Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-22
STILL RATHER WARM.
A Man From India's Coral Strand
Stirs Up the Lutheran Synod.
CONSIDERABLE WORK WAS DONE.
The Next SynOdical Session to Open First
Wednesday in June, 1891
UNDER THE CEDARS OF LEBANON, PA

The Lutheran Synod was again very &C.
tive body yesterday and business was rushed.
After railroad certificates were signed, a
resolution offered by Rev. DR.. Butler. con-
graduating Rev. F. W. Conrad, d. D., L.
/. D., on the completion of his fiitieth year in
the ministry, and the completion and intro
duction into the church of his catechism,
was adopted.
Prof. E. ]. Wolf called attention to the
efforts of independent German Lutherans to
affiliate with their English brethren. Rev.
DR.. Springer, of Illinois, thought these in
dependents had right to set up different
form if they chose, and thought the Synod
should enter into ecclesiastical correspond
ence with them. Rev. DR.. Conrad was
doubtful whether the German Lutherans
would affiliate. Rev. Jacoby thought over
lures should be made and Rev. j. P. Det-
wiler told of one congregation in Nebraska
that could be brought into the Synod.
HE WOULD BE ASHAMED.
Rev. Bell opposed making overtures, and
said if such resolutions were put on the
minutes he should be ashamed to go back
and face his people in Cincinnati, as those
Germans fought their English brethren in
everything, The resolution was finally
tabled.
As to the question of the common service
and the union service, the following ex-
preston offered by Revs. Gotwald, Albert
and Dunbar was adopted:
That the paper placed in the hands of your
committee is memorial from the New York
and New Jersey Synod asking that the common
service as published by the Synod in the Book
of Worship be changed in preface in some
rubrical directions, in punctuation or the
creed, and in position of the Lords Prayer; in
communion service IN such way as to corre-
spond exactly with the copy adopted by the
joint committee. Our answer to this request is
the recommendation that the common service,
as printed in the Book of Worship, remain un-
changed.
REV. SEIZURE WANTS IT SETTLED.
The case of Rev. SEIZURE would not
down. He had come all the way from
India for satisfaction, and evidently pro-
posed to have it Rev. Schwann moved to
table the matter and sustain the Board of
Foreign Missions. Rev. DR.. Orth objected
to a member making a speech, ending with
a motion to table, and was vociferously ap-
plauded and the matter was not tabled.
After considerable discussion the resolution
to refer to a committee carried.
The afternoon session was almost entirely
oeFOUeu 10 nearing TepoTLS anu appointments
of committees.
The report of the Board of Publication
was adopted and the following board ap-
pointed for the next two years: Revs. L. E.
Albert, W NJ. Baum, S. A. Holman, Eli
Huber, W. H. Steck, F. w. Conrad. 7. C.
Billheimer, w. H. Dunbar, A. 81. Stude-
baker, W. P. Evans, Messrs. Joseph Stub,
Iheo. H Smith, S. F. Stadelman, j. B.
Downing, B. S. Kunkel, E. V. Richards,
c. A. Schieren, T. B. Patton, 7. B. Stark
and Arthur King.
Rev. h. L. Baugher reported that the
manuscript of the new catechism was at
hand, and that an edition would be printed
at once and all pastors furnished with copies
for examination, so that the Synod could
take action at the next session.
THE ORDER OF DEACoNEssEs.
The report of the Committee on Deacon
esses contained an interesting account of
the Order OF Deaconesses, and asked for the
establishment of board to attend to the in
PRODUCTION of the order and education of
trained nurses in this country. The
report was accepted and Revs. L. E,
Albert, f. W. Conrad, f. Springer, E. d. |
Weigle, G. U. Snyder, C.. S. Wenner and |
G. P. Ockershauser appointed the board |
asked for.
Revs. W. H. Dunbar, T. c. Billheimer,
n. NJ. Baum, II. S. Bauer and 7. B. Patton |
were appointed to report at the next Synod |
upon the relation of DR.. Conrad's catechism |
to the Synod.
The place of meeting for the first Wednes-
day in june 1891, of the Synod, was fixed |
at Lebanon.