Clutz as secretary to the Board
of Home Missions and remarked on the vast
territory covered by the operations of the
board. as exemplified by the maps on the walls.
He then alluded at length to the biennial re.
port, which ran as follows:
The receipts for two years amounted TO s67 =
175 63 and SO 729 20 were expended. Missions en-
rolled, 1l4 missionaries employed, 13l; congrega-
tiOns served l62; new congregations organized,
26 new churches built, 26; sermons preached
IS 1872 pastoral visits reported 63 201 accessions
reported, 81 tolal ,5ershlp enrolled 10 $50;
reported. Is, l46. Contributions-For or beneyolence
80 s54 75; for pastors support, s56 63S 50 for
total, s2S9 OO6 or number missions reported self.
sustaining, %.
The President then introduced the speaker
of the evening in the person of the Rev. E. K
Beel, of Cincinnati, o., who delivered a very
forcible address on the subject OF the "Luth.
eran Home Missions" He said that the report
was by far the most encouraging ever pre-
sented to this body. and that it should be re-
membered that the best results could not be
embodied in an official report, for spiritual re-
suits could not be explained by figures. In an.
swer to the inquiry whether the Lutheran
Church had any field peculiarly its own, he
said that the Lord had said that the world was
the field, go ye therefore and teach all na-
tions." The Lutheran Church in America
must continue to enjoy Gods favor by en-
bracing the continent from ocean to ocean and
from the Gulf to the Polar Sea.
WE MUST HAVE UNITY,
unity of outlook, unity of desire and unity of
heart. The Lutheran Church had to labor
against great odds of language and literature
The Americanized German wants an American
church. but he will pass a foreign lutheran
church and find his home in other tlenomina
tions. There are 100000 OF English-speakInr
Lutherans VINO nave no ministry provided for
in this respect is great and we
should be ready to make the sacrifices neces-
sary to meet it. Without the Divine influence
of the Holy Ghost we can do nothing bnt
borne up by His power we may vet See a
church triumphant over all her foes.
AFTER ADJOURNMENT NOTES.
The members of the Synod will enioy an ont
ing this afternoon. The steamer Mayfiower
has been engaged and will take the 200 dele
gates down the Ohio river. The boat will leave
the foot of Wood street at 1:30 p NJ. and will 90
to Davis Island dam and return.
Rev. Jacob A. Ciutz, the retiring General
Secretary of the Board of Home Missions of
the Lutheran Synod, and President of the
Board of Education, will take charge of the
new Midland College, at Atchison, Kan, when
the Synod adjourns.
Just after adjournment in the afternoon Rev.
DR.. Goettman, pastor of the church. called the
attention of the members and made little
speech, in which he said: Gentlemen, wish
to say that the ladies of the church have been
greatly annoyed by members of the Synod
standing ON the streets and in the church hall
way at meeting time. know you are all gen
temen, but still 1t is very annoying for ladies
to have to thread their way through crowd of
men to get into church. So, gentlen en- you
will please not stand about the church doors
this evening at meeting time"
WHERE THEY WILL PREACH.